List of colonial governors of Burma

Governor of Burma
Standard of the Governor, 1939–1948
Longest serving
Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler

28 October 1915–22 September 1917
21 December 1922–20 December 1927
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceGovernment House, Rangoon
AppointerMonarch of the United Kingdom
Formation31 January 1862
First holderArthur Purves Phayre
Final holderSir Hubert Elvin Rance
Abolished4 January 1948
SuccessionPresident of Myanmar
Burma [Upper (orange) and Lower (pink)], 1886.

The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.

As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.


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