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

Hospitaller governors

Governor Took office Left office
Giovanni de Soria15301531
Antonio di Platamone15311532
Francesco di Platamone (1st term)15321533
Andrea Mannara15331534
Bartolomeo di Platamone15341536
Francesco di Platamone (2nd term)15361538
Alonso de Montagnes15381539
Didaco Cervantes de Bobadilla15391540
Calcerano Mompalao15421543
Alonso de Vagas15441545
Nicolo Caxaro15451546
Giulio Savona15481549
Andrea Castelletti15501551
Galatian de Sessè15511553
Pedro de Olivares15531560
Antoine de Fay (dit St.-Romain)15601561
Janotto Torrellas15651567
Isidoro d'Arguiz15671568
Roderico Cortez15721573
Nicola Tornaquinci15731575
Bernard de Aldana15811583
George Fortuyn15831584
Octave de Castellane15841585
Pietro Spina15861594
Faustino Bulgarinic. 15921595
Pietro de Sangro15961597
Giovanni Andrea Capece15971599
Baldassare Manilla15991601
Ferdinando Rosselimini (Rossermini)16011605
François Mansell (Munsell) Saint-Leger16061609
Eugenio Ramirez Maldonato16101612
Farnçois de Cremaulx16131614
Jacques de Bovain dit Colubieres (Bouvin La Rognosa)16141616
Jean de Mars-Liviers16161617
Jacques-Christophe de Andlau16171618
Richard de Nini Claret16181622
Ludovico Vasconcelos16221623
Pierre de Carvel-de-Merey16231624
Jean-Baptiste de Galéan-Chateauneuf16251626
François du Puy-Trigonan16281629
Jean de Tiembrune-Valence16301631
Stefano del Portico16311633
Alexandre de Benque16331635
Henri de Lates-Entraygues16351637
Honore de Lascaris16381639
Jerome de Galean-Chateauneuf16391640
Jean-Scipio de Grailles-Chalettes16411642
Antoine Le Fort-Bennebost16441645
Henri de Villeneuve-Thorens16451646
Francisco de Salinas16471649
Joseph de Panisse16491650
Philibert de Cleron16511652
Isidoro de Arguiz y Antillon16531654
François de Vintimille-Montpezat16551656
François-Guillaume de Neulandt16571658
Joseph del Vayo y Agreda16601661
Erasmo de Albito16611662
Fabio Gori Pannellini16631664
Giovanni Cassia16641665
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (1st term)16651666
Alessandro Fattinelli16661667
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (2nd term)16671669/70
Carlo de Quirault16701671
Ottavio Tancredi16711673
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (3rd term)16731676
Francisco de Cordoba16761678
Etienne Pinto de Mirandal16781679
Pietro Gorgona16801681
Henri de Gratet de Dolomieu16821683
Albert de Banquemare16841685
Luigi Venato16861687
Girolamo Albergotti16881689
Ignazio Lores16901691
Rene de Marconnay de Cursay16921693
Marc' Antoine de Galean16961697
Octave de Galean16971699
François du Hamel16991700
Charles-Louis de Dautesar-Doradur17011703
George de La Rue17031704
Pierre-Nicolas Contet d'Aulanay17051706
Cinto de Montfort17061707
Alessandro Battali17101711
Claude de Fontanet la Valette17111712
Diego Garcia de Mula17141715
Pierre de Castellane17161717
Rene de Marbeuf17181720
Giovanni Giuseppe Caxaro (acting for Marbeuf)17191720
Michel de Guast22 January 17201721
Paul-Antoine de Barbantane17221723
Giuseppe Cassar17291729
Paolo Antonio de Viguierc. 1729c. 1729
Vincent de Vogue-Courdan17301731
Paul Antoine de Viguier1731/321734
Hubert de Martenville17341735
Pierre Dupeyroux17351736
Bernadin de Marbeuf17381739
Sevrin du Quenoy17401741
Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Remching17421743
François Alexandre de Vauchelle17431744
Joseph Gabriel d'Olivary17441745
Claude Joseph de Castellane17461747
Charles de Guast (1st term)17481749
Jacques-François de Chambray
(1687–1756)
17491750
Pietro Sarsana (Pietro Paolo Zarcona)17501752
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise (1st term)17521753
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise (2nd term)17541754
Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert (1st term)17541755
Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert (2nd term)17561757
Charles de Guast (2nd term)17581764
Bernardo Rondinelli17641765
Charles de Guast (3rd term)17651766
Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe (1st term)
(1732–1792)
17741775
Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe (2nd term)
(1732–1792)
17781779
Giuseppe Bonelli17811782
Ugolino Cambi17841787
Gilberto Maria des Boys17871798
Pierre Antoine Charles de Mesgrigny de Villebertain
(1747–1828)
179812 June 1798
Source[1]

French occupation

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

Governor-General Took office Left office
Saverio Cassar
(1746–1805)
18 September 179820 August 1801
Source[1]

British rule

Governor Took office Left office
Emmanuele Vitale
(1758–1802)
20 August 18018 October 1802
Filippo Castagna
(1765–1830)
19 October 180215 October 1814
Source[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
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