The following tables are inserted for reference. The list of Governors is complete. The others are as complete as it has hitherto been found possible to make them. There are portraits in Jamaica History Gallery in the Institute of Jamaica of those to whom an * is suffixed.
| 1661–62. | General Edward Doyley. | Governor. |
| 1662. | Thomas, Lord Windsor.* | „ |
| 1662–64. | Sir Charles Lyttelton.* | Dep.-Governor |
| 1664. | Colonel Edward Morgan. | „ |
| 1664. | Colonel Thomas Lynch. | President. |
| 1664–71. | Sir Thomas Modyford, Bt. | Governor. |
| 1671–74. | Sir Thomas Lynch. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1674. | Sir Henry Morgan.* | „ „ |
| 1675–78. | John, Lord Vaughan.* | Governor. |
| 1678. | Sir Henry Morgan. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1678–80. | Charles, Earl of Carlisle.* | Governor. |
| 1680–82. | Sir Henry Morgan. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1682–84. | Sir Thomas Lynch. | Governor. |
| 1684–87. | Colonel Hender Molesworth. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1687–88. | Christopher, Duke of Albemarle.* | Governor. |
| 1688–90. | Sir Francis Watson. | President. |
| 1690–92. | William, Earl of Inchiquin.* | Governor. |
| 1691–92. | John White. | President. |
| 1692–93. | John Bourden. | „ |
| 1693–1700. | Sir William Beeston. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1700–02. | „ „ „ | Governor. |
| 1702. | Maj.-Gen. William Selwyn. | „ |
| 1702. | Peter Beckford.* | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1702–04. | Colonel Thomas Handasyd. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1704–11. | Sir Thomas Handasyd. | Governor. |
| 1711–16. | Lord Archibald Hamilton. | „ |
| 1716–18. | Peter Heywood. | „ |
| 1718–22. | Sir Nicholas Lawes. | „ |
| 1722–26. | Henry, Duke of Portland. | Governor. |
| 1726–28. | John Ayscough. | President. |
| 1728–34. | Maj.-Gen. Robert Hunter. | Governor. |
| 1734–35. | John Ayscough. | President. |
| 1735. | John Gregory. | „ |
| 1735–36. | Henry Cunningham. | Governor. |
| 1736–38. | John Gregory. | President. |
| 1738–52. | Edward Trelawny. | Governor. |
| 1752–56. | Admiral Charles Knowles.* | Governor. |
| 1756–59. | Henry Moore. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1759. | General George Haldane. | Governor. |
| 1760–62. | Henry Moore. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1762–66. | William Henry Lyttelton. | Governor. |
| 1766–67. | Roger Hope Elletson. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1767–72. | Sir William Trelawny. | Governor. |
| 1772–74. | Lieut.-Col. John Dalling. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1774–77. | Sir Basil Keith. | Governor. |
| 1777–81. | Colonel John Dalling. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1781–83. | Maj.-Gen. Archibald Campbell.* | „ „ |
| 1783–84. | „ „ „ | Governor. |
| 1784–90. | Brig.-Gen. Alured Clarke.* | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1790–91. | Thomas, Earl of Effingham.* | Governor. |
| 1791–95. | Maj.-Gen. Adam Williamson. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1795–01. | Alexander, Earl of Balcarres.* | „ „ |
| 1801–06. | Lieut.-Gen. George Nugent.* | „ „ |
| 1806–08. | Sir Eyre Coote.* | „ „ |
| 1808–11. | William, Duke of Manchester.* | Governor. |
| 1811–13. | Lieut.-Gen. Edward Morrison. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1813–21. | William, Duke of Manchester. | Governor. |
| 1821–22. | Maj.-Gen. Henry Conran.* | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1822–27. | William, Duke of Manchester. | Governor. |
| 1827–29. | Maj.-Gen. Sir John Keane.* | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1829–32. | Somerset, Earl of Belmore.* | Governor. |
| 1832. | George Cuthbert. | President. |
| 1832–34. | Constantine, Earl of Mulgrave.* | Governor. |
| 1834. | George Cuthbert. | President. |
| 1834. | Maj.-Gen. Sir Amos Norcot. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1834–36. | Peter, Marquis of Sligo.* | Governor. |
| 1836–39. | Sir Lionel Smith. | „ |
| 1839–42. | Sir Charles Metcalfe.* | „ |
| 1842–46. | James, Earl of Elgin.* | „ |
| 1846–47. | Maj.-Gen. Sackville Berkeley. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1847–53. | Sir Charles Edward Grey. | Governor. |
| 1853–56. | Sir Henry Barkly.* | „ |
| 1856–57. | Maj.-Gen. E. Wells Bell. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1857–62. | Captain Charles Darling.* | Governor. |
| 1862–64. | Edward John Eyre.* | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1864–66. | „ „ „ | Governor. |
| 1866. | Sir Henry Storks.* | Governor. |
| 1866–74. | Sir John Peter Grant.* | „ |
| 1874. | W. A. Young. | Administ. |
| 1874–77. | Sir William Grey.* | Governor. |
| 1877. | Edward Rushworth. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1877. | Maj.-Gen. Mann. | Administ. |
| 1877–80. | Sir Anthony Musgrave.* | Governor. |
| 1879–80. | Edward Newton. | Lieut.-Gov. |
| 1880–83. | Sir Anthony Musgrave. | Governor. |
| 1883. | Col. Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke. | Administ. |
| 1883. | Maj.-Gen. Gamble. | „ |
| 1883–89. | Sir Henry Norman.* | Governor. |
| 1889. | Col. William Clive Justice. | Administ. |
| 1889–98. | Sir Henry Arthur Blake. | Governor. |
| 1898. | Maj.-Gen. Hallowes. | Administ. |
| 1898–04. | Sir Augustus W. L. Hemming.* | Governor. |
| 1904. | Sydney Olivier. | Administ. |
| 1904. | Hugh Clarence Bourne. | „ |
| 1904–07. | Sir James Alexander Swettenham. | Governor. |
| 1907. | Hugh Clarence Bourne. | Administ. |
| 1907–13. | Sir Sydney Olivier. | Governor. |
| 1913. | Philip Clarke Cork. | Administ. |
| 1913– | Sir William Henry Manning. | Governor. |
| 1655. | Sir William Penn, Admiral and General-at-sea* |
| 1655–57. | Vice-Admiral William Goodsonn |
| 1656–57. | Vice-Admiral Christopher Myngs* |
| 1662. | Col. Mitchell, chief over the sea-officers |
| 1662–64. | Vice-Admiral Christopher Myngs |
| 1663. | Sir Thomas Whetstone, commanded a fleet at Jamaica |
| 1669. | Henry Morgan, “Commander-in Chief of all the ships of war” of Jamaica (commission from Governor) |
| 1676. | The Duke of York was Admiral of Jamaica and all other his Majesty’s Plantations and Dominions |
| [1692. | Commodore Wrenn, commanded in the West Indies |
| 1692. | Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Wheler, commanded in the West Indies] |
| 1702. | Vice-Admiral Benbow* |
| [1703. | Vice-Admiral John Graydon, commanded a fleet in the West Indies] |
| 1703–05. | Sir William Whetstone, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies |
| [1706. | Commodore William Kerr, commanded a fleet in the West Indies |
| 1706. | Sir John Jennings, commanded a fleet in the West Indies] |
| 1707–09. | Rear-Admiral Charles Wager* |
| 1710–12. | Commodore James Littleton |
| 1712. | Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker |
| 1720. | Commodore Vernon, Commander-in-Chief of all his Majesty’s ships in the West Indies* |
| [1726–27. | Vice-Admiral Francis Hosier, commanded a squadron in the West Indies] |
| 1727. | Commodore Edward St. Lo, in command of West India Station |
| 1728. | Vice-Admiral Edward Hopson, in command of West India Station |
| 1728–29. | Rear-Admiral Edward St. Lo, in command of West India Station |
| 1729. | Commodore William Smith |
| 1730–33. | Rear-Admiral the Hon. Charles Stuart, in command of West India Station |
| 1732. | Commodore Richard Lestock |
| 1732–39. | Commodore Sir Chaloner Ogle* |
| 1736–37. | Captain Digby Dent |
| [1739–42. | Admiral Edward Vernon, commanded in the West Indies]* |
| 1742–44. | Rear-Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle. |
| [1744. | Vice-Admiral Thomas Davers, died at Jamaica] |
| 1746. | Captain Cornelius Mitchell |
| 1747. | Captain Digby Dent |
| 1747–49. | Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles |
| 1749–52. | Commodore the Hon. George Townshend |
| 1755–57. | Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Townshend |
| 1757. | Rear-Admiral Thomas Cotes |
| 1760–61. | Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes |
| 1762. | Commodore Sir James Douglas |
| [1762. | Admiral Sir George Pocock, Commander-in-Chief of expedition against Havana] |
| 1762–64. | Rear-Admiral Viscount Keppel |
| 1764–66. | Rear-Admiral Sir William Burnaby |
| 1766–69. | Rear-Admiral W. Parry |
| 1769–70. | Commodore Arthur Forrest* |
| 1771–74. | Rear-Admiral Sir George Rodney* |
| 1774–78. | Vice-Admiral Clarke Gayton |
| 1778–82. | Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Parker* |
| [1779. | Captain Horatio Nelson, commanded in Fort Charles, Port Royal]* |
| 1782–83. | Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley |
| 1783–84. | Vice-Admiral James Gambier |
| 1785. | Commodore John Pakenham |
| 1785. | Captain Alan Gardner* |
| 1786. | Rear-Admiral Alexander Innes |
| 1786–89. | Commodore Alan (afterwards Lord) Gardner |
| 1790–93. | Rear-Admiral Philip Affleck |
| 1793–95. | Rear-Admiral John Ford |
| 1796. | Rear-Admiral William Parker |
| 1796. | Commodore Richard Rodney Bligh* |
| 1796–1800. | Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker* |
| 1800–01. | Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour* |
| 1802. | Rear-Admiral Robert Montague |
| 1803–04. | Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth* |
| 1804–08. | Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres* |
| 1809–11. | Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley* |
| 1811–13. | Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Stirling, Bart. |
| 1812. | Vice-Admiral James Vashon |
| 1813–14. | Rear-Admiral William Brown* |
| 1814–16. | Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, K.B., Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica Station, Windward and Leeward Islands, and Coast of North America |
| 1816–17. | Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas |
| 1817–20. | Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B.* |
| 1820–23. | Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, K.C.B. |
| 1823. | Commodore E. W. C. R. Owen |
| 1824–27. | Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence William Halstead, K.C.B. |
| 1828–29. | Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming |
| 1829–32. | Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B. |
| 1833. | Commodore Sir Arthur Farquhar, C.B., K.C.H. K.S. |
| 1833–36. | Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn |