List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Vincent

This is a list of viceroys in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from British settlement in 1763 until it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.

Lieutenant governors of Saint Vincent (1763–1776)

Governors of Saint Vincent (1776–1833)

  • Valentin Morris, 1776–1779, continued
  • Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain, 1779 (French occupation)
  • Antoine Dumontet, 1779–1780 (French occupation)
  • Philibert-François Rouxel de Blanchelande 1780–1781 (French occupation)
  • Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux Duplessis, 1781–1782 (French occupation)
  • Pierre-Jean-François de Feydeau, March 1782–1783, interim (French occupation)
  • Edmund Lincoln, 1783–1787
  • James Seton, 1787–1798
  • William Bentinck, 1798–1802
  • Henry William Bentinck, 1802–1806
  • Robert Paul (1st time)(acting) 1805–1806
  • George Beckwith, 1806–1808
  • Robert Paul (2nd time)(acting) 1807
  • Charles Brisbane, 1808–1829
  • Robert Paul (3rd time)(acting) 1808–1809
  • Robert Paul (4th time)(acting) 1810–1812
  • Robert Paul (5th time)(acting) 1816–1817
  • William John Struth, 1829–1831, acting
  • Sir George Hill, Bt 1831–1833

Lieutenant governors of Saint Vincent (1833–1886)

In 1833, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became part of the British Windward Islands. A lieutenant governor was appointing in Saint Vincent, subordinate to the Governor of Barbados (to 1885) or the Governor of the Windward Islands (from 1885).

Administrators of Saint Vincent (1886–1969)

Governors of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1969–1979)

On 27 October 1969, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs.

  • Hywel George, 27 October 1969–27 October 1970, continued
  • Rupert Godfrey John, 27 October 1970 – 1976
  • Sidney Gun-Munro, 1976–27 October 1979

On 27 October 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys after independence, see the list of governors-general, starting with Sidney Gun-Munro continuing in post.

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