Governor-General of South Africa
The following is a list of people who served as governor-general of South Africa from independence in 1910 to the establishment of a republic in 1961. But before that it was called governor of Cape Colony
List of governors-general of South Africa[change | change source]
Herbert Gladstone 31 May 1910 – 8 September 1914
Sydney Buxton 1914–1920
Prince Arthur of Connaught 20 November 1920 – 21 January 1924
Alexander Cambridge 21 January 1924 – 21 December 1930
George Villiers 26 January 1931 – 5 April 1937
Patrick Duncan 5 April 1937 – 17 July 1943
Gideon Brand van Zyl 1 January 1946 – 1 January 1951
Ernest George Jansen 1 January 1951 – 25 November 1959
Charles Robberts Swart 11 December 1959 – 30 April 1961
after that, it was called state president