Spouse of the Governor-General of New Zealand
# Governor-General Term start Term end Spouse Born Died
1 Arthur Foljambe , 2nd Earl of Liverpool 28 June 1917 8 July 1920 Annette Monck , Countess of Liverpool GBE 23 May 1875 25 May 1948
2 John Jellicoe , 1st Earl Jellicoe 27 September 1920 12 December 1924 Florence Gwendoline Cayzer , Lady Jellicoe 20 July 1877 12 May 1964
3 Sir Charles Fergusson , 7th Baronet 13 December 1924 8 February 1930 Alice Mary Boyle , Lady Fergusson 18 December 1877 1 January 1958
4 Charles Bathurst , 1st Viscount Bledisloe 19 March 1930 15 March 1935 Hon Bertha Susan , Lady Bledisloe c. 1869 1926
5 George Monckton-Arundell , 8th Viscount Galway 12 April 1935 3 February 1941 Lucia Margaret White , Lady Galway 3 December 1890 1983
6 Cyril Newall , 1st Baron Newall 22 February 1941 19 April 1946 Olive Foster , Lady Newall ? c. 1988
7 Bernard Freyberg , 1st Baron Freyberg 17 June 1946 15 August 1952 Barbara Jekyll , Lady Freyberg 14 June 1887 24 September 1973
8 Willoughby Norrie , 1st Baron Norrie 2 December 1952 25 July 1957 Patricia Merryweather Bainbridge , Lady Norrie March 1907 January 2001
9 Charles Lyttelton , 10th Viscount Cobham 5 September 1957 13 September 1962 Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones , Lady Cobham ? 1986
10 Bernard Fergusson , Baron Ballantrae 9 November 1962 20 October 1967 Laura Margaret Grenfell , Lady Ballantrae 14 April 1920 17 December 1979
11 Sir Arthur Porritt , Baron Porritt 1 December 1967 7 September 1972 Kathleen Mary Peck , Lady Porritt 25 October 1913 13 July 1998
12 Sir Denis Blundell 27 September 1972 5 October 1977 June Daphne Blundell , Lady Blundell 19 June 1922 31 October 2012
13 Sir Keith Holyoake 26 October 1977 25 October 1980 Dame Norma Holyoake 7 March 1909 18 December 1984
14 Sir David Beattie 6 November 1980 22 November 1985 Norma Margaret Sarah Macdonald , Lady Beattie 26 September 1925 9 May 2018
15 Sir Paul Reeves 22 November 1985 20 November 1990 Beverley Watkins , Lady Reeves 1934 living
16 Dame Catherine Tizard 20 November 1990 21 March 1996 Vacant
17 Sir Michael Hardie Boys 21 March 1996 21 March 2001 Mary Zohrab , Lady Hardie Boys ? living
18 Dame Silvia Cartwright 4 April 2001 4 August 2006 Peter Cartwright 3 May 1940 17 April 2019
19 Sir Anand Satyanand 23 August 2006 23 August 2011 Susan Sharpe , Lady Satyanand 1947 living
20 Sir Jerry Mateparae 31 August 2011 31 August 2016 Janine Grenside , Lady Mateparae 1965 living
List of spouses of the Governor-General of New Zealand
The spouse of the Governor-General of New Zealand generally assists the office-holder in welcoming ambassadors and their spouses, and in performing their other official duties. The Governor-General's spouse traditionally participates in celebratory occasions, attends functions and, as a patron of various voluntary associations, works to promote the activities of those associations. None of the activities have any official status. The spouse of the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand fulfills the role when the Administrator of the Government performs the function of the Governor-General. The current spouse (since 28 September 2016) is David Gascoigne, husband of Patsy Reddy. Both the Governor-General and their spouse are entitled to the style His/Her Excellency during the Governor-General's term of office, but not thereafter. The Governor-General is entitled to the style The Right Honourable for life; this does not extend to the spouse. Most of the spouses of Governors-General have been content to be background figures providing the office-holder with support. Some have been all but unknown to the general New Zealand public. However, some have been notable in their own right, and details are shown in the following table.