Governors of New South Wales (before federation)

This is a quiz about the governors of New South Wales when it was a colony. Note that from 1793 to 1795, NSW was under complete military control, and in 1808 and 1809 the Rum Corps was in charge. Based on the list on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales
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1788-1792
Arthur Phillip
1795-1800
John Hunter
1800-1806
Philip Gidley King
1806-1808
William Bligh
1810-1821
Lachlan Macquarie
1821-1825
Thomas Brisbane
1825-1831
Ralph Darling
1831-1837
Richard Bourke
1838-1846
George Gipps
1846-1855
Charles Augustus FitzRoy
1855-1861
William Denison
1861-1867
John Young
1868-1872
Somerset Lawry-Corry
1872-1879
Hercules Robinson
1879-1885
Augustus Loftus
1885-1890
Charles Wynn-Carington
1891-1893
Victor Charles Villiers
1893-1895
Robert Duff
1895-1899
Henry Brand
1899-1901
William Lygon
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