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Colonial Heads of the Bahamas

List of Colonial Heads of the Bahamas

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)


Term Incumbent Notes
British Suzerainty
British Proprietary Colony of the Bahama Islands
1 November 1670 to November 1688Christopher Monck, The Duke of Ablemarle , Lord Proprietor
1 November 1670 to 9 April 1697William Craven, The Earl of Craven , Lord Proprietor
1 November 1670 to 1717Lord Ashley , Lord Proprietor
Peter Colleton , Lord Proprietor
1 November 1670 to 1680Sir George Carteret, Lord Proprietor
1648 to 1657William Sayle , Governor on Eleuthera
1671 to December 1671Hugh Wentworth , Governor
December 1671 to 1676John Wentworth, Governor
1676 to 1677Charles Chillingworth , Governor
1677 to 1682Roger Clarke , Governor
1682 to 1684..., Governor
1684Richard Lilburne , Governor
Spanish occupation
1684 to 1684
1684 to 1686abandoned
British Suzerainty
1687 to 1690Thomas Bridges , Governor
1690 to 1693Cadwallader Jones , Governor
1693 to 1694...., acting Governor
1694 to 1696Nicholas Trott , Governor
1696 to 1697..., acting Governor
1697 to 1699Nicholas Webb , Governor
1699 to 1700Read Elding , acting Governor
1700 to 1701Elias Haskett , Governor
1701 to 1705Ellis Lightfoot , Governor
1705 to January 1706..., acting Governor
January 1706 to 1706Edward Birch , Governor
1706Thomas Walker, Governor
Pirate rule
1706 to 26 July 1718Thomas Barrow
Benjamin Hornigold
Edward Teach Blackbeard
and others
British Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands
26 July 1718 to 1721Woodes Rogers, Governor1st Term
1721 to 1728George Phenney , Governor
1728 to August 1729..., acting Governor
August 1729 to 16 July 1732Woodes Rogers, Governor2nd Term
1732 to November 1733Richard Thompson, acting Governor
November 1733 to 1740Richard Fitzwilliams , Governor
1740 to 1758John Tinker , Governor
1758 to 1760John Gambier , acting Governor1st Term
1760 to 28 November 1768William Shirley, Governor
28 November 1768 to 1774Thomas Shirley, Governor
1774 to 3 March 1776Montfort Browne , Governor1st Term
American occupation
3 March 1776 to 17 March 1776Samuel Nicholas, American Commander
British Suzerainty
17 March 1776 to 1778John Gambier , acting Governor2nd Term
1778 to 1779Montfort Browne , Governor2nd Term
1779 to 1780..., Governor
1780 to 8 May 1782John Robert Maxwell , Governor1st Term
Spanish occupation
8 May 1782 to 19 April 1783Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Commander
British possession established
1783Andrew De Vau , acting Governor
1783 to 1784John Robert Maxwell , Governor2nd Term
1784 to 1786James Edward Powell , Governor
1786 to 1787John Brown, acting Governor
1787 to 1796John Murray, Earl of Dunmore , Governor
1796 to 14 February 1797Robert Hunt, acting Governor
14 February 1797 to June 1797John Forbes, Governor
20 November 1797 to 1801William Dowdeswell, Governor
1801 to 1804John Halkett , Governor
8 May 1804 to 1820Charles Cameron, Governor
1821 to 1829Lewis Grant , Governor
1829 to 1833James Carmichael Smyth , Governor
1833 to 1835Blayney Townley Balfour , Governor
1835 to 1837William Macbean George Colebrooke , Governor
1837 to 1844Francis Cockburne , Governor
1844 to 1849George Benvenuto Matthew , Governor
1849 to 1854John Gregory, Governor
1854 to 1857Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor
1857 to 1864Charles John Bayley , Governor
1864 to 1869Rawson William Rawson , Governor
1869 to 1871Sir James Walker, Governor
1871 to 1873George Cumine Strahan , Governor
1873 to 1874Sir John Pope Hennessy , Governor
1874 to 1880William Robinson, Governor
1880 to 1881Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan , Governor
1881 to 1882Charles Cameron Lees , acting Governor
1882 to 1883Charles Cameron Lees , Governor
1883 to January 1884Sir Charles Cameron Lees , Governor
4 January 1884 to 1887Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Governor
1887 to 1895Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor
1895 to 1898Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith , Governor
1898 to 29 November 1904Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter , Governor
29 November 1904 to 1912Sir William Grey-Wilson , Governor
29 October 1912 to 1914Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith , Governor
15 June 1914 to 1920Sir William Lamond Allardyce , Governor
8 December 1920 to 1926Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux , Governor
15 March 1927 to 1928Charles William James Orr , Governor
1928 to January 1932Sir Charles William James Orr , Governor
10 January 1932 to 1933Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford , Governor
1933 to 1934Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford , Governor
1934 to 1937Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas , acting Governor
1937 to 1938Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas , Governor
1938 to 1940Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas , Governor
18 August 1940 to 1945HRH Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, The Duke of Windsor, Governor
28 July 1945 to 1946William Lindsay Murphy , Governor
1946 to 1950Sir William Lindsay Murphy , Governor
5 January 1950 to December 1950Sir George Ritchie Sandford , Governor
7 December 1950 to 1952Robert Arthur Ross Neville
1952 to 1953Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville
21 December 1953 to 1956Thomas David Knox, The Earl of Ranfurly
1 April 1957 to 1960Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur , Governor
18 July 1960 to 7 January 1964Sir Robert Stapeldon de Stapeldon , Governor
Self-Government
7 January 1964 to 1964Sir Robert Stapeldon de Stapeldon , Governor
3 June 1964 to 1968Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey
1968 to 1 November 1968Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton
1 November 1968 to 1969Sir Francis Edward Hovell Thurlow Cumming-Bruce , Governor
The Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands
1969 to 1971Sir Francis Edward Hovell Thurlow Cumming-Bruce , Governor
1971 to 1972Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, Baron Thurlow , Governor
14 May 1972 to 10 July 1973Sir John Warburton Paul , GovernorBecoming Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
10 July 1973Independence as The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

For continuation after independence, see:Governors-General of the Bahamas

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