Colonial heads of the Bahamas
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List of Colonial Heads of the Bahamas
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| British Suzerainty | ||
| British Proprietary Colony of the Bahama Islands | ||
| 1 November 1670 to November 1688 | Christopher Monck, The Duke of Ablemarle, Lord Proprietor | |
| 1 November 1670 to 9 April 1697 | William Craven, The Earl of Craven, Lord Proprietor | |
| 1 November 1670 to 1717 | Lord Ashley, Lord Proprietor | |
| Peter Colleton, Lord Proprietor | ||
| 1 November 1670 to 1680 | Sir George Carteret, Lord Proprietor | |
| 1648 to 1657 | William Sayle, Governor on Eleuthera | |
| 1671 to December 1671 | Hugh Wentworth, Governor | |
| December 1671 to 1676 | John Wentworth, Governor | |
| 1676 to 1677 | Charles Chillingworth, Governor | |
| 1677 to 1682 | Roger Clarke, Governor | |
| 1682 to 1684 | ..., Governor | |
| 1684 | Richard Lilburne, Governor | |
| Spanish occupation | ||
| 1684 to 1684 | ||
| 1684 to 1686 | abandoned | |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 1687 to 1690 | Thomas Bridges, Governor | |
| 1690 to 1693 | Cadwallader Jones, Governor | |
| 1693 to 1694 | ...., acting Governor | |
| 1694 to 1696 | Nicholas Trott, Governor | |
| 1696 to 1697 | ..., acting Governor | |
| 1697 to 1699 | Nicholas Webb, Governor | |
| 1699 to 1700 | Read Elding, acting Governor | |
| 1700 to 1701 | Elias Haskett, Governor | |
| 1701 to 1705 | Ellis Lightfoot, Governor | |
| 1705 to January 1706 | ..., acting Governor | |
| January 1706 to 1706 | Edward Birch, Governor | |
| 1706 | Thomas Walker, Governor | |
| Pirate rule | ||
| 1706 to 26 July 1718 | Thomas Barrow | |
| Benjamin Hornigold | ||
| Edward Teach Blackbeard | ||
| and others | ||
| British Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands | ||
| 26 July 1718 to 1721 | Woodes Rogers, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1721 to 1728 | George Phenney, Governor | |
| 1728 to August 1729 | ..., acting Governor | |
| August 1729 to 16 July 1732 | Woodes Rogers, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1732 to November 1733 | Richard Thompson, acting Governor | |
| November 1733 to 1740 | Richard Fitzwilliams, Governor | |
| 1740 to 1758 | John Tinker, Governor | |
| 1758 to 1760 | John Gambier, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 1760 to 28 November 1768 | William Shirley, Governor | |
| 28 November 1768 to 1774 | Thomas Shirley, Governor | |
| 1774 to 3 March 1776 | Montfort Browne, Governor | 1st Term |
| American occupation | ||
| 3 March 1776 to 17 March 1776 | Samuel Nicholas, American Commander | |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 17 March 1776 to 1778 | John Gambier, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1778 to 1779 | Montfort Browne, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1779 to 1780 | ..., Governor | |
| 1780 to 8 May 1782 | John Robert Maxwell, Governor | 1st Term |
| Spanish occupation | ||
| 8 May 1782 to 19 April 1783 | Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Commander | |
| British possession established | ||
| 1783 | Andrew De Vau, acting Governor | |
| 1783 to 1784 | John Robert Maxwell, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1784 to 1786 | James Edward Powell, Governor | |
| 1786 to 1787 | John Brown, acting Governor | |
| 1787 to 1796 | John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Governor | |
| 1796 to 14 February 1797 | Robert Hunt, acting Governor | |
| 14 February 1797 to June 1797 | John Forbes, Governor | |
| 20 November 1797 to 1801 | William Dowdeswell, Governor | |
| 1801 to 1804 | John Halkett, Governor | |
| 8 May 1804 to 1820 | Charles Cameron, Governor | |
| 1821 to 1829 | Lewis Grant, Governor | |
| 1829 to 1833 | James Carmichael Smyth, Governor | |
| 1833 to 1835 | Blayney Townley Balfour, Governor | |
| 1835 to 1837 | William Macbean George Colebrooke, Governor | |
| 1837 to 1844 | Francis Cockburne, Governor | |
| 1844 to 1849 | George Benvenuto Matthew, Governor | |
| 1849 to 1854 | John Gregory, Governor | |
| 1854 to 1857 | Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor | |
| 1857 to 1864 | Charles John Bayley, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1869 | Rawson William Rawson, Governor | |
| 1869 to 1871 | Sir James Walker, Governor | |
| 1871 to 1873 | George Cumine Strahan, Governor | |
| 1873 to 1874 | Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor | |
| 1874 to 1880 | William Robinson, Governor | |
| 1880 to 1881 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Governor | |
| 1881 to 1882 | Charles Cameron Lees, acting Governor | |
| 1882 to 1883 | Charles Cameron Lees, Governor | |
| 1883 to January 1884 | Sir Charles Cameron Lees, Governor | |
| 4 January 1884 to 1887 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Governor | |
| 1887 to 1895 | Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1898 | Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith, Governor | |
| 1898 to 29 November 1904 | Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, Governor | |
| 29 November 1904 to 1912 | Sir William Grey-Wilson, Governor | |
| 29 October 1912 to 1914 | Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith, Governor | |
| 15 June 1914 to 1920 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce, Governor | |
| 8 December 1920 to 1926 | Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux, Governor | |
| 15 March 1927 to 1928 | Charles William James Orr, Governor | |
| 1928 to January 1932 | Sir Charles William James Orr, Governor | |
| 10 January 1932 to 1933 | Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, Governor | |
| 1933 to 1934 | Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, Governor | |
| 1934 to 1937 | Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, acting Governor | |
| 1937 to 1938 | Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, Governor | |
| 1938 to 1940 | Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, Governor | |
| 18 August 1940 to 1945 | HRH The Duke of Windsor, Governor | |
| 28 July 1945 to 1946 | William Lindsay Murphy, Governor | |
| 1946 to 1950 | Sir William Lindsay Murphy, Governor | |
| 5 January 1950 to December 1950 | Sir George Ritchie Sandford, Governor | |
| 7 December 1950 to 1952 | Robert Arthur Ross Neville | |
| 1952 to 1953 | Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville | |
| 21 December 1953 to 1956 | The Earl of Ranfurly | |
| 1 April 1957 to 1960 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur, Governor | |
| 18 July 1960 to 7 January 1964 | Sir Robert Stapeldon de Stapeldon, Governor | |
| Self-Government | ||
| 7 January 1964 to 1964 | Sir Robert Stapeldon de Stapeldon, Governor | |
| 3 June 1964 to 1968 | Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey | |
| 1968 to 1 November 1968 | Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton | |
| 1 November 1968 to 1969 | Sir Francis Edward Hovell Thurlow Cumming-Bruce, Governor | |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands | ||
| 1969 to 1971 | Sir Francis Edward Hovell Thurlow Cumming-Bruce, Governor | |
| 1971 to 1972 | Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, Governor | |
| 14 May 1972 to 10 July 1973 | Sir John Warburton Paul, Governor | Becoming Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
| 10 July 1973 | Independence as The Commonwealth of The Bahamas |
For continuation after independence, see:Governors-General of the Bahamas
