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List of Governors of Barbados

Index List of Governors of Barbados

This page contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. [1]

67 relations: Alfred Savage, Barbados, Bevil Granville, British Windward Islands, Charles Edward Grey, Charles Henry Darling, Charles Lees (colonial administrator), Charles O'Brien (colonial governor), Christopher Codrington (colonial administrator), Daniel Searle (governor), Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, Francis Hincks, Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, George Ayscue, George Beckwith (British Army officer), George Strahan, Gilbert Thomas Carter, Governor-General of Barbados, Governor-General of the West Indies Federation, Grattan Bushe, Grenada, Harry Scott Newlands, Henry Grenville, Henry Hawley (governor), Henry Huncks, Henry Warde (governor), Henry Willoughby (governor), Henry Worsley (ambassador), Hilary Blood, Humphrey Walrond, James Kendall (politician), James Leith (British Army officer), James Shaw Hay, James Walker (governor), John Montague Stow, John Pope Hennessy, Jonathan Atkins, Leslie Probyn, List of Colonial Secretaries of Barbados, List of governors of the Windward Islands, Mark Aitchison Young, Mitford Crowe, Peter Colleton, Philip Bell (governor), Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Werke, Rawson W. Rawson, Robert Arundell, Robert Byng (18th-century MP), ..., Robert Lowther (1681–1745), Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet, Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet, Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage, Thomas Modyford, Thomas Paget, Lord Paget, Walter Joseph Sendall, William Charles Fleming Robertson, William MacBean George Colebrooke, William Reid (British Army officer), William Robinson (Governor of Hong Kong), William Spry (governor of Barbados), William Tufton, William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, Windward Islands. Expand index (17 more) »

Alfred Savage

Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage (5 May 1903 – 5 March 1980) was the colonial Governor of British Guiana in 1953–55.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Bevil Granville

Sir Bevil Granville (died 1706) was an English soldier who served as Governor of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall and as Governor of Barbados.

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British Windward Islands

The British Windward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados (the seat of the governor until 1885, when it returned to its former status of a completely separate colony), Tobago (until 1889, when it was joined to Trinidad), and (from 1940) Dominica, previously included in the British Leeward Islands.

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Charles Edward Grey

Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH (1785 – 1 June 1865) was an English judge and colonial governor.

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Charles Henry Darling

Sir Charles Henry Darling (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governor.

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Charles Lees (colonial administrator)

Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

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Charles O'Brien (colonial governor)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, KCMG (13 December 1859 – 29 November 1935) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

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Christopher Codrington (colonial administrator)

Colonel Christopher Codrington (c. 1640 – 1698) was an English plantation owner and colonial administrator who made a great fortune in the West Indies.

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Daniel Searle (governor)

Daniel Searle was an English tobacco planter, who played an important role in the history of Barbados by becoming governor of the island in 1652 when it was submitted by the New Model Army during the Barbados Expedition.

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Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe

Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe (1700–1735) was a British politician and colonial administrator.

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Francis Hincks

Sir Francis Hincks, (December 14, 1807 – August 18, 1885) was a Canadian politician and British Governor of Barbados from 1856 to 1862.

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Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth

Lieutenant-General Francis Humberston Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth FRS FRSE FLS (9 June 1754 – 11 January 1815) was a British politician, soldier, and botanist.

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Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham (baptised 1614 – 23 July 1666 O.S.) was an English peer of the House of Lords.

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Frederick Mitchell Hodgson

Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, KCMG (1851–6 August 1925) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of the Gold Coast (1898–1900), Barbados (1900–04) and British Guiana (1904–11).

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George Ayscue

Admiral Sir George Ayscue (ca 1616–1671) was an English naval officer who served in the English Civil War and the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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George Beckwith (British Army officer)

General Sir George Beckwith KB (1753 – 20 March 1823) was a British Army officer.

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George Strahan

Major Sir George Cumine Strahan (9 December 1838 – 17 February 1887) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, best known as the Governor of Tasmania from 1881 to 1886.

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Gilbert Thomas Carter

Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter (Sir Thomas Gilbert-Carter) (14 January 1848 – 18 January 1927) was an administrative officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial official for the British Empire.

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Governor-General of Barbados

The Governor-General of Barbados is a vice-regal representative of the Barbadian monarch (presently Queen Elizabeth II).

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Governor-General of the West Indies Federation

The following is a list of the Governors-General of the West Indies Federation (also known as the British Caribbean Federation), consisting of Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands.

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Grattan Bushe

Sir Henry Grattan Bushe, KCMG, CB (1 January 1886 – 23 August 1961) was a British colonial governor and lawyer.

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Grenada

Grenada is a sovereign state in the southeastern Caribbean Sea consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain.

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Harry Scott Newlands

Harry Scott Newlands (9 February 1884 – 12 March 1933) was the Ghana British Chief Commissioner from 1930 to 1933 and Governor of Barbados from 21 January to 12 March 1933.

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Henry Grenville

Henry Grenville (11 September 1717 – 22 April 1784) was a British diplomat and politician.

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Henry Hawley (governor)

Henry Hawley was the English Governor of Barbados from 1630 to 1639/40.

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Henry Huncks

Henry Huncks (b. circa 1595) was an English soldier who was briefly governor of Barbados from 1640 to 1641.

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Henry Warde (governor)

Sir Henry Warde (1766–1834) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

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Henry Willoughby (governor)

Henry Willoughby (1640–1669) was an English military officer, the Governor of Barbados (1664–1666) and Antigua (1667–1670).

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Henry Worsley (ambassador)

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Worsley (1672 – 15 March 1740) was an English Army officer, ambassador, MP and Governor of Barbados.

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Hilary Blood

Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, GBE, KCMG (28 May 1893 – 20 June 1967) was Governor of the Gambia from 23 March 1942 to 29 March 1947 and the 26th Governor of Mauritius from 26 September 1949 to 11 January 1954.

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Humphrey Walrond

Humphrey Walrond (c. 1600 – c. 1670), was Deputy-Governor of Barbados.

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James Kendall (politician)

James Kendall (17 June 1647 – 10 July 1708) was a soldier, politician and Governor of Barbados.

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James Leith (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith (8 August 1763 – 16 October 1816) was a Scottish soldier who served in the British Army, commanding the 5th Division in the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army at several critical battles during the Peninsular War between 1810 and 1813.

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James Shaw Hay

Sir James Shaw Hay KCMG (25 October 1839 – 20 June 1924) was a British colonial governor.

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James Walker (governor)

Sir James Walker (9 April 1809 – 28 August 1885) was a Scottish colonial administrator.

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John Montague Stow

Sir John Montague Stow (3 October 1911 – 16 March 1997) was a British colonial official who served in various roles.

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John Pope Hennessy

Sir John Pope Hennessy, (5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.

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Jonathan Atkins

Sir Jonathan Atkins (c. 1610–1703) was Governor of Guernsey and Governor of Barbados.

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Leslie Probyn

Sir Leslie Probyn (23 February 1862 – 17 December 1938) was an administrator for the British Empire.

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List of Colonial Secretaries of Barbados

The following is a list of Colonial Secretaries of Barbados.

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List of governors of the Windward Islands

This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands.

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Mark Aitchison Young

Sir Mark Aitchison Young (楊慕琦, 30 June 1886 – 12 May 1974) was a British administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong during the years immediately before and after the Japanese occupation of the territory.

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Mitford Crowe

Mitford Crowe or Crow (1669 – 1719) was an English merchant, politician, diplomat and colonial administrator.

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Peter Colleton

Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet, FRS (17 September 1635 – 24 March 1694) was an English baronet of the Colleton Baronets and an MP.

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Philip Bell (governor)

Philip Bell (19 June 1590 – 3 March 1678) was Governor of Bermuda from 1626 to 1629, of the Providence Island colony from 1629 to 1636, and of Barbados from 1640 to 1650 during the English Civil War.

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Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Werke

Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Werke (c. 1661 – 1706) was an English peer who served as Governor of Barbados and as one of the English commissioners for the negotiations on the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland.

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Rawson W. Rawson

Sir Rawson William Rawson CB (8 September 1812 – 20 November 1899) was a British government official and statistician.

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Robert Arundell

Brigadier Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell (22 July 1904 – 24 March 1989) was a British diplomat who became Governor and Commander in Chief of the Windward Islands and later Governor of Barbados and acting Governor-General of the West Indies.

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Robert Byng (18th-century MP)

Robert Byng (1703–1740) was the fourth son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington by his wife Margaret Master.

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Robert Lowther (1681–1745)

Robert Lowther (13 December 1681 – September 1745) was an English landowner, holding the estate of Maulds Meaburn, and colonial governor.

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Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet

General Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet (9 October 1778 – 2 January 1842) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator, and soldier.

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Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet

Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet (27 April 1678 – 5 December 1746) was a British baronet and Whig politician.

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Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet (1703–1777) was an English politician, architect and collector.

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Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician.

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Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage

Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (bef. 1702 – 21 December 1754) was the son of Joseph Gage of Sherborne Castle and Elizabeth Penruddock.

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Thomas Modyford

Colonel Sir Thomas Modyford, 1st Baronet (c. 1620 – 2 September 1679) was a planter of Barbados and Governor of Jamaica, 1664-70.

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Thomas Paget, Lord Paget

Thomas Catesby Paget or Pagett (1689 – 4 February 1742) was an English politician and writer, styled Hon.

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Walter Joseph Sendall

Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, GCMG (24 December 1832 – 16 March 1904) was a British colonial governor.

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William Charles Fleming Robertson

Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson (1867– 27 June 1937) was a British colonial administrator, Governor of Barbados from 1925 to 1932.

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William MacBean George Colebrooke

Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, (9 November 1787 – 6 February 1870) was an English career soldier and colonial administrator who became lieutenant governor of New Brunswick in 1841.

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William Reid (British Army officer)

Major General Sir William Reid (1791–1858) was a British soldier, administrator and meteorologist.

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William Robinson (Governor of Hong Kong)

Sir William Robinson (Chinese: 威廉·羅便臣; 9 February 1836 – 1 December 1912) was a British colonial governor who was the last Governor of Trinidad and the first Governor of the merged colony of Trinidad and Tobago.

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William Spry (governor of Barbados)

William Spry (born England, died Barbados, September 4, 1772) was a jurist and governor of Barbados.

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William Tufton

Sir William Tufton, 1st Baronet (1589 – May 1631) was the British governor of Barbados between 21 December 1629 and 16 July 1630.

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William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham

William Willoughby, 6th Lord Willoughby (c. 1616 – 10 April 1673) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons and later in the House of Lords.

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Windward Islands

The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Barbados

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