Colonial heads of the Windward Islands
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This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands
. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada
, Barbados
(to 1885), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
, Tobago
(to 1889), St. Lucia (from 1838), and Dominica
(from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada. In 1960 the territory was dissolved with the creation of the Federation of the West Indies.
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 , Tobago , and Dominica, previously included in the...
. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
, Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
(to 1885), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
, Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
(to 1889), St. Lucia (from 1838), and Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
(from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada. In 1960 the territory was dissolved with the creation of the Federation of the West Indies.
Governors of the Windward Islands (1885–1960)
- Sir Walter Joseph SendallWalter Joseph SendallSir Walter Joseph Sendall GCMG was a British colonial governor.-Life:As Director of Public Instruction in Ceylon, he expanded the system of schools, teaching in English and the vernacular....
, 1885–1888 - Sir Walter Hely-HutchinsonWalter Hely-HutchinsonSir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.-Biography:He was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, He attended the University of Cambridge....
, 1889–1892 - Sir Charles BruceCharles Bruce (governor)Sir Charles Bruce was 18th Governor of Mauritius from 11 May 1897 to 30 October 1903.-References:...
, 1893–1897 - Sir Cornelius Alfred MoloneyCornelius Alfred MoloneySir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, KCMG, was a British colonial administrator.He served as British Administrator of The Gambia from 1884 to 1886, Governor of Lagos Colony from 1886 to 1890, Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to 1897, Governor of the Federal Colony of the Windward Islands from 1897...
, 1897–1900 - Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn, 1900–1906
- Sir Ralph Champneys WilliamsRalph Champneys WilliamsSir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG was a colonial governor.Williams, educated at The King's School, Chester and Rossall School joined the colonial service in 1884 and his first post was to Bechuanaland. He then served at Pretoria, South Africa, Gibraltar and Barbados before returning to Bechuanaland...
, 1906–1909 - Sir James Hayes SadlerJames Hayes SadlerColonel Sir James Hayes Sadler, KCMG, CB was a British diplomat and civil servant.In 1854 Sadler was commissioned into the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia...
, 1909–1914 - Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith, 1914–1923
- Sir Frederick Seton James, 1924–1930
- Sir Thomas Alexander Best, 1930–1935
- Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier, 1935–19 January 1937
- Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham, 19 January 1937 – 18 May 1942
- Sir Arthur GrimbleArthur GrimbleSir Arthur Francis Grimble was a British Civil Servant and writer.After joining the Colonial Office, he became a cadet administrative officer in the Gilberts and became Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1926.Specialist in the myths and oral traditions of Kiribati...
, 18 May 1942–1948 - Brigadier Sir Robert ArundellRobert ArundellBrigadier Sir Robert Arundell, KCMG, OBE 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.-Education:...
, 1948–1953 - Edward Betham Beetham, 1953–1955
- Sir Colville Montgomery DeverellColville DeverellSir Colville Montgomery Deverell, GBE, KCMG was an Irish cricketer and colonial administrator.-Cricket:...
, 1955–1 January 1960