Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead

The Right Honourable The Lord Rosmead GCMG PC
1st Administrator of Montserrat
In office 14 February 1854 – 1855
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Edward Rushworth
6th Lieutenant Governor of Saint Christopher
In office 1855–1859
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Edward Hay
Succeeded by	Sir Benjamin Pine
5th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 9 September 1859 – 15 March 1865
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant	Charles van Straubenzee Sir James Grant Sir John Michel Sir Charles Staveley William Brown Sir Philip Guy
Preceded by	Sir John Bowring
Succeeded by	Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 21 March 1865 – 16 May 1865
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Terence O'Brien (Acting governor)
Succeeded by	Himself
13th Governor of British Ceylon
In office 16 May 1865 – 4 January 1872
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Himself (Acting governor)
Succeeded by	Henry Turner Irving
14th Governor of New South Wales
In office 4 March 1872 – 24 February 1879
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	The Earl Belmore
Succeeded by	Lord Augustus Loftus
1st Governor of Fiji
In office 10 October 1874 – June 1875
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
8th Governor of New Zealand
In office 27 March 1879 – 9 September 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Premier	Sir George Grey John Hall
Preceded by	The Marquess of Normanby
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
8th High Commissioner for Southern Africa
In office 22 January 1881 – 1 May 1889
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Thomas Charles Scanlen Thomas Upington Sir Gordon Sprigg
Preceded by	Sir George Strahan (acting)
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Smyth (acting)
8th Governor of Cape Colony
In office 22 January 1881 – 1 May 1889
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Thomas Charles Scanlen Thomas Upington Sir Gordon Sprigg
Preceded by	Sir George Strahan (acting)
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Smyth (acting)
Acting Governor of British Mauritius
In office 15 December 1886 – 18 December 1886
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts (acting)
Succeeded by	William Hanbury Hawley (acting)
10th High Commissioner for Southern Africa
In office 30 May 1895 – 21 April 1897
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Cecil Rhodes Sir Gordon Sprigg
Preceded by	Sir Henry Brougham Loch
Succeeded by	Sir William Goodenough (acting)
10th Governor of Cape Colony
In office 30 May 1895 – 21 April 1897
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Cecil Rhodes Sir Gordon Sprigg
Preceded by	Sir Henry Brougham Loch
Succeeded by	Sir William Goodenough (acting)

Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, GCMG, PC (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong , then 13th Governor of Ceylon, and subsequently, the 14th Governor of New South Wales, the first Governor of Fiji, and the 8th Governor of New Zealand. Later in his career he held various positions in Southern Africa, including two terms as Governor of the Cape Colony. From June 1859 until August 1896, he was known as Sir Hercules Robinson.