Royalty, financiers, courtiers, captains of industry: meet the Governors of Hudson’s Bay Company.
| 1st Governor, 1670 - 1682 | His Highness Prince Rupert of the Rhine |
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Prince Rupert, engraving by R. Dunkarton (after portrait by Sir Peter Lely), 1813
HBCA P-173 |
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| 2nd Governor, 1683 - 1685 | HRH Prince James, Duke of York (later King James II) |
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His Highness James, Duke of York by Jacob Huysmans, n.d.
Oil on canvas |
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| 3rd Governor, 1685 - 1692 | John, Lord Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) |
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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough by Geoffrey Kneller, n.d.
Oil on canvas |
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| 4th Governor, 1692 - 1696 | Sir Stephen Evans | |
| 5th Governor, 1696 - 1700 | Rt. Hon. Sir William Trumbull | |
| 6th Governor, 1700 - 1712 | Sir Stephen Evans | |
| 7th Governor, 1712 - 1743 | Sir Bibye Lake, Bart. | |
| 8th Governor, 1743 - 1746 | Benjamin Pitt |  |
| 9th Governor, 1746 - 1750 | Thomas Knapp |
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Thomas Knapp of Richmond by Gervase Spencer, n.d.
Oil on canvas |
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| 10th Governor, 1750 - 1760 | Sir Atwell Lake, Bart. | |
| 11th Governor, 1760 - 1770 | Sir William Baker | |
| 12th Governor, 1770 - 1782 | Bibye Lake | |
| 13th Governor, 1782 - 1799 | Samuel Wegg | |
| 14th Governor, 1799 - 1807 | Sir James Winter Lake, Bart. | |
| 15th Governor, 1807 - 1812 | William Mainwaring |
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William Mainwaring by unknown artist, ca. 1812
Oil on canvas |
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| 16th Governor, 1812 - 1822 | Joseph Berens, Jr. | |
| 17th Governor, 1822 - 1852 | Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. |
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Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Governor of HBC 1822-1852
Oil on canvas, 19th Century, by Henry Perronet Briggs, R.A.
HBCA P-313 |
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| 18th Governor, 1852 - 1856 | Andrew Colvile | |
| 19th Governor, 1856 - 1858 | John Shepherd | |
| 20th Governor, 1858 - 1863 | Henry Hulse Berens | |
| 21st Governor, 1863 - 1868 | Rt. Hon. Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., K.C.B. | |
| 22nd Governor, 1868 - 1869 | Rt. Hon. John, Lord Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley | |
| 23rd Governor, 1869 - 1874 | Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P., later 1st Earl of Iddesleigh | |
| 24th Governor, 1874 - 1880 | Rt. Hon. George Joachim Goschen, M.P. | |
| 25th Governor, 1880 - 1889 | Eden Colvile | |
| 26th Governor, 1889 - 1914 | Donald A. Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. |
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Sir Donald A. Smith, by Adolphus Muller-Ury, 1903
Oil on canvas |
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| 27th Governor, 1914 - 1915 | Sir Thomas Skinner, Bart. | |
| 28th Governor, 1915 - 1925 | Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley | |
| 29th Governor, 1925 - 1931 | Charles Vincent Sale | |
| 30th Governor, 1931 - 1952 | Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper |
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Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper, 1939 |
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| 31st Governor, 1952 - 1965 | William Johnston Keswick | |
| 32nd Governor, 1965 - 1970 | Rt. Hon. Derick Heathcoat Amory, Viscount Amory |
| 33rd Governor, 1970 - 1982 | George T. Richardson |
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George T. Richardson, 1978 |
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| 34th Governor, 1982 - 1994 | Donald Scott McGiverin |
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Donald Scott McGiverin, 1978 |
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| 35th Governor, 1994 - 1997 | David E. Mitchell, O.C. |
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David Mitchell, ca. 1995 |
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| 36th Governor, 1997 - 2006 | Yves L. Fortier, C.C., Q.C. |
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Yves Fortier, ca. 1998 |
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| 37th Governor, 2006 - 2008 | Jerry Zucker |
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Jerry Zucker, 2005 |
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| 38th Governor, 2008 | Anita Zucker |
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| 39th Governor, 2008 - | Richard Baker |
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Richard Baker, 2008 |
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