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List Of Colonial Heads Of Saint Vincent
This is a list of viceroys in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from British settlement in 1763 until it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Lieutenant Governors of Saint Vincent (1763–1776) *George Maddison, 1763–1764 *Joseph Higginson, 1764–1766 *Lauchlin McLean, 1766 *Ulysses FitzMaurice, 1766–1772 * Valentin Morris, 1772–1776 Governors of Saint Vincent (1776–1833) * Valentin Morris, 1776–1779, ''continued'' *Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain, 1779 (French occupation) *Antoine Dumontet, 1779–1780 (French occupation) *Philibert-François Rouxel de Blanchelande 1780–1781 (French occupation) *Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux Duplessis, 1781–1782 (French occupation) *''Pierre-Jean-François de Feydeau, March 1782–1783, ''interim'' (French occupation) *Edmund Lincoln, 1783–1787 *James Seton, 1787–1798 * William Bentinck, 1798–1802 *Henry William Bentinck, 1802–1806 *Robert Paul (1st time)(acting) 1805–1806 * George Beckwith, 1806–1808 *Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean. Its territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and, south of that, two-thirds of the northern part of the Grenadines, a chain of 32 smaller islands. Some of the Grenadines are inhabited—Bequia, Mustique, Union Island, Canouan, Petit Saint Vincent, Palm Island, Mayreau, Young Island—while others are not: Tobago Cays, Baliceaux, Battowia, Quatre, Petite Mustique, Savan and Petit Nevis. Most of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies within the Hurricane Alley. To the north of Saint Vincent lies Saint Lucia, to the east is Barbados, and Grenada lies to the south. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a population density of over 300 inhabitants/km2 (700 per sq. mi.), with approxima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Musgrave
Sir Anthony Musgrave (31 August 1828 – 9 October 1888) was a colonial administrator and governor. He died in office as Governor of Queensland in 1888. Early life He was born at St John's, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff. After education in Antigua and Great Britain, he was appointed private secretary to Robert James Mackintosh, governor-in-chief of the Leeward Islands in 1854. He was recognised for his "capacity and zeal", and quickly promoted, administering in turn the British West Indies territories of Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Musgrave was born to a slaveholding family. His father and uncles, were slaveholders who were compensated for their slaves upon the emancipation of slavery in the 1830s. British North America After ten years of colonial service in the Caribbean, Musgrave was appointed governor of Newfoundland in September, 1864. Unlike his previous appointments, Newfoundland had responsible governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Godfrey John
Rupert may refer to: People * Rupert (name), various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert" Places Canada *Rupert, Quebec, a village *Rupert Bay, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay *Rupert River, Quebec *Rupert's Land, a former territory in British North America United States *Rupert, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Taylor County *Rupert, Idaho, a county seat and largest city of Minidoka County *Rupert, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Union Township, Madison County *Rupert, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County *Rupert, Vermont, a town in Bennington County *Rupert, West Virginia, a town in Greenbrier County Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha *Ruperts, Saint Helena, a village in Jamestown District, Saint Helena Fiction * Rupert, a teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin on the television series ''Family Guy'' * Rupert, a squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film ''The Great Rupert'' * Rupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hywel George
Hywel (), sometimes anglicised as Howel or Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to: * Saint Hywel, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo and the king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend. *Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 9th-century king of Gwynedd *Hywel Dda or Hywel the Good (died 950), king of Deheubarth and much of the rest of Wales, famed as a lawgiver * Huwal of the West Welsh, 10th-century Welsh king, possibly identical to Hywel Dda *Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader * Syr Hywel y Fwyall or Sir Hywel ap Gruffudd (fl. 1356–died 1381), Welsh knight *Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor * Hywel David Evans (1924–2019), Australian politician *Hywel Evans (figure skater) (born 1945), Welsh figure skater *Hywel Francis (1946–2021), Welsh historian and politician; MP for Aberavon * Hywel Griffith, BBC Wales news correspondent *Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher *Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician; MP f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Coutts
Sir Walter Fleming Coutts (30 November 1912 – 4 November 1988) was a British colonial administrator and was Uganda's final Governor before independence, from 1961–1962. He was Governor-General of Uganda 1962–1963. He was chosen for this job because he had a reputation within the colonial office for supporting African nationalism and African independence movements. He was educated at Glasgow Academy, the University of St Andrews and St John's College, Cambridge.‘COUTTS, Sir Walter (Fleming)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 See also * Clan Farquharson - the surname Coutts is a sept of this Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Goidelic languages, Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official ... References 1912 births 1988 deaths P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Garvey
Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey (4 July 1903, in Lincolnshire – 31 May 1991) was a British Colonial Service administrator who served in the Pacific, the West Indies, and as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man at the end of his career. Biography Education and early career A parson's son from the Lincolnshire Wolds, Garvey was admitted on a choral scholarship to Trent College (Long Eaton) where he studied from 1916 to 1923. He then entered Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, where he read history and graduated B.A. in anthropology, while preparing to take the civil service examination, hoping to join the Indian Civil Service. He became involved in breaking the 1926 general strike, and did not find time to study for this examination, and instead applied for a position in the Colonial Service. He accepted a position in the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and sailed from Southampton to Fiji in November 1926. Garvey spent six years in the Solomons, most of them as a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Elder Beattie
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Elder Beattie CMG CBE MC (25 January 1888 – 15 April 1951) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. The son of an Army officer, Beattie was born at Stirling Castle and enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1906. Two years later he was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment. He served in India and Aden and was seconded to the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1911, serving in the Nigeria Regiment and as a staff officer. During the First World War he saw active service on the Nigeria-Cameroon frontier and won the Military Cross (MC). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his war service in the 1920 New Year Honours. In 1922 he retired from the Army as a Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, joined the Colonial Administrative Service and was appointed an Assistant Secretary in Gibraltar. He then served in the Falkland Islands and Cyprus, and returned to Gibraltar as Colonial Secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Alban Wright
Arthur Alban Wright, CMG (24 October 1887 – 4 January 1967) was a British colonial administrator who served in Fiji and in the Caribbean. He was Administrator of St Vincent from 1936 to 1938 and Administrator of St Lucia from 1938 to 1943. Life and career Wright was the son of the Rev. Alban Henry Wright, organising secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. He was educated at St Edmund’s School, Canterbury and St John's College, Oxford. He entered the Colonial Civil Service in 1912 and was posted to Fiji as a cadet the same year. In 1915, he was promoted to District Commissioner. During the First World War, he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant in 1917. After the war, he became Provincial Commissioner in Fiji in 1922, Assistant Colonial Secretary in 1928, Secretary for Native Affairs in 1932, Acting Colonial Secretary in 1932–34, and Acting Governor of Fiji in 1935. In 1936, he was transferred to the Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Francis 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] |
Edward John Cameron
Sir Edward John Cameron (14 May 1858 – 20 July 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Gambia from February 1914 to 1920. Early life and education Born 14 May 1858, Cameron was the third son of John Charles Cameron MD, deputy surgeon-general of the British army, and Julia Elizabeth Mooyaart, daughter of James Mooyaart, auditor-general, Ceylon. Cameron was educated at Shrewsbury School and Clifton College, before entering Merton College, Oxford on 24 May 1877 On 12 April 1887 he married Eva Selwyn Isaacs (1858–1944), daughter of Australian barrister and politician Robert Macintosh Isaacs. Career Commissioner of the Virgin Islands and member of the executive and legislative councils of the Leeward Islands from February 1887 to 1893. Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1893 to 1899. Administrator of Saint Vincent from May 1901 to March 1909. Acting Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands from June 1909 to October 1909. Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Langhorne Thompson
Sir Harry Langhorne Thompson (6 February 1857 – 28 April 1902) was a British colonial administrator in Cyprus and the West Indies. Early life Thompson was born in London in 1857, the eldest son of Sir Ralph Wood Thompson, KCB (1830-1902), who later became Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War. He was educated at Winchester College, and joined the Control Department of the Army Pay Corps as Acting Assistant-Paymaster. He was appointed Assistant-Paymaster on 10 July 1874. Colonial career Thompson joined the foreign service, and was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Paphos, southwestern Cyprus, in 1879, but two years later transferred to the bigger city of Limassol, on the south coast of the island. In 1883 he was back in Paphos where he was promoted to Commissioner, and in 1892 he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus. In February 1895, Thompson was appointed Administrator of St Vincent and its Dependencies, which was part of the British Windward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Baxter Llewelyn
Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1845–1919) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire. Appointments * 1878-1883: Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands * 1885-1888: Governor of Tobago * 1886-1889: Administrator of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * 1889-1891: Commissioner of Saint Lucia * 1891-1900: Administrator of the Colony of the Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ... * 7 November 1900 – 1906: Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands and their dependencies * 1900-1906: Governor of Grenada During his time as the Governor of the Windward Isles Llewelyn oversaw the response to the 1902 eruption of La Soufriere Volcano on St. Vincent. On the morning of the climactic eruption he left the island of St. Vincent (his usual residence) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
