This is a list of Viceroys of Grenada from the establishment of French rule in 1649 until its independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. Following independence, the viceroy of

Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...

ceased to represent the British monarch and British government, and ceased to be a British person, instead the new vice regal office, renamed to

Governor-General of Grenada The governor-general of Grenada is the representative of the Grenadian monarch, currently King Charles III, in Grenada. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister of Grenada. The functions of t ...

represented (and to this day, represents) the

Monarch of Grenada The monarchy of Grenada is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Grenada. The current Grenadian monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the ...

, and the person holding the office must be a Grenadian citizen.

French governors of Grenada (1649–1762)

British governors of Grenada (1762–1802)

In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ceded Grenada to the United Kingdom. * George Scott, 1762–1764 *

Robert Melvill General Robert Melvill (or Melville) LLD (12 October 1723 – 29 August 1809) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army, antiquary, botanist, inventor, and slave plantation owner. He was owner of the Marigot, Dominica, Melville Hall (Dominica ...

e, 1764, ''acting'', ''first time'' *

Ulysses FitzMaurice Ulysses Fitzmaurice ( – 21 August 1772) was a British colonial administrator and planter who served as the lieutenant-governor of Saint Vincent from 1766 to 1772. Early life Ulysses Fitzmaurice was born in England . He was reportedly the ...

, 1764–1770, ''first time'' *

e, 1770–1771, ''second time'' *

, 1771, ''second time'' * William Leyborne Leyborne, 1771–1775 * William Young, 1776 * The Lord Macartney, 1776–1779 *

Jean-François, comte de Durat Jean-François, comte de Durat (30 October 1736 – 1830) was a French Royal Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Grenada from 1779 to 1783. Born at Chateau Vauchaussades, Combrailles, in the Auvergne, Durat's ...

, 1779–1783, Governor-General, (French occupation) *

Edward Mathew Edward Mathew (1729 – 25 December 1805) began his military career in the British Army as a commissioned officer. By the time of the American Revolutionary War he had risen to the rank of colonel. Promoted to brigadier general, he was assigned ...

, 1784–1785 * William Lucas, 1785–1787, ''acting'' * Samuel Williams, 1787–1788, ''acting'', ''first time'' * James Campbell, 1788–1789, ''acting'' * Samuel Williams, 1789–1792, ''acting'', ''second time'' *

Ninian Home Ninian Home (1732 March 1795) was a British colonial administrator and planter who served as the governor of Grenada during Fédon's rebellion, a revolt against British rule led primarily by free mixed-race French-speakers that took place betw ...

, 17 November 1792 – 1795 *

Kenneth Francis Mackenzie Kenneth is a given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname m ...

, 1795, ''acting'' * Samuel Mitchell, 1795–1796, ''acting'' *

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, 1796–1797 * Charles Green, 30 September 1797 – 1801 * Samuel Dent, 1801–1802, ''acting''

Lieutenant governors of Grenada (1802–1882)

In 1802, the Governor of Grenada was replaced by a lieutenant governor, subordinate to the

Governor of Barbados This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbad ...

. *

George Vere Hobart The Honourable George Vere Hobart (1761 – 5 November 1802) was a British politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Grenada, West Indies. He was the father of the 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire. Hobart was a younger son of George Hobart, ...

, 1802–5 November 1802 * Thomas Hislop, 1803–1804 *

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, 1803 *

Frederick Maitland General Frederick Maitland (3 September 1763 – 27 January 1848) was a British Army officer who fought during the American War of Independence, the Peninsular War and later served as Lieutenant Governor of Dominica. Life The youngest son ...

, 29 March 1805 – 1811 *

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, 1811–1812 * George Robert Ainslie, 1812–1813 *

Charles Shipley Major-General Sir Charles Shipley (18 February 1755 – 30 November 1815) was a senior British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who was acting Governor of Grenada from 1813 to 1815. Early life Shipley was born at Copt Hall, Luton, Bedford ...

, 1813–1815, ''acting'' * George Paterson, 1815–1816, ''acting, first time'' *

Phineas Riall General Sir Phineas Riall, Royal Guelphic Order, KCH (15 December 1775 – 10 November 1850) was the United Kingdom, British general who succeeded John Vincent (British Army officer), John Vincent as commanding officer of the Niagara Peninsula i ...

, 1816–1823 * George Paterson, 1823–1826, ''acting, second time'' * James Campbell, 1826–1833 In 1833, Grenada was incorporated into the

British Windward Islands The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 3 January 1958 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent (island), S ...

along with Barbados,

St. Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

, Saint Vincent, and the

Grenadines The Grenadines () is a chain of small islands that lie on a line between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Nine are inhabited and open to the public (or ten, if the offshore island of Young Island is counted ...

. The

retained overall responsibility for Grenada with the Lieutenant Governor of Grenada as his subordinate. * George Middlemore, 1833–1835 *

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, 1835–1836 * Carlo Joseph Doyle, 1836–1846 * Ker Baillie Hamilton, 1846–1853 *

Robert William Keate Robert William Keate (16 June 1814 – 17 March 1873) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Commissioner of the Seychelles from 1850 to 1852, Governor of Trinidad from 1857 to 1864, Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal from ...

, 1853–1857 *

Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, (26 December 1817 – 23 December 1897) was a British colonial administrator who held positions including Governor of British Guiana. Kortright was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. H ...

, 1857–1864 * Robert Miller Mundy, 1864–1871 * Sanford Freeling, 1871–1875 * Cyril Clerke Graham, 1875–1877 *

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, 1877–1882

Administrators of Grenada (1882–1967)

In 1882, the role of the Lieutenant Governor of Grenada was replaced by that of an administrator. The administrator remained subordinate to the

. In 1885, Barbados left the administrative control of the

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. A new

Governor of the Windward Islands 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 Domi ...

was appointed, with his seat in Grenada. The Administrator of Grenada remained a subordinate position concerned with matters local to Grenada itself. * Irwin Charles Maling, 1882, ''first time'' *

Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy (1839 – 6 May 1900) was a British colonial administrator. Biography Roger Goldsworthy was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1839, and educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Sandhurst, the younger broth ...

, 1882–1883 * Edward Laborde, 1883–1886, ''first time'' * Irwin Charles Maling, 1886–1887, ''second time'' *

Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles (1849 – 7 December 1913) was an English lawyer who was the Attorney General of Jamaica and later Chief Justice of Gibraltar from July 1905. He was born in Malta, the eldest son of Army surgeon Henry James School ...

, 1887–1888 * John Elliott, Jun 1888 – Dec 1888 *

Robert Baxter Llewelyn Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1845–1919) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire. Appointments * 1878-1883: Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands * 1885-1888: Governor of Tobago * 1886-1889: Administrator of Saint Vincent and t ...

, Dec 1888 – Jan 1889, ''first time'' * Edward Laborde, Jan 1889 – Nov 1889, ''second time'' *

, Nov 1889 – Sep 1890, ''second time'' *

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, Sep 1890 – Nov 1890 * Edward Rawle Drayton, 1890–1915 *

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, 1915–1930 *

Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood (28 May 1893 – 20 June 1967) was a British colonial administrator and governor. He served as the Governor of the Gambia from 1942 to 1947, the Governor of Barbados from 1947 to 1949, and the Governor of Mauri ...

, 1930–1935 *

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, 1935–1940 * Charles Henry Vincent Talbot, 1940–1942 *

George Conrad Green George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgi ...

, 1942–1951 *

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, 1951–1957 *

James Monteith Lloyd James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince Jame ...

, 1957–1962 Between 1958 and 1962, Grenada was part of the short-lived

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. * Lionel Achille Pinard, 1962–1964 *

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, 1964–1967

Governors of Grenada (1967–1974)

On 3 March 1967, Grenada became an Associated State of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs. A governor was again appointed as the United Kingdom's official representative. *

, 1967–1968 * Dame Hilda Bynoe, 1968 – 21 January 1974 * Sir Leo de Gale, 24 January 1974 – 7 February 1974, ''acting'' On 7 February 1974, Grenada achieved independence from Great Britain. After independence, the vice regal office in Grenada became the office of the

References

* http://www.rulers.org/rulg2.html#grenada * http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Grenada.html * The Grenada Handbook, Directory and Almanac, 1897, London: Sampson Low, Marston, pp. 83–86 {{DEFAULTSORT:Colonial governors and administrators of Grenada Colonial governors and administrators British Grenada people

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