This is a list of viceroys in Nevis from the island's settlement by English in 1628 until its union with

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and

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Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (or Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla) was a British colony in the West Indies from 1882 to 1983, consisting of the islands of Anguilla (until 1980), Nevis, and Saint Christopher (or Saint Kitts). From 1882 ...

in 1883.

Governors of Nevis (1628–1685)

* Anthony Hilton, 1628–1629 * George Hay, 1629–1630 * Anthony Hilton, 1630–1631, ''second time'' * Thomas Littleton, 1631–1634 *

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, 1634–1635, ''first time'' * Thomas Sparrow, 1635–1637 * Henry Huncks, 1637–1638 *

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, 1639 * Jenkin Lloyd, 1640 * John Meakem, 1640–1641 * John Kettleby, 1641 * Jacob Lake, 1641–1649 *

, 1649–1657, ''second time'' * James Russell, 1657–1671 * Sir William Stapleton, 1672–1685

Deputy Governors of Nevis (1672–1737)

* Randall Russell, 1672–1676 * William Burt, 1685 * James Russell, 1685–1687 * John Netheway, 1687–1691 *

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, 1692–1699 * Roger Elrington, 1699–1702 * John Johnson, 1703–1706 * Walter Hamilton, 1706–1712 * Daniel Smith, 1712–1722 * Charles Sibourg, 1722–1732 * William Hanmer, 1733–1737

Presidents of Nevis (1737–1882)

* Michael Smith, 1731–1744 *

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, 1745–1756 * William Maynard, 1756–1761 * James Johnston, 1761–1771 *

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, 1771–1782 * François Claude Amour, Marquis de Bouille, 1782–1783 ''Governor'' (French occupation) *

, 1784–1793, ''restored'' * James Daniell, 1807–1841 * Josiah Webbe Maynard, 1841–1842 * Lawrence Graeme, 1842–1844 * Willoughby J. Shortland, 1845–1854 *

Frederick Seymour Frederick Seymour (6 September 1820 – 10 June 1869) was a colonial administrator. After receiving little education and no inheritance from his father, Seymour was offered a junior appointment in the colonial service by Prince Albert. Seymour ...

, 1854–1857 * Sir Arthur Rumbold, 1857–1860 * George Cavell Webbe, 1860–1864 * James Watson Sheriff, 1864–1866 *

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, 1872–1873 *

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, 1873–1876 *

Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy (1839 – 6 May 1900) was a British colonial administrator. Roger Goldsworthy was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1839, and educated at Sandhurst, the younger brother of Major-General Walter Tuckfield Golds ...

, 1876–1877 *

Arthur Elibank Havelock Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, (7 May 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of KwaZulu-Natal Province, Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 19 ...

, 1877–1878 *

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, 1879–1882 In 1883 Nevis formed part of

, with a president on Saint Christopher (

). For a list of viceroys in Nevis following this, see

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References

Rulers.org: Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Nevis Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Ne ...

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Governors of Nevis (1628–1685)

Deputy Governors of Nevis (1672–1737)

Presidents of Nevis (1737–1882)

See also

References