List of governors of the Windward Islands

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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 Dominica (from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada.

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

Governors-in-chief of the Windward Islands (1885–1960)

ImageIncumbentTermNotes
Walter Sendall.png Sir Walter Joseph Sendall 1885–1888
SirWalterHelyHenderson.jpg Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1889–1892
Sir Charles Bruce (1836-1920) 1 March 1901.jpg Sir Charles Bruce 1893–1897
Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney 1897–1900
Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1900–1906 [1]
Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg Sir Ralph Champneys Williams 1906–1909
Sir James Hayes Sadler 1909–1914
Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith 1914–1923
Sir Frederick Seton James 1924–1930
Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best 1930–1935
Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier 1935–19 January 1937
Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham 19 January 1937 – 18 May 1942
Sir Arthur Grimble 18 May 1942 – 1948
The National Archives UK - CO 1069-12-5.jpg Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell 1948–1953
Sir Edward Beetham, Governor of Trinidad & Tobago, 1957 (cropped).jpg Edward Betham Beetham 1953–1955
Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell 1955–1 January 1960

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References

  1. "No. 27245". The London Gazette . 9 November 1900. p. 6854.