| Tenure
| Name
| Notes
|
| British Suzerainty
|
| Bechuanaland Protectorate
|
| 1884 to January 1885 | John Mackenzie, Resident |
|
| 23 March 1885 to 24 September 1885 | Sir Charles Warren, Special Commissioner, Military Commander |
|
| 24 September 1885 to 30 September 1885 | Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington, Special Commissioner, Military Commander |
|
| (30 September 1885 to 16 November 1885) Divided into British Bechuanaland Crown Colony (north) and Bechuanaland Protectorate (south)
|
| British Bechuanaland Crown Colony
|
| 30 September 1885 to 23 October 1885 | Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington, Special Commissioner, Military Commander |
|
| 23 October 1885 to 16 November 1885 | Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator |
|
| Bechuanaland Protectorate
|
| 30 September 1885 to 1887 | Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator |
|
| 1887 to 9 May 1891 | Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator |
|
| Bechuanaland High Commission Territory
|
| 9 May 1891 to 1895 | Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Resident Commissioner |
|
| Under the High Commissioner for Southern Africa to 3 October 1963
|
| 19 November 1895 to 1897 | Francis James Newton, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 21 December 1897 to 1900 | Hamilton John Goold-Adams, Resident Commissioner |
|
| January 1901 to 1906 | Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1906 to 1916 | Francis William Panzera, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1916 to 1917 | Edward Charles Frederick Garraway, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1917 to 1923 | James Comyn MacGregor, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1923 to 1927 | Jules Ellenberger, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1928 to 1930 | Rowland Mortimer Daniel, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1930 to 1937 | Charles Fernand Rey, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1937 to 1942 | Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1942 to 1946 | Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1946 to 1950 | Anthony Sillery, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1950 to 1953 | Edward Betham Beetham, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1953 to 1955 | William Forbes Mackenzie, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1955 to 1959 | Martin Osterfield Wray, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1959 to 1963 | John Redcliffe Maud, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 1963 to 3 October 1963 | Peter Fawcus, Resident Commissioner |
|
| 3 October 1963 to 1964 | Peter Fawcus, Commissioner |
|
| 1964 to 1 August 1964 | Sir Peter Fawcus, KBE, CMG, Commissioner |
|
| Bechuanaland
|
| 1 August 1964 to 3 March 1965 | Sir Peter Fawcus, KBE, CMG, Commissioner |
|
| Bechuanaland | Self-Rule
|
| 3 March 1965 to 1965 | Sir Peter Fawcus, KBE, CMG, Commissioner |
|
| 1965 to 1966 | Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Commissioner |
|
| 1966 to 30 September 1966 | Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Commissioner |
|
| 30 September 1966 | Independence as Republic of Botswana
|
