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.

[edit] Lieutenant Governors

George Maddison (1763–1764) (d. 1783)
Joseph Higginson (1764–1766)
Lauchlin McLean (1766;)
Ulysses FitzMaurice (1766–1772)
Valentin Morris (1772–1776)

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)

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. ?)

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)

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)