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List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia

List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia

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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. Saint Lucia was colonized by the British and French in the 17th century and was the subject of several possession changes until 1814, when it was ceded to the British by France for the final time. In 1958, St. Lucia joined the short-lived semi-autonomous West Indies Federation. Saint Lucia was an associated state of the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1979 and then gained full independence on February 22, 1979.[1][2][3]


Timeline of Saint Lucia

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Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802

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Governors of Saint Lucia 1651-1802
Jacques Dyel du Parquet, 1651
Thomas-Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg Amblimont, 1697
George Brydges Rodney, 1762-1763
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse, 1792-1793
John Moore, 1796-1797
George Prévost, 1798–1802

Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834

  • General Robert Brereton 1803–1807, Commandant[2][15]
  • General Alexander Wood 1807–1814, Commandant[2][15]
  • Major Jacob Jordan 1814 (acting)[2]
  • General Francis Delaval 1814–1815, Commandant[2][15]
  • General Edward Stehelin 1815–1816, Commandant[2][15]
  • General Robert Douglas, Commandant 1816[2][15]
  • General Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817, Governor[2][15]
  • Colonel Edward O'Hara 1817–1818[2]
  • General Sir John Keane 1818–1819, Governor[2][15]
  • Major John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821 (acting Governor)[2]
  • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824, Governor[2][15]
  • Colonel Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826[2]
  • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827, Governor[2][15]
  • Colonel Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829[2]
  • General David Stewart 1829, Governor[2][15]
  • Captain G.A.E. Delboate 1829 (acting Governor)[2]
  • Captain Robert Mullen 1829 (acting Governor)[2]
  • Major Francis Power 1829–1830 (acting Governor)[2]
  • James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831, Governor[2][15]
  • George Mackie 1831, Governor[2][15]
  • Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832[2]
  • Colonel John Carter 1832 (acting Governor)[2]
  • James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)[2]

Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857

The following Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia were subordinate to the Governor of the British Windward Islands:

Colonel Andrew Clarke
Arthur Wellesley Torrens
Sir Charles Darling

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889

Sir Roger Goldsworthy
Sir William Des Vœux
Sir Arthur Havelock

Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958

Government House, Saint Lucia
Edward Twining
Edard John Cameron

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

Julian Asquith

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies:

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 Joseph Clarke was the first native Saint Lucian governor.[23][24]

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



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