This article lists the governors and other administrators of

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(where known), during its time as a colony of the

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(1761–1778; 1784–1800), the

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(1778–1784), and the

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(1800–1978). ''In 1833, following the creation of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, Dominica's governor was replaced by a Presidents , subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.'' ''In 1895, the president was replaced by an administrator, who remained subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands until 1940, when Dominica was transferred to the Windward Islands Colony. From 1940 to 1958, the administrator was subordinate to the

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. From 1958 to 1962, the presidents was subordinate to the

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.'' ''In 1967, the presidents was replaced by a presidents, following Dominica's designation as an

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Governors (1761–1833)

British rule (1761–1778)

* 1761–1763: The Lord Rollo * 1763–1765:

Robert Melvill General Robert Melvill (or Melville) LLD (12 October 1723 – 29 August 1809) was a Scottish soldier, antiquary, botanist and inventor. Melvill invented (1759) the Carronade, a cast-iron cannon popular for 100 years, in co-operation with the ...

* 1765–1767: George Scott (acting) * 1768–1773: Sir

William Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...

* 1773–1774: William Stewart * 1774–1778:

Thomas Shirley Sir Thomas Shirley (1564 – c. 1634) was an English soldier, adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1622. His financial difficulties drove him into privateering which culminated in his captur ...

* 1778: William Stewart (acting)

French rule (1778–1784)

* 1778–1781: Marie-Charles, Marquis du Chilleau * 1781–1782:

Comte de Bourgon ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * A count in French, from Latin ''comes'' * A ...

* 1782–1784: M. de Beaupré

British rule (1784–1833)

* 1784–1792: Sir John Orde ** 1789–1790: Thomas Bruce (acting) * 1792–1794: Thomas Bruce (acting) * 1794–1796: Henry Hamilton * 1796–1797:

John Matson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(acting) * 1797–1802: Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone * 1802–1805:

George Prévost Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812. Born in New Jersey, the eldest son of Genevan Augu ...

* 1805–1808: George Metcalfe (acting) * 1808: Edward Barnes * 1808–1809:

James Montgomerie Lieutenant-General James Montgomerie (26 February 1755 – 13 April 1829) was a Scottish soldier and politician who sat in Parliament for Ayrshire 1818–29. Family James Montgomerie was the fourth son of Alexander Montgomerie of Coilsfield (nea ...

* 1809–1812: Edward Barnes * 1812–1813:

John Corlet John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(acting) * 1813–1814:

George Robert Ainslie George Robert Ainslie (1776–1839) was a Scottish general of the British Army, with a short lived and controversial career in the Caribbean, a Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, and noted for his coin collecting pursuits. Biography Milit ...

* 1814–1816:

Benjamin Lucas Benjamin Lucas was an English soldier of the seventeenth century who served and settled in Ireland. Lucas served as a colonel during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and was present at the Siege of Drogheda. He was granted lands around Coro ...

(acting) * 1816: Robert Reid (acting) * 1816–1819:

Charles William Maxwell Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Maxwell (1775 – 23 September 1848, Broadstairs) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He was the eldest son of Charles Maxwell of Terraughty, Dumfriesshire and his third wife, Helen Douglas. ...

* 1819–1820: Robert Reid (acting) * 1820–1821:

Samuel Ford Whittingham Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham (29 January 1772 – 19 January 1841), whose Christian names were contracted by himself and his friends into "Samford", was a British and Spanish army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Following th ...

* 1821–1822: Robert Reid (acting) * 1822–1824: The Earl of Huntingdon * 1824: William Bremner (acting) * 1824–1830:

William Nicolay Lieutenant General Sir William Nicolay (14 April 17713 May 1842) was a British Army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo who later became Governor of Mauritius. He was the sixth son - not the third - Life He was the third son of Frederick ...

** 1827–1828: John Laidlaw (acting) * 1830–1832: James Potter Lockhart (acting) * 1832–1833:

Evan John Murray MacGregor Major-General Sir Evan John Murray-Macgregor of Macgregor, 2nd Baronet, (born Murray; 1785 – 14 June 1841) was a Scottish colonial administrator and senior British army officer. Murray's father was a baronet and chief of Clan Gregor; the fam ...

lieutenant-governor(1833–1833)

* 1833–1833:

Presidents (1833–1895)

* 1833–1835:

Charles Marsh Schomberg Captain Sir Charles Marsh Schomberg (1779 – 2 January 1835) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who served during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and later served as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica. Biography Family backgro ...

* 1835–1837: James Potter Lockhart (acting) * 1837–1838:

Henry Light His Excellency Sir Henry Light, Order of the Bath, KCB, Esq., (1782/3, Kimberley House, Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain – 3 March 1870, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain and Ireland) ...

* 1838:

John Longley Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Sir John Raynsford Longley (7 March 1867 – 13 February 1953) was a British Army officer who reached high command during World War I. Military career Educated at Cheltenham College,

* 1838–1839: S. Bridgewater (acting) * 1839–1843:

John Macphail John MacPhail (born 7 December 1955) is a Scottish former association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. Career Born in Dundee, Scotland, MacPhail started out at St Columba BC before moving to Dundee ...

* 1843–1845: Dugald Stewart Laidlaw (acting) * 1845–1851: George McDonald * 1851–1857:

Samuel Wensley Blackall Samuel Wensley Blackall (1 May 1809 – 2 January 1871) was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871. Early life Blackall was born in Dublin, Ireland into a prosperou ...

* 1857–1861: Harry St. George Ord (acting from 1860) * 1860–1861:

George Berkeley George Berkeley (; 12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immate ...

(acting) * 1861–1864:

Thomas Price Thomas Price may refer to: *Thomas Price (South Australian politician) (1852–1909), Premier of South Australia *Thomas Price (bishop) (1599–1685), Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel *Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848), Welsh literary ...

* 1865:

William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (14 January 1834 – 2 May 1897) was an Irish colonial administrator and musical composer, who wrote several well-known songs. He was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, and was educated at home and at the ...

(acting) * 1865–1867:

James Robert Longden Sir James Robert Longden (7 July 1827 – 4 October 1891) was an English colonial administrator. Longden was born as the youngest son of John R. Longden, proctor, of Doctors' Commons, London. In 1844, two years after the establishment of a ci ...

* 1867–1869:

Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and brother to Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. Bulwer was educated at Charterh ...

(acting) * 1869–1871:

Sanford Freeling Sanford may refer to: People *Sanford (given name), including a list of people with the name *Sanford (surname), including a list of people with the name Places United States * Sanford, Alabama, a town in Covington County * Sanford, Colorado, ...

* 1871–1872:

Neale Porter Sir Neale Porter was a British colonial governor. He was Chief magistrate of Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying ...

(acting) * 1872–1873:

Alexander Wilson Moir Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

* 1873–1882:

Charles Monroe Eldridge Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

* 1882–1887:

James Meade James Edward Meade, (23 June 1907 – 22 December 1995) was a British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with the Swedish economist Bertil Ohlin for their "pathbreaking contribution to the ...

* 1887–1894: George Ruthven Le Hunte * 1894–1895:

Edward Baynes Edward Baynes (1768–1829), was an officer in the British Army. He served, mainly in staff roles, during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. However, he is best known for serving as one of the principal staff officers in British N ...

(acting)

Administrators (1895–1895)

* 1895–1895: Philip Arthur Templer

presidents (1895–1967)

* 1895–1899: Philip Arthur Templer * 1899–1905: Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell * 1905–1914: William Douglas Young (acting from 1913) * 1914:

Edward Rawle Drayton Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

* 1915–1919: Arthur William Mahaffy * 1919–1923: Robert Walter * 1923–1924:

Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (3 January 1870 – 18 September 1960) was a British British Army, army officer who fought in the Anglo-Ashanti wars and later became a colonial administrator in the British West Indies. Background Wilfred Benne ...

(acting) * 1924–1930:

Edward Carlyon Eliot Edward Carlyon Eliot, (18 April 1870 – 1 January 1940) was a British Colonial Service administrator. Personal Eliot was the son of Edward Eliot and Elizabeth Harriette (née Watling), and described as a neat, slim man of medium height with ...

** 1927–1928:

Herbert Walter Peebles Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert ...

(acting) * 1930–1931: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting) * 1931–1933:

Walter Andrew Bowring Walter Andrew Bowring, CBE (30 November 1875 – 3 November 1950) was a British colonial administrator. He was Administrator of Dominica from 1931 to 1933. Life and career The fifth son of J. C. Bowring, Walter Andrew Bowring was educated at Et ...

* 1933–1937:

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 surge ...

* 1937–1938: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting) * 1938–1946: James Scott Neill (acting from 1945) * 1946–1952:

Edwin Porter Arrowsmith Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (23 May 1909 – 10 July 1992) was a British colonial administrator. He was Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos from 1940 to 1946, Administrator of Dominica from 1946 to 1952, Resident Commissioner, Basutoland fr ...

* 1952–1959:

Henry Laurence Lindo Henry Laurence Lindo (August 13, 1911 – May 8, 1980) was a pioneering Jamaican Civil Servant. He was the first West Indian to hold the position of administrator of Dominica, the first native Jamaican to serve as the island's High Commissi ...

* 1960–1964:

Alec Lovelace Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People *Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat *Alec Acton (1938–1 ...

* 1965–1967:

Geoffrey Colin Guy Geoffrey Colin Guy CMG, CVO, OBE (4 November 1921 – 1 December 2006) was the last Commissioner and the first Administrator of the Turks and Caicos from 1958 to 1959 and 1959 to 1965 respectively. Mr. Guy was succeeded by John Anthony Golding ...

Governors (1967–1967)

* 1967–1967:

* 1967–1967: Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue

presidents(1967–1978)

* 1967:

* 1967–1978: Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue

References

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