List of governors of the Windward Islands

This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada, Barbados (to 1885), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago (to 1889), St. Lucia (from 1838), and Dominica (from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada.

Governors of Barbados and the British Windward Islands (1833–1885)

Governors-in-chief of the Windward Islands (1885–1960) ImageIncumbentTermNotes Sir Walter Joseph Sendall 1885–1888 Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1889–1892 Sir Charles Bruce 1893–1897 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney 1897–1900 Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1900–1906 Sir Ralph Champneys Williams 1906–1909 Sir James Hayes Sadler 1909–1914 Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith 1914–1923 Sir Frederick Seton James 1924–1930 Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best 1930–1935 Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier 1935–19 January 1937 Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham 19 January 1937 – 18 May 1942 Sir Arthur Grimble 18 May 1942 – 1948 Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell 1948–1953 Edward Beetham 1953–1955 Sir Colville Deverell 1955–1 January 1960

References

Rulers.org – Barbados Rulers.org – Grenada WorldStatesmen- Grenada

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