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Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

in 1979. Saint Lucia was colonized by the British and French in the 17th century and was the subject of several possession changes until 1814, when it was ceded to the British by France for the final time. In 1958, St. Lucia joined the short-lived semi-autonomous

West Indies Federation The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that ...

. Saint Lucia was an associated state of the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1979 and then gained full independence on February 22, 1979., considered an unreliable source by community

Timeline of Saint Lucia

Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802

Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834

* General Robert Brereton 1803–1807, Commandant * General Alexander Wood 1807–1814, Commandant * Major Jacob Jordan 1814 (acting) * General Francis Delaval 1814–1815, Commandant * General Edward Stehelin 1815–1816, Commandant * General Robert Douglas, Commandant 1816 * General Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817, Governor * Colonel Edward O'Hara 1817–1818 * General Sir John Keane 1818–1819, Governor * Major John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821 (acting Governor) * General John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824, Governor * Colonel Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826 * General John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827, Governor * Colonel Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829 * General David Stewart 1829, Governor * Captain G.A.E. Delboate 1829 (acting Governor) * Captain Robert Mullen 1829 (acting Governor) * Major Francis Power 1829–1830 (acting Governor) * James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831, Governor * George Mackie 1831, Governor * Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832 * Colonel John Carter 1832 (acting Governor) * James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)

Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889

Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958

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 t ...

1889–1891 * Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury 1891–1896 * Charles Anthony King-Harman 1896–1899 * Sir Harry Langhorne Thompson 1900–1902 * Sir George Melville 1902–1905 *

Philip Clark Cork Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

1905–1909 * Sir Edward John Cameron 1909–1914 *

William Douglas Young Sir William Douglas Young (27 January 1859 – 7 March 1943) was a colonial administrator from British Columbia who was Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1915 to 1920. Early life William Young was born in the newly created Colony of Brit ...

1914–1915 * Gideon Oliphant-Murray 1915–1918 *

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 ...

1918–1927 * Charles William Doorly 1927–1935 * Edward William Baynes 1935–1938 *

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. L ...

1938–1944 *

Edward Francis Twining Edward Francis Twining, Baron Twining (29 June 1899 – 21 June 1967), known as Sir Edward Twining from 1949 to 1958, was a British diplomat, formerly Governor of North Borneo and Governor of Tanganyika. He was a member of the Twining tea ...

1944–1946 *

John Montague Stow Sir John Montague Stow (3 October 1911 – 16 March 1997) was a British colonial official who served in various roles. The son of Indian civilian Sir Alexander Montague Stow, John Stow was born in Simla, India, and was educated at Harrow and ...

1947–1953 *

John Kingsmill Thorp Sir John Kingsmill Robert Thorp, CMG, MBE (13 June 1912 – 13 August 1961) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Seychelles from 1958 until his death in 1961. The elder son of Samuel R. Thorp, of Tullow, County Carlow, and Ma ...

1953–1958

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies: * Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1958–1962 * Gerald Jackson Bryan 1962–1967

Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979

On 27 February 1967, Saint Lucia became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs. Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke was the first native Saint Lucian governor. * Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke 1967–1973, Governor * Sir Ira Marcus Simmons 1973–1974, Governor * Sir Allen Lewis 1974–1979, Governor On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia achieved independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia after independence, see

Governor-General of Saint Lucia The governor-general of Saint Lucia is the representative of the Saint Lucian monarch, currently Charles III. The official residence of the governor-general is Government House. The position of governor-general was established when Saint Lucia ...

References

{{Saint Lucia topics History of British Saint Lucia

Government of Saint Lucia Governros of British Saint Lucia Governros of French Saint Lucia