This is a list of

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s in Saint Lucia 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 European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

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 An associated state is the minor partner in a formal, free relationship between a political territory (some dependent, most fully sovereign states) and a major party—usually a larger nation. The details of such free association are contain ...

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 Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...

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 , nickname = {{Plainlist, * Nat (name), Nat * Nate (given name), Nate , footnotes = Nathaniel is an English language, English variant of the Bible, biblical Greek language, Greek Name, name Nathanael. People with the name Nathan ...

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 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 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 ...

1909–1914 * William Douglas Young 1914–1915 * Gideon Oliphant-Murray 1915–1918 * Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston 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 1944–1946 * John Montague Stow 1947–1953 * John Kingsmill Thorp 1953–1958

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

After incorporation into the

Federation of the West Indies A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governi ...

: *

Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (22 April 1916 – 16 January 2011) was a British colonial administrator and hereditary peer. Background and education Asquith was the only son of Katharine (née Horner) and Raymon ...

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 Luci ...

References

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