The Governor of Quebec was a

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officer nominally in charge of the garrison at

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

. Often the holder of the post was an absentee, and the office was abolished in 1833.

Governors

* 1760–1774: James Murray * 1774–1797: James Johnston * 1797–1800:

Staats Long Morris General Staats Long Morris (27 August 1728 – 28 January 1800) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons representing the constituency of Elgin Burghs from 1774 to 1784. He also served as governor of Quebec f ...

* 1800–1848: William Goodday Strutt

Lieutenant-Governors

* 1797–1799: Patrick Bellew * 1799–1811: John Callow * 1811–1813: William Johnson * 1813–1825: Daniel Paterson * 1825–1829: Lachlan Maclean * 1829–1842: William Thomas Dilkes

References

{{reflist History of Quebec City Military history of Quebec British military appointments