Newfoundland did not receive official colonial status until 1825, when the British government appointed the first civil governor, Sir Thomas Cochrane.

Civil governors represented the authority of the crown in Newfoundland and Labrador and upheld the colony's Constitution.

Biography of Sir Henry Prescott who served as civil governor of Newfoundland from 1834-1841.

Biography of Sir John Harvey, who was civil governor of Newfoundland from 1841-1846.

Biography of Sir John Gaspard LeMarchant, civil governor of Newfoundland from 1847-1852.

Biography ofKer Baillie, civil governor of Newfoundland from 1852-1855.

Biography of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, civil governor of Newfoundland from 1825-1834.

Profiles of all the governors of Newfoundland from 1610-present.