This article lists governors of Trinidad. Spanish governors (1506–1797) Diego Colón – 1506 – 1526 Rodrigo de Bastidas – 1520 Don Antonio Sedeño – July 12, 1530 – 1538 Don Juan Ponce de León II 1571 – 1591 Antonio de Berrío 1580 – 1597 Fernando de Berrío 1597 – 1612 Don Diego Palomeque de Acuña 1615 – 1618 Fernando de Berrío 1619 – 1622 Don Luis de Monsalves 1624 – 1631 Cristóval de Aranda 1631 – 1636 Diego López de Escobar 1636 – 1641 Don Martín de Mendoza y Berrío 1642 – 1657 Juan de Viedma 1657 – 1664 José de Aspe y Zuñiga 1665 – 1668 Diego Ximenes de Aldana 1670 – 1677 Tiburcio de Aspe y Zúñiga 1678 – 1682 Diego Suárez Ponce de León 1682 – 1688 Sebastian de Roseta 1688 – 1690 Francisco de Ménez 1692 – 1698 José de León Echales 1699 Francisco Ruíz de Aguirre 1700 – 1705 Felipe de Artineda 1705 – 1711 Cristóbal Félix de Guzmán 1711 – 1716 Pedro de Yarza 1716 – 1721 Juan de Orvay (acting) 1721 Martín Pérez de Anda y Salazar 1721 – 1726 Agustín de Arredonda 1726 – 1731 Bartholomé de Aldunate y Rada 1731 – 1732 Estevan Simón de Linán y Vera 1734 – 1746 Juan José Salcedo 1746 – 1752 Francisco Nanclares 1752 – 1757 Pedro de La Moneda 1757 – 1760 Jacinto San Juan 1760 – 1762 José Antonio Gil 1762 – 1766 José de Flores 1766 – 1773 Juan de Dios Valdés y Yarza 1773 – 1776 Don Manuel Falques 1776 – 1779 – Military Governor Martín de Salaverría 1779 – 1783 – Civil Governor Juan Francisco Machado 1781 – 1784 José María Chacón 1784 – 1797 British governors (1797–1889) Sir Ralph Abercromby – 18 February 1797 – February 1797 Thomas Picton Feb 1797 – Feb 1803 (military governor to 1801) Commission (William Fullarton, Samuel Hood, Thomas Picton) – February 1803 – July 1804 Sir Thomas Hislop – July 1804 – 27 September 1811 Hector William Munro – 27 September 1811 – 14 June 1813 Sir Ralph Woodford – 14 June 1813 – January 1828 Henry Capadose (acting) – January 1828 – April 1828 Charles Felix Smith – April 1828 – 10 March 1829 Lewis Grant – 10 March 1829 – 22 April 1833 Sir George Hill – 22 April 1833 – 9 March 1839 John Alexander Mein (acting) – 9 March