Governor-General of the Federation of the West Indies

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The Federation of the West Indies (Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos Islands), less commonly referred to as British Caribbean Federation, had a single governor-general during its short existence, 3 January 1958 - 31 May 1962: Governor-general Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, Baron Hailes (b. 1901 - d. 1974); besides him was a Prime minister since 18 April 1958.


Crest of Governor-Generals Governors-General of Commonwealth Realms
Crest of Governor-Generals
Current: Antigua and Barbuda | Australia | The Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Canada | Grenada | Jamaica | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Solomon Islands | Tuvalu
Former: Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) | Fiji | The Gambia | Ghana | Guyana | India | Irish Free State (now Republic of Ireland) | Kenya | Malawi | Malta | Mauritius | Nigeria | Pakistan | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Tanganyika (now Tanzania) | Trinidad and Tobago | Uganda
Former colonies: Rhodesia and Nyasaland | West Indies