Governor of Burma | |
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Longest serving Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler 28 October 1915–22 September 1917 21 December 1922–20 December 1927 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Government House, Rangoon |
Appointer | Monarch of the United Kingdom |
Formation | 31 January 1862 |
First holder | Arthur Purves Phayre |
Final holder | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance |
Abolished | 4 January 1948 |
Succession | President of Myanmar |
The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.
As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.