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Governor of Gozo

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Governor of Gozo
The Governor's Palace in the Cittadella
SeatGovernor's Palace, Rabat, Gozo
Formation1530
First holderGiovanni de Soria
Final holderFilippo Castagna
Abolished1814
SuccessionChief civil officer

The Governor of Gozo was the administrator of Gozo, in what is today Malta, between 1530 and 1814. The office was established under Hospitaller rule, and abolished during the early years of British rule in Malta, when chief civil officers were first appointed to administer the island.[1]

The seat of the Governor was a building in the Cittadella known as the Governor's Palace, constructed in the 17th century during the magistracy of Alof de Wignacourt. The building is now a courthouse.[2]

Governors

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Hospitaller governors

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Governor Took office Left office
Giovanni de Soria 1530 1531
Antonio di Platamone 1531 1532
Francesco di Platamone (1st term) 1532 1533
Andrea Mannara 1533 1534
Bartolomeo di Platamone 1534 1536
Francesco di Platamone (2nd term) 1536 1538
Alonso de Montagnes 1538 1539
Didaco Cervantes de Bobadilla 1539 1540
Calcerano Mompalao 1542 1543
Alonso de Vagas 1544 1545
Nicolo Caxaro 1545 1546
Giulio Savona 1548 1549
Andrea Castelletti 1550 1551
Galatian de Sessè 1551 1553
Pedro de Olivares 1553 1560
Antoine de Fay (dit St.-Romain) 1560 1561
Janotto Torrellas 1565 1567
Isidoro d'Arguiz 1567 1568
Roderico Cortez 1572 1573
Nicola Tornaquinci 1573 1575
Bernard de Aldana 1581 1583
George Fortuyn 1583 1584
Octave de Castellane 1584 1585
Pietro Spina 1586 1594
Faustino Bulgarini c. 1592 1595
Pietro de Sangro 1596 1597
Giovanni Andrea Capece 1597 1599
Baldassare Manilla 1599 1601
Ferdinando Rosselimini (Rossermini) 1601 1605
François Mansell (Munsell) Saint-Leger 1606 1609
Eugenio Ramirez Maldonato 1610 1612
Farnçois de Cremaulx 1613 1614
Jacques de Bovain dit Colubieres (Bouvin La Rognosa) 1614 1616
Jean de Mars-Liviers 1616 1617
Jacques-Christophe de Andlau 1617 1618
Richard de Nini Claret 1618 1622
Ludovico Vasconcelos 1622 1623
Pierre de Carvel-de-Merey 1623 1624
Jean-Baptiste de Galéan-Chateauneuf 1625 1626
François du Puy-Trigonan 1628 1629
Jean de Tiembrune-Valence 1630 1631
Stefano del Portico 1631 1633
Alexandre de Benque 1633 1635
Henri de Lates-Entraygues 1635 1637
Honore de Lascaris 1638 1639
Jerome de Galean-Chateauneuf 1639 1640
Jean-Scipio de Grailles-Chalettes 1641 1642
Antoine Le Fort-Bennebost 1644 1645
Henri de Villeneuve-Thorens 1645 1646
Francisco de Salinas 1647 1649
Joseph de Panisse 1649 1650
Philibert de Cleron 1651 1652
Isidoro de Arguiz y Antillon 1653 1654
François de Vintimille-Montpezat 1655 1656
François-Guillaume de Neulandt 1657 1658
Joseph del Vayo y Agreda 1660 1661
Erasmo de Albito 1661 1662
Fabio Gori Pannellini 1663 1664
Giovanni Cassia 1664 1665
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (1st term) 1665 1666
Alessandro Fattinelli 1666 1667
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (2nd term) 1667 1669/70
Carlo de Quirault 1670 1671
Ottavio Tancredi 1671 1673
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (3rd term) 1673 1676
Francisco de Cordoba 1676 1678
Etienne Pinto de Mirandal 1678 1679
Pietro Gorgona 1680 1681
Henri de Gratet de Dolomieu 1682 1683
Albert de Banquemare 1684 1685
Luigi Venato 1686 1687
Girolamo Albergotti 1688 1689
Ignazio Lores 1690 1691
Rene de Marconnay de Cursay 1692 1693
Marc' Antoine de Galean 1696 1697
Octave de Galean 1697 1699
François du Hamel 1699 1700
Charles-Louis de Dautesar-Doradur 1701 1703
George de La Rue 1703 1704
Pierre-Nicolas Contet d'Aulanay 1705 1706
Cinto de Montfort 1706 1707
Alessandro Battali 1710 1711
Claude de Fontanet la Valette 1711 1712
Diego Garcia de Mula 1714 1715
Pierre de Castellane 1716 1717
Rene de Marbeuf 1718 1720
Giovanni Giuseppe Caxaro (acting for Marbeuf) 1719 1720
Michel de Guast 22 January 1720 1721
Paul-Antoine de Barbantane 1722 1723
Giuseppe Cassar 1729 1729
Paolo Antonio de Viguier c. 1729 c. 1729
Vincent de Vogue-Courdan 1730 1731
Paul Antoine de Viguier 1731/32 1734
Hubert de Martenville 1734 1735
Pierre Dupeyroux 1735 1736
Bernadin de Marbeuf 1738 1739
Sevrin du Quenoy 1740 1741
Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Remching 1742 1743
François Alexandre de Vauchelle 1743 1744
Joseph Gabriel d'Olivary 1744 1745
Claude Joseph de Castellane 1746 1747
Charles de Guast (1st term) 1748 1749
Jacques-François de Chambray
(1687–1756)
1749 1750
Pietro Sarsana (Pietro Paolo Zarcona) 1750 1752
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise (1st term) 1752 1753
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise (2nd term) 1754 1754
Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert (1st term) 1754 1755
Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert (2nd term) 1756 1757
Charles de Guast (2nd term) 1758 1764
Bernardo Rondinelli 1764 1765
Charles de Guast (3rd term) 1765 1766
Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe (1st term)
(1732–1792)
1774 1775
Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe (2nd term)
(1732–1792)
1778 1779
Giuseppe Bonelli 1781 1782
Ugolino Cambi 1784 1787
Gilberto Maria des Boys 1787 1798
Pierre Antoine Charles de Mesgrigny de Villebertain
(1747–1828)
1798 12 June 1798
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French occupation

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Gozo was invaded by French troops in June 1798, and they occupied the island until October 1798, when they evacuated the island after a rebellion broke out. During the French occupation, no Governors were appointed, and instead the island was administered by:[1]

De facto independence

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Governor-General Took office Left office
Saverio Cassar
(1746–1805)
18 September 1798 20 August 1801
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British rule

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Governor Took office Left office
Emmanuele Vitale
(1758–1802)
20 August 1801 8 October 1802
Filippo Castagna
(1765–1830)
19 October 1802 15 October 1814
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Malta". worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The Courts". The Judiciary of Malta. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016.