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This article contains a list of viceroys in

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estima ...

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 french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean Sea No ...

, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands. In 1885 Barbados became an independent colony again.

Governors of Barbados (1627–1833)

* Henry Powell, 17 February 1627 – 1628 *

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, 1628 – June 1628 * Charles Wolferstone, June 1628 – 26 February 1629 * John Powell, 26 February 1629 – 29 August 1629 * '' Robert Wheatley, 29 August 1629 – September 1629, acting'' * Sir William Tufton, 21 December 1629 – 16 July 1630 *

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, 1630 – June 1640 ** '' Richard Peers, 1633–1634, acting for Hawley'' ** ''

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, 1638–1639, acting for Henry Hawley'' * Sir Henry Huncks, June 1640 – 1641 * Philip Bell, 1641–1650 *

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, May 1650 – 1651, ''in dissidence to January 1652'' * Sir

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, October 1651 – 1652 * '' Daniel Searle, 1652 – July 1660, acting'' * '' Thomas Modyford, July 1660–1660, acting'' * '' Humphrey Walrond, 1660 – August 1663, acting'' *

, August 1663 – 23 July 1666, ''restored'' ** '' Henry Willoughby, 1664, acting for the Lord Willoughby of Parham'' * '' Henry Willoughby, July 1666–1667, acting, second time'' * ''

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, 1667, acting'' * ''

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, 1667, acting'' * ''

, 1667 – April 1667, acting, second time'' *

, April 1667 – 1673 ** ''

Christopher Codrington Christopher Codrington (1668 – 7 April 1710) was a Barbadian-born colonial administrator, planter, book collector and military officer. He is sometimes known as Christopher Codrington the Younger to distinguish him from his father. Codrington ...

, 1668–1669, acting for Lord Willoughby of Parham'' * ''Sir Peter Colleton, 1673–1674, acting'' * Sir Jonathan Atkins, 1674–1679 * ''Sir John Witham, 1680–1683, acting'' * Sir Richard Dutton, 1683–1685 * '' Edwyn Stede, 1685–1690, acting'' * James Kendall, 1690–1694 * Francis Russell, 1694–1696 * '' Francis Bond, 1696 – December 1697, acting'' * Ralph Grey, December 1697 – 1701 * '' John Farmer, 1701–1703, acting'' * Sir Bevil Granville, 1703–1706 * Mitford Crowe, 1707–1710 * '' George Lillington, 1710–1711, acting'' * Robert Lowther, 1711–1720 ** '' William Sharpe, January 1714–1715, acting for Lowther'' * ''

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, 1720–1721, acting'' * '' Samuel Cox, 1721–1722, acting'' * Henry Worsley, 1722–1727 * Thomas Catesby Paget, 1727–1731 * '' James Dotin, 1731, acting, first time'' *

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, 1731–1732 * The Viscount Howe, 1733–29 March 1735 * '' James Dotin, 1735–1737, acting, second time'' *

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, 1737–1738 * Humphrey Howarth, 1738 * The Viscount Gage, 1738–1739 * Robert Byng, May 1739 – 1740 * '' James Dotin, 1740, acting, third time'' * Sir Thomas Robinson, 1742–1747 *

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, 1747–1756 * Charles Pinfold, 1756–1766 * '' Samuel Rous, 1766–1768, acting, first time'' *

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, 1768–1772 * '' Samuel Rous, 1772, acting, second time'' * Edward Hay, 1772–1779 * '' John Dotin, 1779–1780, acting, first time'' * James Cunninghame, 1780–1782 * '' John Dotin, 1783–1784, acting, second time'' * David Parry, 1784–1793 * '' William Bishop, 1793–1794, acting, first time'' * George Poyntz Ricketts, 1794–1800 * '' William Bishop, 1800–1801, acting, second time'' * Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, 1802–1806 * ''

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, 1806–1810, acting'' * Sir George Beckwith, 1810–1815 * Sir James Leith, 10 May 1815 – 16 October 1816 * '' John Foster Alleyne, 1817, acting'' * The Lord Combermere, 1817–1820 * '' John Brathwaite Skeete, 1820, acting'' * '' Samuel Hinds, 1821, acting'' * Sir Henry Warde, 1821–1829 * Sir James Frederick Lyon, 1829–1833

Governors of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)

In 1833, Barbados became part of the newly formed colony of the

, and the Governor of Barbados became viceroy over the new colony as well. *

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, 1833–1836 * Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor, 1836–1841 *

Charles Henry Darling Sir Charles Henry Darling (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governor. Biography He was born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the son of Major-General Henry Darling and nephew of General Sir Ralph Darling. He was e ...

, 1841 * Sir Charles Edward Grey, 1841–1846 * William Reid, 1846–1848 *

William MacBean George Colebrooke Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, (9 November 1787 – 6 February 1870) was an English career soldier and colonial administrator who became lieutenant governor of New Brunswick in 1841. Life The son of Colonel Paulet Welbore Colebrooke, R ...

, 1848–1856 *

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, 1856–4 January 1862 * James Walker, 4 January 1862 – 1868 *

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, 1868–1875 * ''

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, 1875, acting'' *

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, 1875–1876 * George Cumine Strahan, 1876–1880 * '' D. J. Gamble, 1880, acting'' * William Robinson, 1880–1885

Governors of Barbados (1885–1966)

In 1885, Barbados's oversight of the

was ended, and a separate

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 Domi ...

was installed in

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pet ...

. * Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 1885–1889 * Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, 1889–1891 * Sir James Shaw Hay, 1891–1900 * Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, November 1900 – 1904 * Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, 14 October 1904 – 1911 * Sir Leslie Probyn, 13 February 1911 – 1918 * Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, 27 September 1918 – 1925 * Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson, 31 December 1925 – 21 January 1933 * Harry Scott Newlands, 21 January 1933 – 12 March 1933 * Sir Mark Aitchison Young, 5 August 1933 – March 1938 * Sir Eubule John Waddington, 6 August 1938 – 1941 * Sir Henry Grattan Bushe, 23 October 1941 – 1947 * Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, 5 February 1947 – 1949 * Sir Alfred Savage, 1 November 1949 – 1953 * Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell, 14 May 1953 – 1959 * Sir John Montague Stow, 8 October 1959 – 29 November 1966 On 30 November 1966, Barbados achieved independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys in Barbados after independence, see

Governor-General of Barbados The governor-general of Barbados was the representative of the Barbadian monarch from independence in 1966 until the establishment of a republic in 2021. Under the government's Table of Precedence for Barbados, the governor-general of Barbado ...

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*http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#barbados *http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Barbados.html {{British dependencies governors, state= collapsed Colonial government in Barbados Governors

Governors of Barbados (1627–1833)

Governors of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)

Governors of Barbados (1885–1966)

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