Governor-General of Australia

From British Offices and Honours

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes
The Earl of Hopetoun from 1902, the Marquess of Linlithgow	1 January 1901	9 January 1903
The Lord Tennyson	9 January 1903	21 January 1904
The Lord Northcote	21 January 1904	9 September 1908
The Earl of Dudley	9 September 1908	31 July 1911
The Lord Denman	31 July 1911	18 May 1914
Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson	18 May 1914	6 October 1920
The Lord Forster	6 October 1920	8 October 1925
The Lord Stonehaven	8 October 1925	21 January 1931
Sir Isaac Isaacs	21 January 1931	23 January 1936	first Australian Governor-General
The Lord Gowrie	23 January 1936	30 January 1945	British
HRH The Duke of Gloucester	30 January 1945	11 March 1947	British
Sir William McKell	11 March 1947	8 May 1953	Australian
Sir William Slim	8 May 1953	2 February 1960	British
The Viscount Dunrossil	2 February 1960	3 February 1961	British
The Viscount De L'Isle	3 August 1961	7 May 1965	Last British Governor-General
The Lord Casey	7 May 1965	30 April 1969
Sir Paul Hasluck	30 April 1969	11 July 1974
Sir John Kerr	11 July 1974	8 December 1977
Sir Zelman Cowen	8 December 1977	29 July 1982
Sir Ninian Stephen	29 July 1982	16 February 1989
William Hayden	16 February 1989	16 February 1996
Sir William Deane	16 February 1996	29 June 2001
Peter Hollingworth	29 June 2001	28 May 2003
Michael Jeffery	11 August 2003	current incumbent