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The office of 'Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' was created in 1979 when the islands gained independence as a Commonwealth realm. The Governor-General represents Queen Elizabeth II and acts as de facto head of state. Prior to independence, the islands were administered variously by lieutenant-governors, governors and administrators.

Contents

Lieutenant Governors

Governors of Saint Vincent

Lieutenant governors of Saint Vincent

Administrators

Governors

Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

See also

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Lieutenant Governors

★ George Maddison (1763–1764) (d. 1783)

★ Joseph Higginson (1764–1766)

★ Lauchlin McLean (1766;)

★ Ulysses FitzMaurice (1766–1772)

★ Valentin Morris (1772–1776)

Governors of Saint Vincent

★ Valentin Morris (1776–1779) (s a)

★ Marie-Charles, marquis du Chilleau (1779) (b. 1734 - d. 1794)

★ Dumontet (1779–1781)

★ Duplessis (1781–1782)

★ ''de Feydeau (Mar. 1782–1783) (interim)''

★ Edmund Lincoln (1783–1787)

★ James Seton (1787–1798)

★ William Bentinck (1798–1802) (b. 1764 - d. 1813)

★ Henry William Bentinck (1802–1806)

★ George Beckwith (1806–1808) (b. 1753 - d. 1823)

★ Charles Brisbane (1808–1829)

★ ''William John Struth (1829–1831) (acting)''

★ George Fitzgerald Hill (1831–1833) (b. 1763 - d. 1839)

Lieutenant governors of Saint Vincent

★ George Tyler (1833–1842)

★ Richard Doherty (1842–1845)

★ John Campbell (1845–1853)

★ Richard Graves MacDonnell (1853–1854)

★ Edward John Eyre (1854–1861)

★ Anthony Musgrave (1861–1864)

★ George Berkeley (1864–1871) (b. 1819 - d. 1905)

★ William Hepburn Rennie (1871–1875) (d. 1874)

★ George Dundas (1875–1880) (b. 1819 - d. 1880)

★ Augustus Frederick Gore (1880–1886) (b. 1826 - d. ?)

Administrators

★ Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1886–1889) (b. 1845 - d. 1919)

★ Irwin Charles Maling (1889–1893) (b. 1841 - d. 1918)

★ John Hartley Sandwith (1893–1895) (b. 1846 - d. 1895)

★ Harry Langhorne Thompson (1895–1901) (b. 1857/58 - d. 1902)

★ Edward John Cameron (1901–1909) (b. 1858 - d. 1947)

★ Charles Gideon Murray (1909–1915) (b. 1877 - d. 1951)

★ Reginald Popham Lobb (1915–1923)

★ Robert Walter (1923–1929) (b. 18.. - d. 1959)

★ Herbert Walter Peebles (1929–1933) (b. 1877 - d. 1955)

★ Arthur Francis Grimble (1933–1936) (b. 1888 - d. 1956)

★ Arthur Alban Wright (1936–1938) (b. 1887 - d. 1967)

★ William Bain Gray (1938–1941) (b. 1886 - d. 1949)

★ Alexander Elder Beattie (1941–1944) (b. 1888 - d. 1951)

★ Ronald Herbert Garvey (1944–1948) (b. 1903 - d. 1991)

★ Walter Coutts (1948–1955) (b. 1912 - d. 1988)

★ Alexander Falconer Giles (1955–1961) (b. 1915 - d. 1989)

★ Samuel Horatio Graham (1961–1966) (b. 1912)

★ John Lionel Chapman (1966–1967)

★ Hywel George (1967–27 Oct. 1969) (b. 1924)

Governors

★ Hywel George (27 Oct. 1969–Oct. 1970) (s a)

★ Rupert John (Oct. 1970–1976) (b. 1916 - d. 1996) (from 1971, Sir Rupert John)

★ Sidney Gun-Munro (1976–27 Oct. 1979) (b. 1916) (from 1977, Sir Sidney Gun-Munro)

Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

★ Sir Sydney Gun-Munro (27 October 1979–28 February 1985) (s a)

★ Sir Joseph Lambert Eustace (28 Feb 1985–29 Feb 1988)

★ ''Henry Harvey Williams (29 Feb 1988–20 Sep 1989) (acting)''

★ Sir David Jack, (20 Sep 1989–1 Jun 1996)

★ Sir Charles Antrobus (1 Jun 1996–3 Jun 2002)

★ ''Monica Dacon (3 Jun 2002–2 Sep 2002) (acting)''

★ Sir Frederick Ballantyne (2 September 2002–)

See also

★ St. Vincent

★ List of Prime Ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

★ lists of incumbents

External links

★ World Statesmen