Below is a list of those who have held the office ofGovernor of theIsle of Wight in England. Lord Mottistone was the lastlord lieutenant to hold the title governor, from 1992 to 1995; since then there has been no governor appointed.

• 1509–1520: SirNicholas Wadham (1472-1542) ofMerryfield andEdge, "Captain of the Isle of Wight".^[1]
• 1520–1538: Sir James Worsley^[2]
• 1538–1540:Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (later Earl of Essex)
• 1540–1553: Richard Worsley^[3]
• 1553–1558: Sir William Girling
• 1558–1560:William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
• 1560–1565: Richard Worsley (reappointed)^[3]
• 1565–1583: SirEdward Horsey
• 1583–1603:George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
• 1603–1624:Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
• 1633–1642:Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
• 1642–1647:Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
• 1647–1647:Robert Hammond
• 1648–1659:William Sydenham
• 1660:Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• 1660–1661:Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
• 1661–1667:Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
• 1668–1692: SirRobert Holmes
• 1693:Thomas Tollemache
• 1693–1707:John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts
• 1707–1710:Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
• 1710–1715:John Richmond Webb
• 1715–1726:William Cadogan (later Earl Cadogan)^[4]
• 1726–1733:Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton
• 1733–1734:John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
• 1734–1742:John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington
• 1742–1746:Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton
• 1746–1762:John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth
• 1763–1764:Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes
• 1764–1766:Hans Stanley
• 1766–1770:Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton
• 1770–1780:Hans Stanley
• 1780–1782:Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
• 1782–1791:Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton
• 1791–1807:Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton
• 1807–1841:James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury
• 1841–1857:William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury
• 1857–1888:Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley
• 1889–1896:Prince Henry of Battenberg
• 1896–1944:Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom^[5]
• 1957–1965:Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington^[6]
• 1965–1974:Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma^[7] (Lord Lieutenant 1974–1979)
• 1992–1995:David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone^[8]

• c.1689–1693:William Stephens^[9]
• 1694–1701:Joseph Dudley^[10]
• 1702–1710:Anthony Morgan^[11]
• 1710–1714:Henry Holmes^[12]
• 1715–1729:Anthony Morgan^[11]
• 1731–1733:Maurice Morgan^[13]
• 1733–1751:Charles Armand Powlett^[14]
• 1754–1762:Henry Holmes^[15]
• 1763–1766:John Stanwix^[16]
• ?1766–1768: John Mompesson^[17]
• 1768–1795:William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe^[17]
• 1795–1798: SirRalph Abercrombie^[18]
• 1798–1808:Sir William Medows
• 1808–1812:Francis Edward Gwyn^[19]
• 1812–1815:Charles Leigh^[20][21]
• 1815–1839:Mervyn Archdall^[22]

• 1899–1910: Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane^[23]
• 1910–1913: Francis John Stuart Hay-Newton^[24]
• 1913–1928:Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson^[25]

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