Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the precursor offices associated with that title:

Chief commissioners of Nagpur Province and Saugor Nerbudda territories

• 1861–1862: Edward King Elliot

Chief commissioners of the Central Provinces

• 1862–1864: Edward King Elliot
• 1864–1867: Sir Richard Temple, Bt.
• 1867–1883: Sir John Henry Morris
• 1883–1884: William Brittain Jones
• 1884–1885: Sir Charles Haukes Todd
• 1885–1887: Dennis Fitzpatrick
• 1887–1889: Alexander Mackenzie
• 1889–1893: Sir Antony Patrick Macdonnell
• 1893–1895: Sir John Woodburn
• 1895–1898: Sir Charles James Lyall
• 1898–1899: Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
• 1899–1902: Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser
• 1902–1904: John Prescott Hewett
• 1904–1905: Frederic Styles Philpin Lely^[1]
• 1905–1906: John Ontario Miller
• 1907–1912: Reginald Henry Craddock
• 1912–1920: Sir Benjamin Robertson
• 1920: Sir Frank George Sly

Governors of the Central Provinces

• 1920–1925: Sir Frank George Sly
• 1925–1932: Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
• 1932–1936: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan

Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar

• 1936–1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (Edpuganti Raghavendra Rao from 15.05.1936 to 11.09.1936 Acting governor in place of Gowan)
• 11.09.1936–03.03.1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan
• 03.03.1938–27.05.1938: Sir Hugh Bomford (acting)
• 01.06.1938–01.07.1940: Sir Francis Verner Wylie
• 17.09.1940–16.09.1946: Sir Henry Joseph Twynam
• 16.09.1946–15.08.1947: Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne