Governors of Jamaica
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[edit] 1655-1661 (Commanders)
English Commanders ruled Jamaica after the end of rule by Spanish Governor of Jamaica.
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- 11 May 1655 - 1655 William Penn (b. 1621 - d. 1670)
- 1655 Robert Venables
- 1655 - 1656 Edward D'Oyley (b. 1617 - d. 1675)
- 1656 - 1657 William Brayne
- 1657 - 1661 Edward D'Oyley
Jamaica was a British Crown Colony with a colonial government lead by an appointed governor from 1661 to 1962.
[edit] 1661-1662 (Governors)
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- 1661 - Aug 1662 Edward D'Oyley
- Aug 1662 - Nov 1662 Thomas Windsor Hickman, 7th Baron Windsor
[edit] 1662-1671 (Deputy governors)
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- 1662 - 1663 Sir Charles Lyttelton (acting) (b. 1629 - d. 1716)
- 1663 - 1664 Thomas Lynch (acting)
- 1664 Edward Morgan
- 1664 - Aug 1671 Sir James Modyford (d. 1674)
[edit] 1671-1690 (Lieutenant-governors)
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- Aug 1671 - Nov 1674 Sir Thomas Lynch
- 1674 - 1675 Sir Henry Morgan (acting) (b. 1635 - d. 1688)
- 1675 - 1678 John Vaugh
- 1678 Sir Henry Morgan (acting)
- 1678 - 1680 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (b. 1629 - d. 1685)
- 1680 - 1682 Sir Henry Morgan (acting)
- 1682 - 1684 Sir Thomas Lynch (2nd time)
- 1684 - Dec 1687 Hender Molesworth (acting)
- 1687 - 1688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (b. 1653 - d. 1688)
- 1688 - 1689 Hender Molesworth (acting)
- 1689 - 1690 Francis Watson (acting)
[edit] 1691-1962 (Governors)
| 1690 - 1691 | William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin |
| 1691 - 1692 | John White (acting) |
| 1692 - 1693 | John Burden (acting) |
| Mar 1693 - Jan 1702 (acting 1699-1702) | Sir William Beeston (b. 1636 - d. 1702?) |
| 1702 | William Selwyn (d. 1702) |
| 1702 | Peter Beckford (acting) |
| 1702 - 1711 | Thomas Handasyde (acting to 1704) (d. 1712) |
| 1711 - 1716 | Lord Archibald Hamilton (b. 1673 - d. 1754) |
| 1716 - 1718 | Peter Heywood |
| 1718 - 1722 | Sir Nicholas Lawes |
| 1722 - 4 Jul 1726 | Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (b. 1682 - d. 1726) |
| 1726 - 1728 | John Ayscough (acting) |
| 1728 - Mar 1734 | General Robert Hunter (b. c.1675 - d. 1734) |
| 1734 - 1735 | John Ayscough (acting) |
| 1735 | John Gregory (acting) |
| 1735 - 1736 | Henry Cunninghame |
| 1736 - 1738 | John Gregory (acting) |
| 1738 - 1752 | Edward Trelawny (b. 1699 - d. 1754) |
| 1752 - Jan 1756 | Charles Knowles (d. 1777) |
| Feb 1756 - Apr 1756 | Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet (acting) (b. 1713 - d. 1769) |
| Apr 1756 - Nov 1759 | George Haldane (b. 1722 - d. 1759) |
| Nov 1759 - 1762 | Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet (acting) |
| 1762 - 1766 | William Henry Lyttleton (b. 1724 - d. 1808) |
| 1766 - 1767 | Roger Hope Elletson (d. 1775) |
| 1767 - Dec 1772 | Sir William Trelawney (d. 1772) |
| Dec 1772 - 1774 | John Dalling (acting) (d. 1798) |
| 1774 - 1777 | Sir Basil Keith |
| 1777 - 1781 | John Dalling |
| 1781 - 1784 | Archibald Campbell (acting to 1783)(b. 1739 - d. 1791) |
| 1784 - 1790 | Alured Clarke (b. 1745 - d. 1832) |
| 1790 - 19 Nov 1791 | Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (b. 1746 - d. 1791) |
| 1791 - 1795 | Sir Adam Williamson (acting) (b. 1736 - d. 1798) |
| 1795 - 1801 | Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (b. 1752 - d. 1825) |
| 1801 - 1805 | Sir George Nugent (b. 1757 - d. 1849) |
| 1805 - 1806 | Sir George Nugent (acting) |
| 1806 - 1808 | Sir Eyre Coote (the Younger) (b. 1762 - d. 1824) |
| 1808 - 1811 | William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (b. 1771 - d. 1843) |
| 1811 - 1813 | Edward Morrison (acting) |
| 1813 - 1821 | William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester |
| 1827 - 1829 | Sir John Keane (acting) (b. 1781 - d. 1844) |
| 1829 - 1832 | Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore (b. 1774 - d. 1841) |
| 1832 | George Cuthbert (acting) |
| 1832 - 1834 | Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (b. 1797 - d. 1863) |
| 1834 | Sir Amos Norcot (acting) |
| 1834 | George Cuthbert (acting) |
| 1834 - 1836 | Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (b. 1788 - d. 1845) |
| 1836 - 1839 | Sir Lionel Smith (b. 1778 - d. 1842) |
| 1839 - 1842 | Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (b. 1785 - d. 1846) |
| 1842 - 1846 | James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (b. 1811 - d. 1863) |
| 1846 - 1847 | George Henry Frederick Berkeley (acting) (b. 1785 - d. 1857) |
| 1847 - 1853 | Sir Charles Edward Grey (b. 1785 - d. 1865) |
| 1853 - 1856 | Sir Henry Barkly (b. 1815 - d. 1898) |
| 1856 - 1857 | Edward Wells Bell (acting) |
| 1857 - 1862 | Charles Henry Darling (b. 1809 - d. 1870) |
| 1862 - 1865 | Edward John Eyre (acting to 1864) (b. 1815 - d. 1901) |
| 12 Dec 1865 - 16 Jul 1866 | Sir Henry Knight Storks (b. 1811 - d. 1874) |
| 1866 - 1874 | Sir John Peter Grant (b. 1807 - d. 1893) |
| 1874 | W.A.G. Young (acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1878) |
| 1874 - Jan 1877 | Sir William Grey (b. 1818 - d. 1878) |
| Jan 1877 | Edward Everard Rushworth Mann (acting) |
| Jan 1877 - 1883 | Sir Anthony Musgrave (b. 1828 - d. 1888) |
| 1883 | Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke (acting) |
| 1883 | Dominic Jacotin Gamble (acting) |
| 1883 - 1889 | Sir Henry Wylie Norman (b. 1826 - d. 1904) |
| 1889 | William Clive Justice (acting) |
| 1889 - 1898 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake (b. 1840 - d. 1918) |
| 1898 | Henry Jardine Hallowes (acting) (b. 1838 - d. 1926) |
| 1898 - 1904 | Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming (b. 1842 - d. 1907) |
| 1904 | Sydney Haldane Olivier (acting) (b. 1859 - d. 1943) |
| 1904 | Hugh Clarence Bourne (acting) |
| 30 Sep 1904 - 1907 | Sir James Alexander Swettenham (b. 1846 - d. 1933) |
| 1907 | Hugh Clarence Bourne (acting) |
| 16 May 1907 - Jan 1913 | Sydney Haldane Olivier |
| Jan 1913 - 7 Mar 1913 | Philip Clark Cork (acting) (b. 1854 - d. 1936) |
| 7 Mar 1913 - 11 May 1918 | Sir William Henry Manning (b. 1863 - d. 1932) |
| 11 May 1918 - 11 Jun 1918 | Robert Johnstone (acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1944) |
| 11 Jun 1918 - 1924 | Sir Leslie Probyn (b. 1862 - d. 1938) |
| 1924 | Herbert Bryan (1st time) (acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1950) |
| 29 Sep 1924 - Jun 1925 | Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson (b. 1873 - d. 1950) |
| 1925 | Sir Herbert Bryan (acting) |
| Oct 1925 - 26 Apr 1926 | A.S. Jeef (acting) |
| 26 Apr 1926 - 9 Nov 1932 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (b. 1876 - d. 1947) |
| 9 Nov 1932 - 21 Nov 1932 | A.S. Jeef (acting) |
| 21 Nov 1932 - Apr 1934 | Sir Alexander Ransford Slater (b. 1874 - d. 1940) |
| Apr 1934 - 24 Oct 1934 | A.S. Jeef (3rd time) (acting) |
| 24 Oct 1934 - 2 Jun 1938 | Sir Edward Brandis Denham (b. 1876 - d. 1938) |
| 2 Jun 1938 - 19 Aug 1938 | Charles Campbell Woolley (acting) (b. 1893 - d. 1981) |
| 19 Aug 1938 - Jul 1943 | Sir Arthur Frederick Richards (b. 1885 - d. 1978) |
| Jul 1943 - 29 Sep 1943 | William Henry Flinn (acting) (b. 1895 - d. 1973) |
| 29 Sep 1943 - 7 Apr 1951 | Sir John Huggins (b. 1891 - d. 1971) |
| 7 Apr 1951 - 18 Nov 1957 | Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot (b. 1907 - d. 1990) |
| 18 Dec 1957 - 6 Aug 1962 | Sir Kenneth Blackburne (b. 1907 - d. 1980) |
Jamaica gained independence and the role of Governor and Chief Minister was passed on to the Governor General of Jamaica and the Prime Minister of Jamaica.
