| 1764 | French settlement on East Falkland | Leaders |
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| 1766 | British settlement on West Falkland | Leaders |
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| 1 Apr 1767 | French transfer their settlement to Spain | Leaders |
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| 1774 | British withdraw, but claim sovereignty over all Falklands | Leaders |
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| Feb 1811 | Spanish withdraw | Leaders |
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| 1820 | Argentina claims sovereignty | Leaders |
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| 1826 | Argentine settlement founded | Leaders |
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| 3 Jan 1833 | British occupation | Leaders |
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| 1892 | British colony | Leaders |
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| 2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 | Argentine occupation | Leaders |
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| Governors (to 1774 of East | Falkland only) | Leaders |
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| 5 Apr 1764 - 1 Apr 1767 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville | Leaders |
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| 2 Apr 1767 - 23 Jan 1773 | Felipe Ruíz Puente | Leaders |
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| 23 Jan 1773 - 5 Jan 1774 | Domingo Chauri (interim) | Leaders |
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| 5 Jan 1774 - 1 Feb 1777 | Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos | Leaders |
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| 1 Feb 1777 - 22 Nov 1779 | Ramón de Carassa (interim) | Leaders |
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| 22 Nov 1779 - 26 Feb 1781 | Salvador de Medina | Leaders |
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| 26 Feb 1781 - 1 Apr 1783 | Jacinto de Altolaguirre | Leaders |
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| 1 Apr 1783 - 28 Jun 1784 | Fulgencio Montemayor | Leaders |
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| 28 Jun 1784 - 15 May 1785 | Agustín Figueroa | Leaders |
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| 15 May 1785 - 25 May 1786 | Ramón Clairac (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 25 May 1786 - 15 May 1787 | Pedro de Mesa y Castro (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 15 May 1787 - 10 Apr 1788 | Ramón Clairac (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 10 Apr 1788 - 16 May 1789 | Pedro de Mesa y Castro (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 16 May 1789 - 30 Jun 1790 | Ramón Clairac (3rd time) | Leaders |
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| 30 Jun 1790 - 1 Mar 1791 | Juan José de Elizalde (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 1 Mar 1791 - 1 Mar 1792 | Pedro Pablo Sanguineto (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 1 Mar 1792 - 1 Feb 1793 | Juan José de Elizalde (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 1 Feb 1793 - Apr 1794 | Pedro Pablo Sanguineto (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| Apr 1794 - 15 Jun 1795 | José de Aldana y Ortega (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 15 Jun 1795 - 15 Mar 1796 | Pedro Pablo Sanguineto (3rd time) | Leaders |
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| 15 Mar 1796 - 20 Feb 1797 | José de Aldana y Ortega (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 20 Feb 1797 - 17 Mar 1798 | Luis de Medina y Torres (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 17 Mar 1798 - Apr 1799 | Francisco Xavier de Viana | Leaders |
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| Apr 1799 - 15 Mar 1800 | Luis de Medina y Torres (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 15 Mar 1800 - 31 Mar 1801 | Francisco Xavier de Viana | Leaders |
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| 31 Mar 1801 - 17 Mar 1802 | Ramón Fernández de Villegas | Leaders |
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| 17 Mar 1802 - Feb 1803 | Bernardo Bonavía (1st time) | Leaders |
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| Feb 1803 - 21 Mar 1804 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra (1st time) | Leaders |
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| 21 Mar 1804 - 21 Mar 1805 | Bernardo Bonavía (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 21 Mar 1805 - 20 Mar 1806 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra (2nd time) | Leaders |
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| 20 Mar 1806 - Aug 1808 | Bernardo Bonavía (3rd time) | Leaders |
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| Aug 1808 - Jan 1810 | Gerardo Bordas | Leaders |
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| Jan 1810 - 13 Feb 1811 | Pablo Guillén | Leaders |
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| 6 Nov 1820 - Apr 1821 | David Jewett | Argentine representatives |
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| May 1821 - Jun 1821 | Guillermo Mason | Argentine representatives |
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| 2 Feb 1824 - Aug 1824 | Pablo Areguati | Argentine representatives |
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| 30 Aug 1829 - 10 Sep 1832 | Luis Vernet | Governors |
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| Nov 1832 - 30 Nov 1832 | Juan Esteban Francisco Mestivier | Governors |
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| 1832 - 3 Jan 1833 | José María Pinedo | Governors |
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| 3 Jan 1833 - 1838 | Henry Smith | Naval officers-in-charge |
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| 1838 - 1839 | Robert Lowcay | Naval officers-in-charge |
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| 1839 - 1841 | John Tyssen | Naval officers-in-charge |
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| 1841 - 1848 | Richard Clement Moody | Governors |
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| 1848 - 1855 | George Rennie | Governors |
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| 1855 - 1862 | Thomas Edward Laws Moore | Governors |
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| 1862 - 1866 | James George Mackenzie | Governors |
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| 1866 - 1870 | William Cleaver Francis Robinson | Governors |
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| 1870 - 1876 | George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy | Governors |
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| 1876 - 1880 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan (b. c.1830 - d. 1881) | Governors |
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| 6 Apr 1880 - 24 Jun 1880 | Robert C. Packe (acting) | Governors |
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| 1880 - 1891 | Thomas Kerr | Governors |
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| 28 Mar 1891 - 13 Apr 1891 | Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti | Governors |
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| 1891 - 1897 | Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy | Governors |
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| 17 Apr 1897 - 20 Oct 1897 | Fred Craigie Halkett (acting) | Governors |
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| 1897 - 1904 | William Grey-Wilson | Governors |
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| 22 Jun 1904 - 1 Sep 1904 | William Hart Bennett (acting) | Governors |
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| 1904 - 1915 | William Lamond Allardyce | Governors |
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| 2 Apr 1915 - 15 May 1915 | C.F. Condell (acting) | Governors |
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| 1915 - 1920 | William Douglas Young (from 1919, Sir William Douglas Young) (b. 1859 - d. 1943) | Governors |
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| 1920 - 1927 | John Middleton (from 1924, Sir John Middleton) (b. 1870 - d. 1954) | Governors |
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| 1927 - 1931 | Arnold Meinholt Hodgson | Governors |
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| 1931 - 1934 | Sir James O'Grady | Governors |
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| 1935 - 1941 | Herbert Henniker Heaton | Governors |
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| 1941 - 1946 | Allan Wolsey Cardinall (from 1943, Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall) (b. 1887 - d. 1956) | Governors |
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| 1946 - 1954 | Geoffrey Miles Clifford (from 1949, Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford) (b. 1897 - d. 1986) | Governors |
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| 1954 - 1957 | Oswald Raynor Arthur | Governors |
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| 1957 - 1964 | Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (from 1959, Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith) (b. 1909 - d. 1992) | Governors |
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| 1964 - 1970 | Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard Patrick Thomas Haskard) (b. 1916) | Governors |
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| 1971 - 1975 | Ernest Gordon Lewis | Governors |
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| 1975 - 1977 | Neville Arthur Irwin French | Governors |
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| 1977 - 1980 | James Roland Walter Parker | Governors |
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| 1980 - 2 Apr 1982 | Rex Hunt (1st time) | Governors |
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| 3 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 | Mario Benjamín Menéndez | Governors |
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| 14 Jun 1982 - 25 Jun 1982 | Jeremy Moore | Governors |
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| 25 Jun 1982 - 16 Oct 1985 | Rex Hunt (from 11 Oct 1982, Sir Rex Hunt) (2nd time) (s.a.) | Governors |
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| 16 Oct 1985 - 1988 | Gordon Wesley Jewkes | Governors |
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| 1988 - 1992 | William H. Fullerton | Governors |
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| Aug 1992 - Dec 1995 | David E. Tatham | Governors |
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| 8 Jan 1996 - 1999 | Richard Ralph | Governors |
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| 12 May 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 | Donald Lamont | Governors |
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| 23 Nov 2002 - 3 Dec 2002 | Russ Jarvis (acting) | Governors |
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| 3 Dec 2002 - 5 Aug 2006 | Howard Pearce | Governors |
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| 5 Aug 2006 - 28 Aug 2006 | Harriet Hall (f) (acting) | Governors |
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| 28 Aug 2006 - | Alan Huckle | Governors |
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