governor general

a governor who is chief over subordinate or deputy governors.

Origin of governor general

First recorded in 1580–90

gov·er·nor-gen·er·al·ship, noun

The position he coveted, governor-general of the Philippines, went to Judge William Howard Taft.

Wait for the Movie Version of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit” |David Nasaw |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Among others, he wrote to an old friend and schoolfellow, the Governor-General, requesting his aid in this affair.

Confessions Of Con Cregan |Charles James Lever
How the good intentions of the Governor-General had been frustrated in this case I have never learned.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official |William Sleeman
M. Frontenac, an ambitious and energetic Frenchman, was then governor-general of Canada.

The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago |John S. C. Abbott

Tasman thought that it was part of his continent and called it Van Diemen's Land, after the governor-general who had sent him out.

The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators |Hendrik Willem van Loon
He implored the Governor-General to have mercy upon the two unfortunate nobles.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 |John Lothrop Motley

governor general

the representative of the Crown in a dominion of the Commonwealth or a British colony; vicegerent

British a governor with jurisdiction or precedence over other governors

governor-generalship, noun