List of Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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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.

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 Sidney 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