| Year | Names |
| 1973 | Sir John Warburton Paul, GCMG, OBE, MC; appointed July 10, 1973; retired July 31, 1973
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| 1973 | Sir Milo Butler, GCMG, GCVO; appointed August 1, 1973; retired January 22, 1979
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| 1976 | Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP; Acting Governor-General, September 2, 1976 - September 23, 1979
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| 1979 | Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP; appointed Governor-General, September 24, 1979; retired June 25, 1988
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| 1988 | Sir Henry Milton Taylor, KT; Acting Governor-General, June 26, 1988-February 28, 1991
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| 1991 | Sir Henry Milton Taylor, KT; appointed Governor-General, March 1, 1991; retired January 1, 1992
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| 1992 | Sir Clifford Darling, KT, JP; appointed January 2, 1992; retired January 2, 1995 |
| 1995 | Sir Orville A Turnquest, GCMG, QC, JP; appointed Jan 3, 1995; retired November 13, 2001 |
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