List of colonial governors of Saint Lucia

This is a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.

Contents 1 Governors of the French colony of Sainte Lucie, 1762–1802 2 Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1802–1834 3 Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857 4 Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889 5 Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958 6 Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967 7 Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979 8 See also 9 References

Governors of the French colony of Sainte Lucie, 1762–1802

• George Brydges Rodney 1762–1763 (British occupation)
• Pierre Lucien de La Chapelle de Jumilhac 1763–1764
• Claude Anne de Micoud 1764–1771
• Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1771–1772 (first time)
• Frédéric Laure de Kearney 1772–1773
• Alexandre Potier de Courcy 1773–1776
• Marc Étienne de Joubert 1776–1778
• Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1778–1781 (second time)
• Arthur St. Leger 1781–1783 (British occupation)
• Jean Zénon André de Véron de Laborie 1784–1789
• Jean Joseph de Gimat 1789–1793
• Nicolas Xavier de Ricard 1793–1794
• Sir Charles Gordon 1794–1795 (British occupation)
• James Stewart 1795 (British occupation)
• Goyrand 1795–1796 (Commissioner)
• John Moore 1796–1797 (British occupation)
• James Drummond 1797–1798 (British occupation)
• George Prevost 1798–1802 (British occupation)
• George Henry Vansittart 1802 (British occupation)
• Jean François Xavier Nogues 1802–1803

Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1802–1834

• Robert Brereton 1803–1807
• Alexander Wood 1807–1814
• Francis Delaval 1814–1815
• Edward Stehelin 1815–1816
• Robert Douglas 1816
• Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817
• Edward O'Hara 1817–1818
• John Keane 1818–1819
• John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821
• John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824 (first time)
• Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826
• John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827 (second time)
• Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829
• David Stewart 1829
• Francis Power 1829–1830
• James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831 (first time)
• George Mackie 1831
• Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832
• James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)

Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857

Subordinate to the Governor of the British Windward Islands:

• Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill 1834–1837
• Thomas Bunbury 1837–1838
• John Alexander Mein 1838–1839
• Mathias Everard 1839–1841
• George Graydon 1841–1843
• Andrew Clarke 1843–1844
• Arthur Wellesley Torrens 1844–1848
• Sir Charles Henry Darling 1848–1852
• Henry Clermont Cobbe 1852
• Maurice Power 1852–1857

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889

• Henry Heggart Breen 1857–1862
• James Mayer Grant 1862–1869
• Sir William Des Vœux 1869–1878
• Arthur Elibank Havelock 1878–1879
• Sir Roger Goldsworthy 1881–1884
• Edward Laborde 1885–1889

Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958

• Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1889–1891
• Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury 1891–1896
• Charles Anthony King-Harman 1896–1899
• Harry Langhorne Thompson 1900–1902
• Sir George Melville 1902–1905
• Philip Clark Cork 1905–1909
• Edward John Cameron 1909–1914
• William Douglas Young 1914–1915
• Gideon Oliphant-Murray 1915–1918
• Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston 1918–1927
• Charles William Doorly 1927–1935
• Edward William Baynes 1935–1938
• Arthur Alban Wright 1938–1944
• Edward Francis Twining 1944–1946
• John Montague Stow 1947–1953
• John Kingsmill Thorp 1953–1958

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies:

• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1958–1962
• Gerald Jackson Bryan 1962–1967

Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979

On 27 February 1967, Saint Lucia became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs.

• Sir Frederick Clarke 1967–1971
• Sir Ira Marcus Simmons 1971–1974
• Sir Allen Lewis 1974–1979

On 22 February, 1979, Saint Lucia achieved independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia after independence, see Governor-General of Saint Lucia.

See also

References

• http://www.rulers.org/ruls1.html#saint_lucia