v t e Governors of the Cape Colony
British occupation 1806–1814	David Baird Henry George Grey Du Pre Alexander Henry George Grey John Cradock Robert Meade
British colony 1814–1910	Charles Somerset Rufane Shaw Donkin Richard Bourke Galbraith Lowry Cole Thomas Francis Wade Benjamin D'Urban George Thomas Napier Peregrine Maitland Henry Pottinger Harry Smith George Cathcart Charles Henry Darling George Grey Robert Wynyard Philip Wodehouse Charles Craufurd Hay Henry Barkly Henry Bartle Frere Henry Hugh Clifford George Strahan Hercules Robinson Leicester Smyth Henry Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth Henry Loch William Gordon Cameron Hercules Robinson William Howley Goodenough Alfred Milner William Butler Walter Hely-Hutchinson Harry Scobell Those in italics were Acting Governors
State President of the South African Republic State President of the Orange Free State Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Prime Minister of Natal

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