Governor Collection (page 56)

James Earl of Cardigan
JAMES BRUDENELL, earl of CARDIGAN Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle and Keeper of the Privy Purse to the King. Date: 1725 - 1811

John Vct Canterbury
JOHN HENRY THOMAS MANNERS- SUTTON, third viscount CANTERBURY : statesman, governor in various outposts of Empire, popular in Victoria, active in Pacific. Date: 1814 - 1877

Charles John Canning
CHARLES JOHN, viscount/earl CANNING British statesman, held several senior offices, Governor-general of India. Date: 1812 - 1862

Theodosia Burr
THEODOSIA (nee BURR) ALSTON daughter of Aaron Burr, child prodigy, wife of governor Joseph Alston, lost at sea in mysterious circumstances while on way to visit her father. Date: 1783 - 1813

Simon Bolivar Buckner
SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER American Confederate general who surrendered to Grant at Fort Donelson in 1862 : editor of the Louisville Courier, governor of Kentucky. Date: 1823 - 1914

Sciarra Colonna - 1
SCIARRA COLONNA Italian noble, opponent of Bonifacio VIII, governor of Palestrina. Date: ? - 1329

Sciarra Colonna - 2
SCIARRA COLONNA Italian noble, opponent of Bonifacio VIII, governor of Palestrina. Date: ? - 1329

Letitia Landon - 9
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838

Letitia Landon - 8
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838

Letitia Landon - 4
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838

Letitia Landon - 3
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838

Letitia Landon - 2
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838

Warren Hastings / Zoffany
WARREN HASTINGS Governor General of India Date: 1732 - 1818

Quintus Sertorius (c. 123-72 BC). Roman statesman and general. Quintus Sertorius besieges the Lusones in Contrebia Belaisca Colored engraving

Alvarez de Castro, Mariano (1749-1810). Spanish military officer, and the military governor of Gerona during the siege by the French during the War of Spanish Independence. Colored engraving

Labor movement. Meeting held on May 1890 in Barcelona. The civil governor greets the demonstrators after requesting the reduction of working hours. Catalonia. Spain. Colored engraving

Bronze statue of Thomas Meagher in heavy snowfall in front of Montana State Capitol Building in Helena

The burning of Norfolk, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War, ordered by colonial governor John Murray
BURNING OF NORFOLK, 1776. The burning of Norfolk, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War, ordered by colonial governor John Murray Dunmore, 1 January 1776. Engraving, 19th century

American Revolutionary leader. Gwinnetts autograph signature on the U. S. Declaration of Independence, 1776
BUTTON GWINNETT (1735-1777). American Revolutionary leader. Gwinnetts autograph signature on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776

American Revolutionary officer and pioneer; first governor of Kentucky. Engraving of a medallion commemorating
ISaC SHELBY (1750-1826). American Revolutionary officer and pioneer; first governor of Kentucky. Engraving of a medallion commemorating the victory at the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812

The Great Bridge over the Elizabeth River in Virginia, site of the battle on December 9, 1775
AMERICAN REV: LAND BATTLES. The Great Bridge over the Elizabeth River in Virginia, site of the battle on December 9, 1775, between royalist forces sent by the colonial governor, Lord Dunmore

(1731-1813). American colonial administrator. Arrested in 1776 as a Loyalist. Wood engraving, 19th century
WILLIAM FRANKLIN (1731-1813). American colonial administrator. Arrested in 1776 as a Loyalist. Wood engraving, 19th century

Broadside printed in Boston, 1774, with the name, place of business and occupation of every Bostonian who had signed a
LOYALISTS, 1774. Broadside printed in Boston, 1774, with the name, place of business and occupation of every Bostonian who had signed a testimonial to Governor Thomas Hutchinson on his departure

Manuscript map, 1775, of the Massachusetts countryside between Boston and Concord drawn by an agent of British General
BOSTON-CONCORD MAP, 1775. Manuscript map, 1775, of the Massachusetts countryside between Boston and Concord drawn by an agent of British General (and Governor) Thomas Gage

English general and colonial governor in America. Oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1768-69
THOMAS GAGE (1721-1787). English general and colonial governor in America. Oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1768-69

(1919-1998). American politician. Wallace (left, in suit) as governor of Alabama
GEORGE C. WALLACE (1919-1998). American politician. Wallace (left, in suit) as governor of Alabama, attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama by standing in the doorway while being

Commission assigning justices of the peace, signed by Benjamin Franklin while President of Pennsylvanias Supreme
FRANKLIN: COMMISSION, 1787. Commission assigning justices of the peace, signed by Benjamin Franklin while President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787

30th President of the United States. Coolidge Governor of Massachusetts, welcoming the Yankee Division at Abington
CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933). 30th President of the United States. Coolidge Governor of Massachusetts, welcoming the Yankee Division at Abington, Massachusetts

28th President of the United States. Photographed while Governor of New Jersey, 1911
WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924). 28th President of the United States. Photographed while Governor of New Jersey, 1911

17th President of the United States. Mayor of New York, John Thompson Hoffman
ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875). 17th President of the United States. Mayor of New York, John Thompson Hoffman, greets President Andrew Johnson at Pier 1 in New York, 29 August 1866

Land grant signed by Benjamin Franklin, while the President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787
LAND GRANT, 1787. Land grant signed by Benjamin Franklin, while the President of Pennsylvanias Supreme Executive Council, 1787

Always room for one more. Cartoon satirizing poor relations between then-Governor of New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt
CARTOON: ROOSEVELT, 1932. Always room for one more. Cartoon satirizing poor relations between then-Governor of New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former Governor Al Smith. Drawing, 1932, by Clubb

Campaign button for Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates John McCain (right) and Sarah Palin, 2008
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 2008. Campaign button for Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates John McCain (right) and Sarah Palin, 2008

A Plague O Both Your Houses. American cartoon of 1874 on the Brooks-Baxter War, which pitted Elisha Baxter
BROOKS-BAXTER WAR, 1874. A Plague O Both Your Houses. American cartoon of 1874 on the Brooks-Baxter War, which pitted Elisha Baxter, elected Governor of Arkansas in 1872

Only a Stepping Stone : Cartoon by W. A. Rogers from HW, Oct. 27, 1906, of William Randolph Hearst
HEARST CARTOON. Only a Stepping Stone : Cartoon by W.A. Rogers from HW, Oct. 27, 1906, of William Randolph Hearst (dressed as the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz)

Printed text of Thomas Jeffersons Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in the state of Virginia, c1779
JEFFERSON: DOCUMENT, c1779. Printed text of Thomas Jeffersons Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in the state of Virginia, c1779

Hands off Tommy! I ll do the driving! Roosevelt decides to be an unbossed Governor of New York
TEDDY ROOSEVELT CARTOON. Hands off Tommy! I ll do the driving! Roosevelt decides to be an unbossed Governor of New York, in spite of accusations of taking orders from Senator Thomas Collier Platt

RICHARD J. DALEY (1902-1976). American politician. Hosting a reception of the Cook County Democratic Committee for visiting members of the Democratic National Committee at Chicago, Illinois

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt. American cartoon by Thomas Nast, 1884, showing Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1884. Our New Watchman, Roosevelt. American cartoon by Thomas Nast, 1884, showing Theodore Roosevelt, then a member of the New York State Legislature

(1773-1841). Ninth President of the United States. Tecumseh and Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841). Ninth President of the United States. Tecumseh and Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory, at the Council of Vincennes in 1810. Line engraving, 1840

Proclamation of an embargo of exported provisions from Virginia during the Revolutionary War
JEFFERSON: EMBARGO, 1779. Proclamation of an embargo of exported provisions from Virginia during the Revolutionary War, issued by Thomas Jefferson as Governor of Virginia, 30 November 1779

Roosevelt Cartoon, 1899
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1899. American cartoon, 1899, at the beginning of Theodore Roosevelts term as governor of New York

Grover Cleveland
GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908). 22nd and 24th President of the United States. At work in the Governors office in Albany, New York. Drawing, c1884, by Frederick Dielman

Rutherford B. Hayes
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1822-1893). 19th President of the United States. Birthplace of Hayes in Delaware, Ohio. Engraving from an American newspaper, 1876

Grant Cartoon, 1874
GRANT CARTOON, 1874. A Step in the Right Direction. American newspaper cartoon, 1874, by Thomas Nast on the dispute in Arkansas between elected Governor Elisha Baxter

WILLIAM McKINLEY (1843-1901). 25th President of the United States. Photographed in 1894 while he was Governor of Ohio

Roosevelt Cartoon, 1907
ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1907. American cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy branding William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, and Joseph Foraker, 1907

Jefferson: Title Page, 1787
JEFFERSON: TITLE PAGE, 1787. Title page of a 1787 English edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1782

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"Governor: A Legacy of Leadership and Influence" From Gen C Gordon to Col Lith, the title has been associated with power and authority throughout history. Just like the steam engine requires a governor to regulate its speed, so does a region need a leader to steer it towards progress. In Kolkata, The Belvedere stands tall as the residence of the Governor of Bengal, symbolizing their importance in British India. It was here that Ras Makonnen mourned The Death of General Gordon in Khartoum on that fateful day in 1885. Even beyond India's borders, governors left their mark. In East Bengal's Barisal, Sir Donald Cameron governed Tanganyika with wisdom and diplomacy. And Lord Dufferin served as the 8th Viceroy of India, leaving an indelible imprint on British rule. But governors were not limited to colonial times alone; they spanned centuries. Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador known for his conquests in Central America during the 16th century, held this prestigious title. The influence extended even further when showcased through art and culture. A British Empire Marketing Board poster depicted Takoradi Harbour under Governorship—a testament to how these leaders shaped trade and commerce across vast territories. Sports too felt their impact as seen in Delhi's Polo Team from 1916—an embodiment of grace and elegance under gubernatorial patronage. And let us not forget Violet Bonham-Carter, whose involvement during World War I exemplified how governors' families contributed to society at large. Throughout history, governors have played pivotal roles—shaping nations both politically and culturally. Their legacies endure through grand residences like The Belvedere or tales passed down about courageous figures such as General Gordon or Sir Donald Cameron.