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Colonial Heads Of The Windward Islands
This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada, Barbados (to 1885), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago (to 1889), St. Lucia (from 1838), and Dominica (from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada. Governors of Barbados and the British Windward Islands (1833–1885) Governors-in-Chief of the Windward Islands (1885–1960) References Rulers.org – Barbados External links {{British dependencies governors, state=collapsed Windwards Windward Islands Windward Islands Windward Islands Windward Islands Windward Islands Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Windward Islands
The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 31 December 1959 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados (the seat of the governor until 1885, when it returned to its former status of a completely separate colony), Tobago (until 1889, when it was joined to Trinidad), and (from 1940) Dominica, previously included in the British Leeward Islands. Administrative history The seat of government was Bridgetown on Barbados, from 1871 to 1885, and thereafter St. George's on Grenada. The islands were not a single colony, but a confederation of separate colonies with a common governor-in-chief, while each island retained its own institutions. The Windward Islands had neither legislature, laws, revenue nor tariff in common. However, there was a common audit system, while the islands united in maintaining certain institutions of general u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hayes Sadler (colonial Administrator)
Lieutenant colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler (11 October 1851 – 21 April 1922) was a British colonial administrator and governor of Kenya and the Windward Islands. Early life and education Sadler was born to Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler and Sophia-Jane Sadler (née Taylor) on 11 October 1851 in London, England. In 1875, he married Rita Annie Smith (1856–1918), and had three sons. Career He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, with whom he saw service in India. In 1893 and again from 1893-94, he was Chief political resident of the Persian Gulf (for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States). In 1898 he was appointed Consul-General of the British Protectorate on the Somali Coast. In 1902 he left what is now Somaliland to become Commissioner in Uganda, a position he held until 1907. On 12 December 1905, Sadler was appointed the first governor of the British East African Protectorate, succeeding commissioner Donald William Stewart who died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governors Of The Windward Islands
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Colonial Governors Of The West Indies
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Colville Deverell
Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell (21 February 1907 in Dublin, Ireland – 18 December 1995 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England) was an Irish cricketer and colonial administrator. Cricket A right-handed batsman, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, against the MCC in August 1930. He played one first-class match, playing for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in 1926. In the match, he opened the batting with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. Politics Later in life, he served as Governor of the Windward Islands. He was 28th Governor of Mauritius from 2 Nov 1959 to 10 Jul 1962. He was secretary-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Honours * Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1946 * Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), 1953 * Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Betham Beetham
Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979) was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1950 to 1953. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Governor of the Windward Islands 1953–55 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1955–60, where he presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British colonial governor of Trinidad and Tobago of British descent. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ... is named after him. References External links * 1905 births 1989 deaths 1950s in Bechuanaland Protectorate Alumni of Lincoln College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Beetham, Governor Of Trinidad & Tobago, 1957 (cropped)
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Robert Arundell
Brigadier Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell (22 July 1904 – 24 March 1989) was a British diplomat who became Governor and Commander in Chief of the Windward Islands and later Governor of Barbados and acting Governor-General of the West Indies. Early life Robert Duncan Harris Arundell was born on 22 July 1904 at Lifton, Devon, the son of Constantine Harris Arundell (1862-1945) and his wife Katherine Juliana (1865-1957), daughter of the Reverend Robert Hole, rector of North Tawton. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and at Brasenose College, Oxford. A member of the Blundell's team from 1921 to 1923, he also played cricket for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship in 1922. Career Arundell joined the Colonial Service, eventually becoming Assistant Chief Secretary, Uganda. He was seconded to the Forces in 1941 for appointment to occupied territory administration, and, in 1945, was Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Middle East, with the rank of Brigadier. In 1946 Arund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Arthur Grimble
Sir Arthur Francis Grimble, (Hong Kong, 11 June 1888 – London, 13 December 1956) was a British Colonial Service administrator and writer. Biography Grimble was educated at Chigwell School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He then went to France and Germany for postgraduate studies. After joining the Colonial Office in 1914 he became the very first cadet administrative officer in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. From April 1919 he acted as the Resident Commissioner until Herbert Reginald McClure took up his appointment as Resident Commissioner. In 1925 Grimble succeeded McClure as Resident Commissioner. He learned the Gilbertese language, and became a specialist in the myths and oral traditions of the Kiribati people. He remained in the islands until 1933. He has been the source of many people's impressions of the islands through his radio broadcast on BBC in the 1950s and his bestselling book ''A Pattern of Islands''. Grimble later served as Governor of the Seychelles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bradshaw Popham
Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham (23 August 1881 – 15 April 1947) was a soldier in the South African War and Governor of the Windward Islands 1937–1942. Early life and education Popham was born 23 August 1881 at Walmer, Kent, the son of a surgeon at the Royal Navy hospital at Port Royal in Trinidad, Thomas Dalton Popham (1849–1885) and Annie Emma West (1857–1945). his brother was Charles Home Popham (1884–1955). He was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent. He later married Millicent Collyer on 27 March 1913 at Seaton in Devon. Career Popham's first commission was in Prince Albert's 13th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry in 1900. He then served in South African War (receiving 2 medals). He was seconded to the Gold Coast Regiment as Lieutenant (replacing O. C. Mordaunt) on 1 May 1905., whilst there he entered the Colonial Service where he became private secretary and Aide-de-camp to the Acting-Governor from March to August 1909, then at the Colonial-Secretary’s office fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn MacGregor Grier
Sir Selwyn Macgregor Grier (1 April 1878 – 8 November 1946) was a British colonial administrator, Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands from 1935 to 1937. He was the eldest child of Richard Macgregor Grier (1835 – 1894), the then rural dean of Rugeley and prebendary of Lichfield, and his wife, Grace Allen. His sister, Lynda Grier, was a British educational administrator, and the principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, from 1921 to 1945. He was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He taught for a year at Berkhamsted School in 1901-02 and at Cheam School from 1902 to 1905. He then joined the Colonial Service and went out to Nigeria as Assistant Resident in Zaria Province in 1906, being later transferred to Bauchi in 1912 and to Ibadan in 1913. From 1921 to 1925 he served as Secretary for Native Affairs and in 1925 was appointed Director of Education of the Southern Provinces. He was one of the founding fathers of Government College, Ibadan. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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