15 Aug 1498 Discovered and claimed for Spain
20 Jun 1650 French Colony
05 Apr 1762 Occupied by Great Britain
10 Feb 1763 British Crown Colony
06 Jul 1779 - 06 Jan 1784 French occupation
01 Apr 1833 - 31 Dec 1959 Part of the Windward Islands
03 Feb 1958 - 31 Mar 1962 Part of West Indies Federation
03 Mar 1967 Associated state
07 Feb 1974 Independence from U.K
13 Mar 1979 - 25 Oct 1983 People's Revolutionary Government
25 Oct - 06 Nov 1983 Occupied by the U.S
Govenors-general
07 Feb 1974 - 04 Oct 1978 Sir Leo Victor de Gale .............. 1921-1986
04 Oct 1978 - 06 Aug 1992 Sir Paul N. Scoon ................... 1935-2013
06 Aug 1992 - 08 Aug 1996 Sir Reginald Oswald Palmer .......... 1923-2016
08 Aug 1996 - 18 Nov 2008 Sir Daniel Charles Williams ......... 1935-
18 Nov 2008 - 03 May 2013 Sir Carlyle Arnold Glean ............ 1932-2021
07 May 2013 - Dame Cécile Fleurette La Granade .... 1952-
Prime Ministers
01 Aug 1967 - 13 Mar 1979 Eric Matthew Gairy .................. 1922-1997
13 Mar 1979 - 19 Oct 1983 Maurice Rupert Bishop ............... 1944-1983
(People's revolutianary government)
26 Sep - 08 Oct 1983 Winston Bernard Coard................ 1945-
(acting for Bishop)
19 Oct - 25 Oct 1983 Hudson Austin ....................... 1938-2022
(Head of the Revolutionary Military Council)
09 Dec 1983 - 04 Dec 1984 Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite ....... 1925-2016
(1st Time)
04 Dec 1984 - 19 Dec 1989 Herbert Augustus Blaize ............. 1918-1989
20 Dec 1989 - 16 Mar 1990 Ben Joseph Jones .................... 1924-2005
16 Mar 1990 - 01 Feb 1995 Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite (2nd Time)
01 Feb - 22 Jun 1995 George Ignatius Brizan .............. 1942-2012
22 Jun 1995 - 09 Jul 2008 Keith Claudius Mitchell (1st Time) .. 1946-
09 Jul 2008 - 20 Feb 2013 Tillman Joseph Thomas ............... 1945-
20 Feb 2013 - 24 Feb 2022 Keith Claudius Mitchell (2nd Time)
24 Jun 2022 - Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell ........ 1978-
Commander of the US Forces
25 Oct - 09 Dec 1983 Joseph Metcalf III .................. 1927-2007
1871 Federal colony of the Windward Islands
01 Jul 1956 Territory
31 Dec 1959 Dissolved
Governors
1833 - 1836 Sir Lionel Smith
1836 - 1841 Sir Evan John Murray McGregor
1841 Charles Henry Darling
1841 - 1846 Sir Charles Edward Grey
1846 - 1848 William Reid
1848 - 1856 William Macbean George Colebrooke
1856 - 1862 Francis Hincks
1862 - 1868 James Walker
1868 - 1875 Rawson William Rawson
1875 - 1876 Sir John Pope Hennessy
1876 Sanford Freeling
1876 - 1880 George Cumine Strahan
1880 - 1885 William Robinson
1885 - 1888 Sir Walter Joseph Sendall
1888 - 1892 Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson
1892 - 1897 Sir Charles Bruce
1897 - 1900 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney
1900 - 1906 Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn
1906 - 1909 Sir Ralph Champneys Williams
1909 - 1914 William James Hayes Sadler
1914 - 1923 Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith
1923 - 1924 Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston
1924 - 1930 Sir Frederick Seton James
1930 - 1935 Sir Thomas Alexander Best
1935 - 19 Jan 1937 Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier
19 Jan 1937 - 18 May 1942 Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham
18 May 1942 - 02 May 1948 Sir Arthur Francis Grimble
30 Jun 1948 - 19 Jan 1953 Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell
19 Jan 1953 - 14 Jul 1955 Edward Betham Beetham
14 Jul 1955 - 31 Dec 1959 Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell
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