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=== Governors === {{anchor|List of Governors}} Chronological list of governors of the Hudson's Bay Company:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Governors |url=http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927115548/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/ |archive-date=27 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=27em}} # 1670β82 [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Governors: His Highness Prince Rupert of the Rhine |url=http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/princerupert.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928173106/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/princerupert.asp |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rupert, Prince |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/r/rupert_prince.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114648/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/r/rupert_prince.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1683β85 [[James II of England|James Stuart, Duke of York]] β resigned as governor to become King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=John |url={{google books|w5bGqCEp5n8C|plainurl=yes|page=44}} |title=James II |date=2000 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-3000-8728-4 |edition=revised, 3rd |location=New Haven, Connecticut |page=44 |access-date=7 October 2015 |orig-year=1978}}</ref> # 1685β92 [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill, Earl of Marlborough]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Governors: John, Lord Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/johnchurchill |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928171553/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/johnchurchill |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Churchill, John |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/churchill_john_malborough.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113543/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/churchill_john_malborough.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1692β96 Sir [[Stephen Evance]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evance, Stephen (c.1655β1712), of the 'Black Boy', Lombard Street, London |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/evance-stephen-1655-1712 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=History of Parliament Online}}</ref> # 1696β1700 Sir [[William Trumbull]]<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Trumbull, William (1639-1716) |last=Courtney |first=William Prideaux |volume=57 |pages=265β267}}</ref> # 1700β12 Sir Stephen Evance # 1712β43 Sir [[Bibye Lake]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake, Bibye (Sir) |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/biographical/l/lake_bibye1712-1743.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212125/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_bibye1712-1743.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1744β46 Benjamin Pitt<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pitt, Benjamin |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/p/pitt_benjamin.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224722/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/p/pitt_benjamin.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1746β50 Thomas Knapp<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knapp, Thomas |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/k/knapp_thomas.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031420/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/k/knapp_thomas.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1750β60 [[Lake baronets|Sir Atwell Lake]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake, Atwell (Sir) |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_atwell.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031358/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_atwell.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1760β70 [[William Baker (British politician)|Sir William Baker]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baker, William (Sir) |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/baker_william.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822175927/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/baker_william.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1770β82 Sir Bibye Lake Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake, Bibye |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_bibye1770-1782.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822182735/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_bibye1770-1782.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1782β99 Samuel Wegg<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wegg, Samuel |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/w/wegg_samuel.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822185433/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/w/wegg_samuel.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1799β1807 Sir James Winter Lake<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake, James Winter (Sir) |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_james-winter.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210548/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/l/lake_james-winter.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1807β12 William Mainwaring<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mainwaring, William |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/m/mainwaring_william.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822183104/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/m/mainwaring_william.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref><!-- HBC Archives specifically state he is not [[William Mainwaring (English politician)]] --> # 1812β22 Joseph Berens<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berens, Joseph |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/berens_joseph.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010344/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/berens_joseph.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1822β52 [[Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet|Sir John Henry Pelly]] in 1826, Simpson becomes governor of the Canadian region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Governors: Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/johnhenrypelly |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage |archive-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001162059/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/johnhenrypelly |url-status=dead }}</ref> # 1852β56 [[Andrew Wedderburn Colvile]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colville, Andrew |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/colville_andrew.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103527/https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/colville_andrew.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1856β58 [[John Shepherd (governor and chairman)|John Shepherd]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shepherd, John |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/shepherd_john.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203256/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/shepherd_john.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1858β63 [[Henry Hulse Berens]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berens, Henry Hulse |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/berens_henry.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822180132/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/b/berens_henry.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1863β68 Sir [[Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet|Edmund Walker Head]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Head, Edmund Walker |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/h/head_edmund-walker.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040430/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/h/head_edmund-walker.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1868β69 [[John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley]] # 1869β74 Sir [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Stafford Henry Northcote]]<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Northcote, Stafford Henry |last=Sanders |first=Lloyd Charles |author-link=Lloyd Charles Sanders |volume=41 |pages=194β199}}</ref> # 1874β80 [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Joachim Goschen]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goschen, George Joachim |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/g/goschen_george-joachim.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232231/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/g/goschen_george-joachim.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1880β89 [[Eden Colvile]]<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Colvile, Eden |first=J.E. |last=Rea |volume=12 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/colvile_eden_12E.html |access-date=9 October 2015}}</ref> # 1889β1914 [[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Alexander Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: People: Governors: Donald A. Smith |url=http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/donaldsmith |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928171433/http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/donaldsmith |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Smith, Donald Alexander |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/smith_donald-alexander.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233939/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/smith_donald-alexander.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1914β15 [[Sir Thomas Skinner, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Skinner]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skinner, Thomas |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/skinner_thomas1914-1915.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235629/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/skinner_thomas1914-1915.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=Hudson's Bay Company Archives}}</ref> # 1916β25 [[Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley|Sir Robert Molesworth Kindersley]] # 1925β31 Charles Vincent Sale # 1931β52 Sir [[Patrick Ashley Cooper]] β first governor to visit HBC operations in Canada.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newman |first=Peter C. |url={{google books||plainurl=yes|page=591}} |title=Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power |date=2004 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-6792-1 |location=Toronto |page=591 |access-date=9 October 2015}}</ref> # 1952β65 [[Tony Keswick|William "Tony" Keswick]] # 1965β70 [[Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory|Derick Heathcoat-Amory]] # 1970β82 George T. Richardson # 1982β94 Donald S. McGiverin # 1994β97 David E. Mitchell # 1997β2006 [[Yves Fortier (lawyer)|L. Yves Fortier]] # 2006β08 [[Jerry Zucker (businessman)|Jerry Zucker]] # 2008 [[Anita Zucker]] β first female governor. # 2008βpresent [[Richard A. Baker (businessman)|Richard Baker]] {{div col end}}
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