List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Vincent

This is a list of viceroys in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from British settlement in 1763 until it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.

• George Maddison, 1763–1764
• Joseph Higginson, 1764–1766
• Lauchlin McLean, 1766
• Ulysses FitzMaurice, 1766–1772
• Valentine Morris, 1772–1776

• Valentine Morris, 1776–1779, continued
• Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain, 1779 (French occupation)
• Antoine Dumontet, 1779–1780 (French occupation)
• Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande 1780–1781 (French occupation)
• Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux Duplessis, 1781–1782 (French occupation)
• Pierre-Jean-François de Feydeau, March 1782–Septembre 1782, interim^[1] (French occupation)
• Édouard Hilaire Louis de Tilly, 1782–1 January 1784^[2] (French occupation)
• Edmund Lincoln, 1783–1787
• James Seton, 1787–1798
• William Bentinck, 1798–1802
• Henry William Bentinck, 1802–1806
• Robert Paul (1st time)(acting) 1805–1806
• George Beckwith, 1806–1808
• Robert Paul (2nd time)(acting) 1807
• Charles Brisbane, 1808–1829
• Robert Paul (3rd time)(acting) 1808–1809
• Robert Paul (4th time)(acting) 1810–1812
• Robert Paul (5th time)(acting) 1816–1817
• William John Struth, 1829–1831, acting
• Sir George Hill, Bt 1831–1833

In 1833, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became part of the British Windward Islands. A lieutenant governor was appointing in Saint Vincent, subordinate to the Governor of Barbados (to 1885) or the Governor of the Windward Islands (from 1885).

• 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
• William Hepburn Rennie, 1871–1875
• George Dundas, 1875–1880
• Augustus Frederick Gore, 1880–1886

• Robert Baxter Llewelyn, 1886–1889
• Irwin Charles Maling, 1889–1893
• John Hartley Sandwith, 1893–1895
• Harry Langhorne Thompson, 1895–1901
• Edward John Cameron, 1901–1909
• Charles Gideon Murray, 1909–1915
• Reginald Popham Lobb, 1915–1923
• Robert Walter, 1923–1929
• Herbert Walter Peebles, 1929–1933
• Arthur Francis Grimble, 1933–1936
• Arthur Alban Wright, 1936–1938
• William Bain Gray, 1938–1941
• Alexander Elder Beattie, 1941–1944
• Ronald Herbert Garvey, 1944–1948
• Walter Coutts, 1948–1955
• Alexander Falconer Giles, 1955–1961
• Samuel Horatio Graham, 1961–1966
• John Lionel Chapman, 1966–1967
• Hywel George, 1967–27 October 1969

On 27 October 1969, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs.

• Hywel George, 27 October 1969–27 October 1970, continued
• Rupert Godfrey John, 27 October 1970 – 1976
• Sidney Gun-Munro, 1976–27 October 1979

On 27 October 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys after independence, see the list of governors-general, starting with Sidney Gun-Munro continuing in post.

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