List of governors 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 Dominica (from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada.

Governors of Barbados and the British Windward Islands (1833–1885)[]

Governors-in-Chief of the Windward Islands (1885–1960)[]

Image	Incumbent	Term	Notes
	Sir Walter Joseph Sendall	1885–1888
	Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson	1889–1892
	Sir Charles Bruce	1893–1897
	Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney	1897–1900
	Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn	1900–1906	[1]
	Sir Ralph Champneys Williams	1906–1909
	Sir James Hayes Sadler	1909–1914
	Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith	1914–1923
	Sir Frederick Seton James	1924–1930
	Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best	1930–1935
	Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier	1935–19 January 1937
	Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham	19 January 1937 – 18 May 1942
	Sir Arthur Grimble	18 May 1942 – 1948
	Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell	1948–1953
	Edward Betham Beetham	1953–1955
	Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell	1955–1 January 1960

References[]

• Rulers.org – Barbados
• Rulers.org – Grenada
• WorldStatesmen- Grenada

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