Colonial Secretary of the Bahamas

The Colonial Secretary of the Bahama Islands was the second highest official in the colony, usually appointed from Britain. The Colonial Secretary was an ex-officio member of the Executive Council and frequently served as Acting Governor in the absence of the Governor.

In other colonies, the position was sometimes known as Chief Secretary. In the Bahamas, the Colonial Secretary was also known at one time as the Secretary of the Providence. One of the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Providence from 1764 to 1950 was keeper of the public records.

List of Colonial secretaries of the Bahamas The following is an incomplete list of colonial secretaries of the Bahamas: +ImageColonial SecretaryPeriod in OfficeCharles R. Nesbitt1838-1867Charles Lempriere1867-1868George Strahan1868-1873John D'A Dumaresq1873-1874Edward Basnett Anderson Taylor1875-1891Sir Henry Moore Jacksonabt 1891-1894Sir George Melville1894-1895 John Spencer-Churchill1895-1905William Hart-Bennettfrom abt 1911-1914Henry E. W. Grant1918-1923Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns 1924-1929Sir Charles Dundas1929-1934James Henry Jarrett1935 - unkAubrey Kenneth Solomon1939William L. Heape1940-1944D. G. Stewart1944-1947F. A. Evans1947-1950Charles Percival Bethel1950-1952Anthony Geoffrey Hopwood Gardner-Brown1952-1955Fred A. Noad1956Kenneth M. Walmsley1956-1964

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