| Major Robert Ross |
24 October 1786 |
8 July 1792 |
| Major Francis Grose |
11 December 1792 |
17 December 1794 |
| Major William Paterson administered |
17 December 1794 |
10 September 1795 |
| Office vacant |
11 September 1795 |
September 1800 |
| Colonel William Paterson |
28 September 1800 |
26 January 1808 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston |
26 January 1808 |
25 April 1808 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Foveaux |
25 April 1808 |
9 January 1809 |
| Colonel William Paterson |
9 January 1809 |
31 December 1809 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice O'Connell |
10 January 1810 |
12 February 1814 |
| Colonel George Molle |
13 February 1814 |
12 September 1817 |
| Colonel James Erskine CB |
12 September 1817 |
25 February 1823 |
| Colonel William Stewart |
26 February 1823 |
23 March 1827 |
| Office vacant |
24 March 1827 |
4 December 1837 |
| Colonel Patrick Lindesay CB |
22 October 1831 |
2 December 1831 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass |
5 December 1837 |
23 February 1838 |
| Office vacant |
24 February 1838 |
12 July 1846 |
| The Hon. Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice O'Connell |
12 July 1846 |
2 August 1846 |
| Office vacant |
1846 |
1861 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Kempt administered |
22 Jan 1861 |
21 March 1861 |
| Office vacant |
1861 |
1867 |
| The Rt Hon. Sir John Young KCB GCMG administered |
22 May 1861 |
24 December 1867 |
| Major-General Sir Trevor Chute administered |
Dec 1867 |
Jan 1868 |
| Office vacant |
1868 |
1872 |
| The Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen GCMG CB |
22 February 1872 |
15 January 1891 |
| The Rt Hon. Sir Frederick Darley GCMG |
16 January 1891 |
4 January 1910 |
| The Hon. George Bowen Simpson |
24 March 1909 |
27 January 1910 |
| The Hon. Sir William Cullen KCMG KC |
30 March 1910 |
1 October 1930 |
| The Hon. Sir Philip Street KCMG |
1 October 1930 |
17 October 1938 |
| The Hon. Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG QC |
17 October 1938 |
4 November 1949 |
| The Hon. Sir Kenneth Street KCMG QC |
27 February 1950 |
22 April 1972 |
| The Hon. Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG QC |
22 April 1972 |
3 May 1973 |
| The Rt. Hon. Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC |
30 August 1973 |
1 July 1974 |
| The Hon. Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC |
1 July 1974 |
24 July 1989 |
| The Hon. Murray Gleeson AC QC |
24 July 1989 |
17 June 1998 |
| The Hon. James Spigelman AC QC |
18 June 1998 |
30 January 2012 |
| The Hon. Tom Bathurst AC QC |
1 Feb 2012 |
5 March 2022 |