Colonial Heads of the British Virgin Islands
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List of Colonial Heads of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|
| English colony | |
| 1666 | |
| 1741 | John Pickering John Pickering (judge) John Pickering served as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and as Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire... , President President A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership... |
| 1742 to 1750 | John Hunt John Hunt John Hunt may refer to:*John Hunt , Quaker minister, originally from London, England, and one of the "Virginia Exiles"*John Hunt , Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey... , President |
| 1750 to 1751 | James Purcell, President |
| 1751 to 1775 | John Purcell John Purcell John Purcell VC was an Irish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.... , President |
| 1775 to 1782 | John Nugent John Nugent John Nugent may refer to:* John Nugent , journalist and agent of United States President James Buchanan* John F. Nugent , United States Senator from Idaho* John Cullen Nugent, Canadian sculptor... , President |
| 1782 to 1811 | ..., President |
| 1811 to 18.. | Richard Hetherington Richard Hetherington Richard Hetherington was a British naval officer, influential landowner and colonial administrator.Son of Colonel Richard Hetherington b Dec 1737 , died Aug 1821 at Tortola and Mary Pickering b. circa 1743, d... , President |
| Part of the Leeward Islands | |
| 1833 to 1839 | |
| 1839 to 1850 | Edward Hay Drummond Hay Edward Hay Drummond Hay Sir Edward Hay Drummond-Hay was a British naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator.He was born in England, son of Captain Edward Drummond Hay, who was a nephew of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul, and educated at Charterhouse and was a Colonel of the 5th West India Regiment from 6 November 1854... , President |
| 1852 to 1854 | John Cornell Chads John Cornell Chads Lieutenant-colonel John Cornell Chads joined the Royal Marines and reached the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on 4 May 1809 aged 16. He became a Captain in the 1st West India Regiment on 27 January 1820. He became a Major on 22 April 1836 still serving in the West India Regiment... , President |
| 1854 to 1857 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, KCMG was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana.Cornelius was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. He was the son of Lawrence and Jane Maria Kortright... , President |
| 1859 to 1861 | Thomas Price Thomas Price Thomas Price was a stonecutter, teacher, lay preacher, businessman, stonemason, clerk-of-works, union secretary, union president and politician... , President |
| 1861 to 1864 | James Robert Longden, President |
| 1866 to 1869 | Sir Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold, President |
| 1869 to 1872 | Alexander Wilson Muir, President |
| 1873 to 1879 | Richard Mahoney Hickson, President |
| 1879 to 1882 | John Kemys Spencer-Churchill, President |
| 1882 to 1884 | Richard Henry Kortright Dyett, President |
| 1884 to 1887 | Fredrick Augustus Pickering Fredrick Augustus Pickering Fredrick Augustus Pickering was the first ever coloured President of the British Virgin Islands. He was also the last President of the Territory; after he stepped down in 1887, no replacement was appointed. In 1889, the office was replaced with that of Commissioner. He served in the post from 1884... , President |
| 1887 to 1893 | Edward John Cameron, Administrator |
| 1894 to 1896 | Alexander R. Mackay, Administrator |
| 1896 to 1903 | Nathaniel George Cookman, Administrator |
| 1903 to 1910 | Robert Stephen Earl, Administrator |
| 1910 to 1919 | Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis, Administrator |
| 1919 to 1922 | Herbert Walter Peebles, Administrator |
| 1922 to 1923 | R. Hargrove, Administrator |
| 1923 to 1926 | Otho Lewis Hancock, Administrator |
| 1926 to 1934 | Frank Cecil Clarkson, Administrator |
| 1934 to 1946 | Donald Percy Wailling, Administrator |
| 1946 to 1954 | John Augustus Cockburn Cruikshank, Administrator |
| 1954 to 1956 | Henry Anthony Camillo Howard Henry Anthony Camillo Howard Henry Anthony Camillo Howard was a British journalist, military officer, and colonial leader in the Caribbean.- Early life and family :... , Administrator |
| 1956 to 1959 | Geoffrey Poole Allsebrook, Administrator |
| 1959 to 1 January 1960 | Gerald Jackson Bryan, Administrator |
| 1 January 1960 | Dissolution of the Leeward Islands Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean... |
| 1 January 1960 to 1962 | Gerald Jackson Bryan, Administrator |
| 1962 to 1967 | Martin Samuel Staveley, Administrator |
| 1967 to 1971 | John Sutherland Thomson, Administrator |
| 1971 to 1974 | Derek George Cudmore, Governor |
| 1974 to 1978 | Walter Wilkinson Wallace, Governor |
| 1978 to 1981 | James Alfred Davidson James Alfred Davidson James Alfred Davidson, OBE, naval commander and diplomat, was born on March 22, 1922. He died on May 6, 2004, aged 82. During the Second World War James Davidson served in every theatre of the war at sea... , Governor |
| 1982 to 1986 | David Robert Barwick, Governor |
| 1986 to 1991 | J. Mark A. Herdman, Governor |
| 14 October 1991 to 21 June 1995 | Peter Alfred Penfold, Governor |
| 21 June 1995 to 1998 | David Mackilligin, Governor |
| 3 July 1998 to 5 October 2002 | Frank Savage, Governor |
| 5 October 2002 to 14 October 2002 | Elton Georges, acting Governor |
| 14 October 2002 to present | Tom Macan Tom Macan Thomas Townley Macan was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Sussex, where he was President of the Student Union. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2002 to 10... |