List Of Colonial Heads Of Saint Vincent
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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 wh ...
from British settlement in 1763 until it gained independence from the
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in 1979.


Lieutenant Governors of Saint Vincent (1763–1776)

*George Maddison, 1763–1764 *Joseph Higginson, 1764–1766 *Lauchlin McLean, 1766 *
Ulysses FitzMaurice Ulysses Fitzmaurice ( — 21 Aug 1772) was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator and planter who served as the lieutenant-governor of Saint Vincent from 1766 to 1772. Early life Ulysses Fitzmaurice was born in England . He was reportedly th ...
, 1766–1772 * Valentin Morris, 1772–1776


Governors of Saint Vincent (1776–1833)

* Valentin Morris, 1776–1779, ''continued'' *
Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain Chevalier Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain (30 September 1743 – 10 August 1780) was a French naval officer of the Ancien Régime. Career He took part in the War of American Independence, notably commanding the 10-gun cutter ''Curieuse'' ...
, 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 Henry William Bentinck (15 November 1765–10 November 1820) was a Dutch-born military officer, planter and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of Saint Vincent (1802–1806), Essequibo Demerara (1806–1812), and Berbice (1814–1820) ...
, 1802–1806 *Robert Paul (1st time)(acting) 1805–1806 * George Beckwith, 1806–1808 *Robert Paul (2nd time)(acting) 1807 *
Charles Brisbane Sir Charles Brisbane KCB (1770 – December 1829) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and with distinction under Lords Hood and Nelson. He took part in 1796 in the capitulation of Saldanha Ba ...
, 1808–1829 *Robert Paul (3rd time)(acting) 1808–1809 *Robert Paul (4th time)(acting) 1810–1812 *Robert Paul (5th time)(acting) 1816–1817 *William John Struth, 1829–1831, acting * Sir George Hill, Bt 1831–1833


Lieutenant Governors of Saint Vincent (1833–1886)

In 1833, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became part of the
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 Grenad ...
. A lieutenant governor was appointing in Saint Vincent, subordinate to the
Governor of Barbados This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbad ...
(to 1885) or the
Governor 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 Domin ...
(from 1885). * George Tyler, 1833–1842 *Richard Doherty, 1842–1845 * John Campbell, 1845–1853 *
Richard Graves MacDonnell Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (; 3 September 1814 – 5 February 1881) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Gove ...
, 1853–1854 *
Edward John Eyre Edward John Eyre (5 August 181530 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica. Early life Eyre was born in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, shortly before his family moved to ...
, 1854–1861 *
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 Musgr ...
, 1861–1864 *
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 ...
1864–1871 *
William Hepburn Rennie William Hepburn Rennie CMG (1829 – 1874) was a British official who served in Hong Kong and St. Vincent. Rennie was the son of the sculptor George Rennie who was a Liberal Member of Parliament and a Governor of the Falkland Islands. William's y ...
, 1871–1875 *
George Dundas George Dundas may refer to: * George Dundas (1690–1762), MP for Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency), Linlithgowshire 1722–1727 and 1741–1743 * George Dundas (Royal Navy officer) (1778–1834), Royal Navy admiral and member of parliam ...
, 1875–1880 *Augustus Frederick Gore, 1880–1886


Administrators of Saint Vincent (1886–1969)

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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 ...
, 1886–1889 *Irwin Charles Maling, 1889–1893 *John Hartley Sandwith, 1893–1895 *
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), w ...
, 1895–1901 *
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 C ...
, 1901–1909 *Charles Gideon Murray, 1909–1915 *Reginald Popham Lobb, 1915–1923 *Robert Walter, 1923–1929 *Herbert Walter Peebles, 1929–1933 *
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 t ...
, 1933–1936 *
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 ...
, 1936–1938 *William Bain Gray, 1938–1941 *
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 ...
, 1941–1944 * Ronald Herbert Garvey, 1944–1948 *
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 ch ...
, 1948–1955 *Alexander Falconer Giles, 1955–1961 *Samuel Horatio Graham, 1961–1966 *John Lionel Chapman, 1966–1967 *Hywel George, 1967–27 October 1969


Governors of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1969–1979)

On 27 October 1969, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs. *
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 kin ...
, 27 October 1969–27 October 1970, ''continued'' *
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' ...
, 27 October 1970 – 1976 * Sidney Gun-Munro, 1976–27 October 1979 On 27 October 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys after independence, see the list of Governors-General, starting with Sidney Gun-Munro continuing in post.


See also

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History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pre-colonial history Before the arrival of Europeans and Africans in the 16th century, various Amerindian groups passed through or settled on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, including the Ciboney, Arawak, and Carib people. These groups likel ...


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