List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia

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.

Timeline of Saint Lucia

==French and British Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802 ==

French and British Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802

==Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834 ==

Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834

• General Robert Brereton 1803–1807, Commandant • General Alexander Wood 1807–1814, Commandant • Major Jacob Jordan 1814 (acting) • General Francis Delaval 1814–1815, Commandant • General Edward Stehelin 1815–1816, Commandant • General Robert Douglas, Commandant 1816 • General Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817, Governor • Colonel Edward O'Hara 1817–1818 • General Sir John Keane 1818–1819, Governor • Major John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821 (acting Governor) • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824, Governor • Colonel Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826 • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827, Governor • Colonel Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829 • General David Stewart 1829, Governor • Captain G.A.E. Delboate 1829 (acting Governor) • Captain Robert Mullen 1829 (acting Governor) • Major Francis Power 1829–1830 (acting Governor) • James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831, Governor • George Mackie 1831, Governor • Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832 • Colonel John Carter 1832 (acting Governor) • James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time) == Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857 ==

Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857

== Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889 ==

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889

== Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958 ==

Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958

• Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1889–1891 • Sir George Melville 1902–1905 • Philip Clark Cork 1905–1909 • Sir Edward John Cameron 1909–1914 • William Douglas Young 1914–1915 • Gideon Oliphant-Murray 1915–1918 • Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston 1918–1927 • Charles William Doorly 1927–1935 • Edward William Baynes 1935–1938 • Arthur Alban Wright 1938–1944 • Edward Francis Twining 1944–1946 • John Montague Stow 1947–1953 • John Kingsmill Thorp 1953–1958 == Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967 ==

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies: • Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1958–1962 == Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979 ==

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. • Sir Ira Marcus Simmons 1973–1974, Governor • Sir Allen Lewis 1974–1979, Governor 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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