This is a list ofviceroys inJamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, seeGovernor-General of Jamaica. For context, seeHistory of Jamaica.

Jamaica was claimed forSpain in 1494 whenChristopher Columbus first landed on the island. Spain began occupying the island in 1509, naming itSantiago. The second governor,Francisco de Garay, established Villa de la Vega, now known asSpanish Town, as his capital.

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• Juan de Esquivel, 1510–1514
• Francisco de Garay, 1514–1523
• Pedro de Mazuelo, 1523–1526
• Juan de Mendegurren, 1526–1527
• Santino de Raza, 1527–1531
• Gonzalo de Guzman, ?–1532
• Manuel de Rojas, 1532–?,first time
• Gil González Dávila, 1533?–1534?
• Manuel de Rojas, 1536–?,second time
• Pedro Cano, 1539?,first time
• Francisco de Pina, 1544?
• Juan González de Hinojosa, 1556?
• Pedro Cano, 1558?,second time
• Blas de Melo, 1565?
• Juan de Gaudiel, 1567?–1572?
• Hernán Manrique de Rojas, 1575?
• Iñigo Fuentes, ?–1577
• Rodrigo Núñez de la Peña, 1577–1578
• Lucas del Valle Alvarado, 1578–1583?,first time
• Diego Fernández de Mercado, 1586?
• Lucas del Valle Alvarado, 1591?,second time
• García del Valle, 1596?
• Fernando Melgarejo Córdoba, 1596–1606
• Alonso de Miranda, 1607–1611
• Pedro Espejo Barranco, 1611–1614
• Andrés González de Vera, 1614–?
• Sebastián Lorenzo Romano, 1620?
• Francisco Terril, 1625–1632
• Juan Martínez Arana, 1632–1637
• Gabriel Peñalver Angulo, 1637–1639
• Jacinto Sedeño Albornoz, 1639–1640,first time
• Francisco Ladrón de Zegama, 1640–1643
• Alcades, 1643–1645
• Sebastián Fernández de Gamboa, 1645–1646
• Pedro Caballero, 1646–1650
• Jacinto Sedeño Albornoz, 1650,second time
• Francisco de Proenza, 1650–1651,first time
• Juan Ramírez de Arellano, 1651–1655
• Francisco de Proenza, 1655–1656,second time
• Cristóbal Arnaldo Isasi, 1656–1660

In 1655, an English force led byAdmiral Sir William Penn and GeneralRobert Venables seized the island. Following their departure, the incumbents successfully held it against Spanish attempts to retake it over the next few years.

• Admiral SirWilliam Penn 11 May 1655 – 1655
• GeneralRobert Venables, 1655
• Edward D'Oyley, 1655–1656,first time
• William Brayne, 1656–1657
• Edward D'Oyley, 1657–1661,second time

In 1661, England began colonisation of the island.

• Edward D'Oyley, 1661–August 1662,continued
• Thomas, Lord Windsor, August 1662–November 1662

• Charles Lyttleton, 1662–1663,acting
• Thomas Lynch, 1663–1664,acting,first time
• Edward Morgan, 1664
• SirThomas Modyford, 1664–August 1671

In 1670, theTreaty of Madrid legitimised English claim to the island.

• Thomas Lynch, August 1671–November 1674,second time
• Henry Morgan, 1674–1675,acting, first time
• John Vaughan, 1675–1678
• Henry Morgan, 1678,acting, second time
• The Earl of Carlisle, 1678–1680
• Henry Morgan, 1680–1682,acting, third time
• Thomas Lynch, 1682–1684,third time
• Hender Molesworth, 1684–December 1687,acting
• The Duke of Albemarle, 1687–1688
• Hender Molesworth, 1688–1689,acting
• Francis Watson, 1689–1690,acting

• The Earl of Inchiquin, 1690–16 January 1692^[1]
• John White, 1691–22 August 1692,^[2]acting
• John Bourden, 1692–1693,acting
• SirWilliam Beeston, March 1693–January 1702,acting to 1699
• William Selwyn, Jan-April 1702 (died in office)
• Peter Beckford, 1702,acting
• Thomas Handasyd, 1702–1711,acting to 1704
• Lord Archibald Hamilton, 1711–1716
• Thomas Pitt, 1716-1717^[3]
• Peter Heywood, 1716–1718acting^{[citation needed]}
• SirNicholas Lawes, 1718–1722
• The Duke of Portland, 1722–4 July 1726
• John Ayscough, 1726–1728,acting, first time
• Robert Hunter, 1728–March 1734
• John Ayscough, 1734–1735,acting, second time
• John Gregory, 1735,acting, first time
• Henry Cunningham, 1735–1736
• John Gregory, 1736–1738,acting, second time
• Edward Trelawny, 1738–1752
• Charles Knowles, 1752–January 1756
• SirHenry Moore, February 1756–April 1756,acting, first time
• George Haldane, April 1756–November 1759
• SirHenry Moore, November 1759 – 1762,acting, second time
• SirWilliam Lyttleton, 1762–1766
• Roger Hope Elletson, 1766–1767
• SirWilliam Trelawny, 1767–December 1772
• John Dalling, December 1772 – 1774,acting,first time
• SirBasil Keith, 1774–1777
• John Dalling, 1777–1781,second time
• Archibald Campbell, 1781–1784,acting to 1783
• Alured Clarke, 1784–1790
• The Earl of Effingham, 1790–19 November 1791
• SirAdam Williamson, 1791–1795,acting
• The Earl of Balcarres, 1795–1801
• SirGeorge Nugent, 1801–1805
• SirEyre Coote, 1806–1808
• The Duke of Manchester, 1808–1827
• SirJohn Keane, 1827–1829,acting
• The Earl Belmore, 1829–1832
• George Cuthbert, 1832,acting, first time
• The Earl of Mulgrave, 1832–1834
• SirAmos Norcott, 1834,acting
• George Cuthbert, 1834,acting, second time
• The Marquess of Sligo, 1834–1836
• SirLionel Smith, 1836–1839
• SirCharles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1839–1842
• The Earl of Elgin, 1842–1846
• George Henry Frederick Berkeley, 1846–1847,acting
• SirCharles Edward Grey, 1847–1853
• SirHenry Barkly, 1853–1856
• Edward Wells Bell, 1856–1857,acting
• Charles Henry Darling, 1857–1862
• Edward John Eyre, 1862–1865,acting to 1864
• SirHenry Knight Storks, 12 December 1865 – 16 July 1866
• SirJohn Peter Grant, 1866–1874
• W. A. G. Young, 1874,acting
• SirWilliam Grey, 1874–January 1877
• Edward Rushworth, January 1877,acting
• SirAnthony Musgrave, January 1877 – 1883
• Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke, 1883,acting
• Dominic Jacotin Gamble, 1883,acting
• SirHenry Wylie Norman, 1883–1889
• William Clive Justice, 1889,acting
• SirHenry Arthur Blake, 1889–1898
• Henry Jardine Hallowes, 1898,acting
• SirAugustus William Lawson Hemming, 1898–1904
• Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1904,acting,first time
• Hugh Clarence Bourne, 1904,acting, first time
• SirJames Alexander Swettenham, 30 September 1904 – 1907
• Hugh Clarence Bourne, 1907,acting, second time
• Sydney Haldane Olivier, 16 May 1907 – January 1913,second time
• Philip Clark Cork, January 1913 – 7 March 1913,acting
• SirWilliam Henry Manning, 7 March 1913 – 11 May 1918
• Robert Johnstone, 11 May 1918 – 11 June 1918,acting
• SirLeslie Probyn, 11 June 1918 – 1924
• Herbert Bryan, 1924,acting, first time
• SirSamuel Herbert Wilson, 29 September 1924 – June 1925
• SirHerbert Bryan, 1925,acting, second time
• SirArthur S. Jelf, October 1925 – 26 April 1926,acting, first time
• SirReginald Edward Stubbs, 26 April 1926 – 9 November 1932
• SirArthur S. Jelf, 9 November 1932 – 21 November 1932,acting, second time
• SirAlexander Ransford Slater, 21 November 1932 – April 1934
• SirArthur S. Jelf, April 1934–24 October 1934,acting, third time
• SirEdward Brandis Denham, 24 October 1934 – 2 June 1938
• Charles Campbell Woolley, 2 June 1938 – 19 August 1938,acting
• SirArthur Frederick Richards, 19 August 1938 – July 1943
• William Henry Flinn, July 1943 – 29 September 1943,acting
• SirJohn Huggins, 29 September 1943 – 7 April 1951
• SirHugh Mackintosh Foot, 7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957
• SirKenneth Blackburne, 18 December 1957 – 6 August 1962

In 1962, Jamaica gained independence from theUnited Kingdom. Since independence, the viceroy in Jamaica has been theGovernor-General of Jamaica.

• Gardner, William James (1909).The History of Jamaica : From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872. New York:D. Appleton & Company.

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