List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles

This is a list of colonial governors of Seychelles, an archipelagic island country in the Indian Ocean. Seychelles was first colonised by the French in 1770, and captured by the British in 1810, who governed it under the subordination to Mauritius until 1903, when it became a separate crown colony. Seychelles achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 29 June 1976.

List of governors Italics indicate de facto continuation of office

TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesFrench SuzeraintyFrench colony, subordinated to Île de France (Mauritius)21 November 1742Claimed for France by Lazare Picault, named Îles de La Bourdonnais, not settled1 November 1756Annexed by France (Îles de Séchelles), not settled until 27 August 177027 August 1770 to 1772 Jean-Charles de Launay de La Perrière, Commandant1772 to 1775 Joseph François Eugène Benjamin Anselme, Commandant1775 to 1777 Jean-Baptiste Le Roux de Kermeseven, Commandant1778 to 1781 Charles Routier de Romainville, Commandant1781 to 1783 Louis François Claude Berthelot de la Coste, Commandant1783 to 1786 François, vicomte de Souillac, Commandant1786 to 1789 Augustin Motais de Narbonne, Commandant1789 to 1792 Louis Jean Baptiste Philogène de Malavois, Commandant1792 to 1793 Charles Joseph Esnouf, Commandant9 September 1793 to 17 May 1810 Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, GovernorÎles de Séchelles occupied by United Kingdom on 17 May 1794 (French administration continues to 17 May 1810)British SuzeraintyBritish colony, subordinated to Mauritius17 May 1810 to 2 June 1811 Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Commissioner2 June 1811 to 1812 Bartholomew Sullivan, Commissioner1812 to 1815 Bibye Lasage, Commissioner1815 to 1822 Edward Henry Madge, Commissioner1822 to 1837 George Harrison, Commissioner1837 to 1839 Arthur Wilson, Commissioner1839 to 1850 Charles Augustus Etienne Mylius, Commissioner1850 to 1852 Robert William Keate, Commissioner1852 to 1862 Charles William Bhering, Viscount Bhering, Commissioner1862 to 1868 Swinburne Ward, Commissioner1868 to 1874 William Hales Franklyn, Commissioner1874 to 1879 Charles Spencer Salmon, Commissioner1879 to 1880Arthur Havelock, Commissioner1880 to 1882 Francis Theophilus Blunt, Commissioner1882 to 1888Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly, Commissioner1889 to 1895 Thomas Risely Griffith, Administrator1895 to August 1899 Henry Cockburn Stewart, AdministratorAugust 1899 to 31 August 1903Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, AdministratorBritish crown colony31 August 1903 to November 1903Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, AdministratorNovember 1903 to 1904Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Governor1904 to 1912Walter Edward Davidson, Governor1912 to 1918Charles O'Brien, Governor1918 to 1922Sir Eustace Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Governor1922 to 1927 Sir Joseph Byrne, GovernorMay 1927 to November 1927 Sir Malcolm Stevenson, GovernorNovember 1927 to March 1928 Sir Justin Louis Devaux, Acting GovernorMarch 1928 Robert Vere de Vere, Acting GovernorSworn in on 22 March 1928 as Louis Devaux had refused to relinquish power1928 to 1934Sir de Symons Honey, Governor1934 to 1936 Sir Gordon Lethem, Governor1936 to 5 January 1942 Arthur Grimble, GovernorFrom 1 January 1938, Sir Arthur Francis Grimble5 January 1942 to July 1947 William Marston Logan, GovernorFrom 8 June 1944, Sir William Marston Logan. John Woodman OBE (Chief Justice, 1943–47) acted as Governor in 1946.July 1947 to 14 May 1951 Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, Governor14 May 1951 to 1953 Frederick Crawford, Governor31 May 1953 to January 1958 William Addis, GovernorFrom 9 June 1955, Sir William AddisJanuary 1958 to 13 August 1961 John Thorp, GovernorFrom 13 June 1959, Sir John Kingsmill ThorpJanuary 1962 to 1967Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Governor1967 to 1969 Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, Governor1969 to 1973Sir Bruce Greatbatch, GovernorAutonomy granted to the Seychelles on 12 November 19701973 to 1 October 1975 Colin Allan, Governor1 October 1975 to 28 June 1976Colin Allan, High CommissionerSelf-rule granted to the Seychelles on 1 October 197529 June 1976Independence as Republic of Seychelles

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Seychelles

See also History of Seychelles Politics of Seychelles List of presidents of Seychelles Vice-President of Seychelles Prime Minister of Seychelles

References

External links World Statesmen – Seychelles