Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles,lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla,approximately 16 miles long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point,together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (91 km2),with a population of approximately 15,753 (2021).
Sir George Ferguson Bowen,was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands,Queensland,New Zealand,Victoria,Mauritius and Hong Kong.
Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson,was a British naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many colonial wars and was given various Empire postings,rising to the rank of admiral in 1931. He retired a year later and took up the posting as Governor of Newfoundland,where he also took up the role of Chairman of the Government following the suspension of self-government in the Dominion of Newfoundland. Leaving Newfoundland in 1935,he was appointed as Governor of New South Wales but served only briefly due to his ill health. He died while in office aged 62.
Sir William Lamond Allardyce,was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji (1901–1902),the Falkland Islands (1904–1914),Bahamas (1914–1920),Tasmania (1920–1922),and Newfoundland (1922–1928).
Alan Edden Huckle is an English senior diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory from 23 April 2001 until 12 January 2004,when he left to become the governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean. He was the Governor of Anguilla from 29 July 2004 to July 2006,having been appointed in July 2003.
Thomas Oliver was the last royal lieutenant-governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
The governor of Anguilla is the representative of the monarch in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Government of the United Kingdom. The governor is the highest authority on Anguilla,but daily business is handled by local Anguillan elected officials. The main role of the governor is to appoint the premier of Anguilla.
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby,9th Earl of Bessborough,,was an Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada,the fourteenth since Canadian Confederation.
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Clarke, was a British soldier and governor,as well as a surveyor and politician in Australia.
Sir Andrew Graham Gilchrist was a British Special Operations Executive operative who later served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Ireland,Indonesia,and Iceland during the Cold War.
Isaac Nichols was an English-born Australian farmer,shipowner and public servant who was a convict transported to New South Wales on the Third Fleet,on the Admiral Barrington. He was transported for seven years in 1790 for stealing. He is most remembered as the first postmaster of the postal service now known as Australia Post.
Andrew John Bailey is a British central banker and Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020.
Robert T. Anderson is an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1987. A Democrat,he was the last male to be elected as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa until Adam Gregg was elected in 2018. Anderson was the first Democrat in Iowa history elected Lieutenant Governor alongside a Republican Governor.
William Alistair Harrison is His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He was previously Governor of Anguilla from 21 April 2009 to 23 July 2013.
Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian was the second governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1996 to 2013. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996. While in office,he was the world's oldest serving de facto head of state. His retirement was announced on 25 December 2012 and became effective on 1 January 2013.
Christina Martha Elena Scott is a British civil servant and diplomat. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2013 and 2017,and was the first woman to hold the post. She has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Beijing since September 2018.
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker,OBE was a British civil servant. He served as the Governor of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla from 1987 until 1989.
Sir Probyn Ellsworth Inniss MBE was the Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1975 to 1980,and then,following the separation of Anguilla,the Governor of Saint Christopher and Nevis from 1980 to 1981.
Ellis Lorenzo Webster is an Anguillan politician and physician. He is the premier of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla,first elected when he led the Anguilla Progressive Movement to victory in the general election held on 29 June 2020.
