List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia

This is a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Saint Lucia was colonized by the British and French in the 17th century and was the subject of several possession changes until 1814, when it was ceded to the British by France for the final time. In 1958, St. Lucia joined the short-lived semi-autonomous West Indies Federation. Saint Lucia was an associated state of the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1979 and then gained full independence on February 22, 1979.[1][2]

Timeline of Saint Lucia

Documented Control of Saint Lucia[3][4]
Date rangeCountry or people
200/400–800Arawak people settle Saint Lucia
800–Kalinago (Caribs) settle Saint Lucia
1550sFrench Pirate François le Clerc sets up camp on Pigeon Island
1605First English settlement[4]
1626First French claim to Saint Lucia, appointed first Saint Lucia governor in 1652[4]
1638–1640English Major Judge settlement until driven away by Caribs[4]
1635French settlements
1654Dutch settlement at Vieux Fort Bay
1659French drive off English invasion
1663Caribs sell Saint Lucia to English governor and defeat French
1664–1666English occupation[1]
1667 Treaty of Breda (1667) gives control back to French
1674–1722Annexed to the domain of the French Crown and made a dependency of Martinique[4]
1686–1687English raid and control
1687English relinquish control to French
1697Peace of Ryswick recognizes French control
1723–1743Neutral territory (agreed by Britain and France)[1]
1743–1747French colony (Sainte Lucie)
1748–1755Neutral territory (de jure agreed by Britain and France)[1]
1756–1761French colony (Sainte Lucie)
1762–1763British occupation[1]
1763–1777France
1778Britain
1781–1783British occupation[1]
1783–1793France
1794–1795British occupation[1]
1796–1802British occupation[1]
1802France
1803–1838British colony[1]
1814British possession confirmed
1958–1962Province of West Indies Federation
1962–1967Crown colony of the United Kingdom
1967–1979Associated state of the United Kingdom
1979–Independent state, part of the Commonwealth of Nations

History

Saint Lucia was originally occupied by the Caribs. The first Europeans to make a settlement there were the English, though the Caribs forced them off the island. In 1651, the French Jacques Dyel du Parquet landed and peacefully made contact with the Caribs, due to his Caribbean wife, and was established as the first French governor of Sainte Lucia.[5] The English made claim to the island but repudiated all claims to it under the 1667 Treaty of Breda wherein Sainte Lucia was formally made a French Crown Colony in 1674. During the Seven Years' War, Saint Lucia changed hands several times before 1778 when the British captured Saint Lucia from the French during the American War of Independence. The island was returned to France until the French Revolution where the island was handed over to the United Kingdom in 1803 and then formalised in 1814 by the Treaty of Paris.[6]

Originally Saint Lucia was administered by the Governor of Barbados and later the Governor of the Windward Islands.[7] On the island, various British Administrators and Commissioners were appointed to deputise for the Governor on Saint Lucia.[1] After a period as part of the West Indies Federation, Saint Lucia gained its first separate Governor in 1967 when it entered into free association with the United Kingdom, with Frederick Clarke appointed as the first local Governor.[8] In 1979, Saint Lucia formally gained its independence. The sitting Governor of Saint Lucia, Allen Montgomery Lewis then became the Governor-General of Saint Lucia, continuing to represent Queen Elizabeth II whom would continue to reign as Queen of Saint Lucia.[9]

French and British Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802

Colonial era governors of Saint Lucia
Name Year Title Rule Ref
Jacques Dyel du Parquet1651Lieutenant-General of Martinique, including Saint LuciaFrench[2][10][4]
Louis de Kerengoan, sieur de Rousselan1652–1654Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][11][4]
M. Lavriverie1657GovernorFrench[2]
M. Haquet1657GovernorFrench[2]
M. Le Breton1657GovernorFrench[2]
M. De Coutis1658GovernorFrench[2]
M. D'Aigremont1658GovernorFrench[2]
M. Lalanda1659GovernorFrench[2]
M. LeSeur Bonnard[12]1660–1664GovernorFrench[2][4]
Mr. Robert Faulk1664GovernorFrench[2]
William, Lord Willoughby1672Governor of Saint Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and DominicaEnglish[4]
Charles de Courbon de Blénac1677Governor-GeneralFrench[2][13]
François d'Alesso d'Éragny1691Governor-GeneralFrench[2][14]
Thomas-Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg Amblimont1697Governor-GeneralFrench[2][15]
The Count d'Esnotz1701Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
Charles-François de Machault de Belmont1703Governor-GeneralFrench[2][16]
M. de Phelypeau1711Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
The Marquis Duquene1715Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
The Marquis de la Varenne1717Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
The Chevalier de Feuquieres1717Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
Captain Nathaniel Uring1722Deputy-GovernorBritish[2][4][17]
Charles de Tubières de Caylus1744Governor-GeneralFrench[2][18]
M. de Longueville1745Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
Pierre Lucien de La Chapelle de Jumilhac1763–1764GovernorFrench[2][1]
The Count d'Ennery1768Governor-GeneralFrench[2]
Baron de Micoud1769Lieutenant-GovernorFrench[2]
George Brydges Rodney1762–1763commander-in-chief of the Leeward IslesBritish[1][19][20]
Claude Anne de Micoud1764–1771French[1]
The Chevalier Claude Anne Gui de Micoud1771–1772Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
Frédéric Laure de Kearney (M de Karny)1772–1773Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
Alexandre Potier de Courcy1775–1775Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
Marc Étienne de Joubert1776–1776Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
The Chevalier Claude Anne Gui de Micoud1776–1781Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
General Anthony St Leger1781–1783Lieutenant GovernorBritish[2][1][19]
Barron Jean Zénon André de Véron de Laborie1784–1789GovernorFrench[2][1]
Colonel Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat1789–1792GovernorFrench[2][1]
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse1792 - 1793Military Commissioner in GuadeloupeFrench[21]
General Nicolas Xavier de Ricard1793–1794GovernorFrench[2][1]
Colonel Sir Charles Gordon1794–1795British[2][1][19]
James Stewart1795British[1][19]
Gaspard Goyrand1795–1796CommissaryBritish[2][1][22]
General John Moore1796–1797Lieutenant GovernorBritish[2][1][19]
Colonel James Drummond1797–1798Lieutenant GovernorBritish[2][1]
General George Prevost1798–1802Lieutenant GovernorBritish[2][1][19]
General George Henry Vansittart1802Lieutenant GovernorBritish[2][1][19]
General Jean-François-Xavier Noguès1802–1803Lieutenant GovernorFrench[2][1]
Governors of Saint Lucia 1651-1802
Jacques Dyel du Parquet, 1651
Thomas-Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg Amblimont, 1697
George Brydges Rodney, 1762-1763
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse, 1792-1793
John Moore, 1796-1797
George Prévost, 1798–1802

Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834

  • General Robert Brereton 1803–1807, Commandant[2][19]
  • General Alexander Wood 1807–1814, Commandant[2][19]
  • Major Jacob Jordan 1814 (acting)[2]
  • General Francis Delaval 1814–1815, Commandant[2][19]
  • General Edward Stehelin 1815–1816, Commandant[2][19]
  • General Robert Douglas, Commandant 1816[2][19]
  • General Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817, Governor[2][19]
  • Colonel Edward O'Hara 1817–1818[2]
  • General Sir John Keane 1818–1819, Governor[2][19]
  • Major John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821 (acting Governor)[2]
  • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824, Governor[2][19]
  • Colonel Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826[2]
  • General John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827, Governor[2][19]
  • Colonel Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829[2]
  • General David Stewart 1829, Governor[2][19]
  • Captain G.A.E. Delboate 1829 (acting Governor)[2]
  • Captain Robert Mullen 1829 (acting Governor)[2]
  • Major Francis Power 1829–1830 (acting Governor)[2]
  • James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831, Governor[2][19]
  • George Mackie 1831, Governor[2][19]
  • Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832[2]
  • Colonel John Carter 1832 (acting Governor)[2]
  • James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)[2]

Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857

The following Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia were subordinate to the Governor of the British Windward Islands:
Colonel Andrew Clarke
Arthur Wellesley Torrens
Sir Charles Darling

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889

Sir Roger Goldsworthy
Sir William Des Vœux
Sir Arthur Havelock

Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958

Government House, Saint Lucia
Edward Twining
Edard John Cameron

Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967

Julian Asquith

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies:

Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979

On 27 February 1967, Saint Lucia became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs. Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke was the first native Saint Lucian governor.[28][29]

On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia achieved independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia after independence, see Governor-General of Saint Lucia.

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