List of colonial governors of Burma
Introduction File:Burma indo china 1886.jpg|thumb|Burma Upper (''orange'') and Lower (''pink''), 1886.The '''colonial governors of Burma''' were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.
List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)  Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office British Burma Chief commissioner 1 60px '''Arthur Purves Phayre''' 31 January 1862 16 February 1867  2 60px '''Albert Fytche''' 16 February 1867 18 April 1871  3 60px '''Ashley Eden''' 18 April 1871 14 April 1875  4 60px '''Augustus Rivers Thompson''' 14 April 1875 30 April 1877  30 April 1877 30 March 1878  5 60px '''Charles Umpherston Aitchison''' 30 March 1878 2 July 1880  6  '''Charles Bernard''' 2 July 1880 4 April 1882  4 April 1882 2 March 1883  7  '''Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite''' 2 March 1883 28 February 1884  28 February 1884 25 September 1886  (6)  '''Charles Bernard''' 25 September 1886 12 March 1887  (7)  '''Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite''' 12 March 1887 10 December 1890  8 60px '''Alexander Mackenzie''' 10 December 1890 3 April 1895  9  '''Frederick William Richards Fryer''' 3 April 1895 ''1 May 1897''  Lieutenant governor 1  '''Frederick William Richards Fryer''' ''1 May 1897'' 4 April 1903  2  '''Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes''' 4 April 1903 9 May 1905  3 60px '''Sir Herbert Thirkell White''' 9 May 1905 19 May 1910  4  '''Sir Harvey Adamson''' 19 May 1910 28 October 1915  –  '''Sir George Shaw''' 15 May 1913 1 November 1913  5 60px '''Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler''' 28 October 1915 22 September 1917  –  '''Walter Francis Rice''' 22 September 1917 15 February 1918  6 60px '''Sir Reginald Henry Craddock''' 15 February 1918 21 December 1922  5 60px '''Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler''' 21 December 1922 ''2 January 1923''  Governor 1 60px '''Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler''' ''2 January 1923'' 20 December 1927  2 60px '''Sir Charles Alexander Innes''' 20 December 1927 20 December 1932  years 3  '''Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson''' 20 December 1932 8 May 1936  4  '''Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane''' 8 May 1936 6 May 1941  5 60px '''Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith''' 6 May 1941 31 August 1946  Japanese Occupation of British Burma Military commander 1 60px Lieutenant general'''Shōjirō Iida''' 20 April 1942 18 March 1943  2 60px General'''Masakazu Kawabe''' 18 March 1943 30 August 1944  3 60px General'''Heitarō Kimura''' 30 August 1944 15 August 1945  Allied military administration Military governor 1 60px Actg. Admiral'''Lord Mountbatten''' 1 January 1944 October 1945  2 60px Major general'''Sir Hubert Elvin Rance''' October 1945 ''31 August 1946''  British Burma Governor 1 60px '''Sir Hubert Elvin Rance''' ''31 August 1946'' 4 January 1948
See also *President of Myanmar**List of presidents of Myanmar*Vice-President of Myanmar*Prime Minister of Myanmar**List of premiers of British Burma**List of prime ministers of Myanmar*Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar*State Counsellor of Myanmar*Chairman of the State Administration Council
References
External links * World Statesmen – Myanmar (Burma)