This article lists the governors and other administrators of Dominica (where known), during its time as a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1761–1778; 1784–1800), the Kingdom of France (1778–1784), and the United Kingdom (1800–1978).
James Garraway was noted as a onetime president of Dominica.
Governors (1761–1833) British rule (1761–1778) 1761–1763: Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo 1763–1765: Robert Melvill 1765–1767: George Scott (acting) 1768–1773: Sir William Young 1773–1774: William Stewart 1774–1778: Thomas Shirley 1778: William Stewart (acting)
French rule (1778–1784) 1778–1781: Marie-Charles, Marquis du Chilleau 1781–1782: Comte de Bourgon 1782–1784: M. de Beaupré
British rule (1784–1833) 1784–1792: Sir John Orde 1789–1790: Thomas Bruce (acting) 1792–1794: Thomas Bruce (acting) 1794–1796: Henry Hamilton 1796–1797: John Matson (acting) 1797–1802: Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone 1802–1805: George Prevost 1805–1808: George Metcalfe (acting) 1808: Edward Barnes 1808–1809: James Montgomerie 1809–1812: Edward Barnes 1812–1813: John Corlet (acting) 1813–1814: George Robert Ainslie 1814–1816: Benjamin Lucas (acting) 1816: Robert Reid (acting) 1816–1819: Charles William Maxwell 1819–1820: Robert Reid (acting) 1820–1821: Samuel Ford Whittingham 1821–1822: Robert Reid (acting) 1822–1824: The Earl of Huntingdon 1824: William Bremner (acting) 1824–1830: William Nicolay 1827–1828: John Laidlaw (acting) 1830–1832: James Potter Lockhart (acting) 1832–1833: Evan John Murray MacGregor
Lieutenant-Governors (1833–1872) In 1833, following the creation of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, Dominica's governor was replaced by a lieutenant-governor, subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. 1833–1835: Charles Marsh Schomberg 1835–1837: James Potter Lockhart (acting) 1837–1838: Henry Light 1838: John Longley 1838–1839: S. Bridgewater (acting) 1839–1843: John Macphail 1843–1845: Dugald Stewart Laidlaw (acting) 1845–1851: George McDonald 1851–1857: Samuel Wensley Blackall 1857–1861: Harry St. George Ord (acting from 1860) 1860–1861: George Berkeley (acting) 1861–1864: Thomas Price 1865: William Cleaver Francis Robinson (acting) 1865–1867: James Robert Longden 1867–1869: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (acting) 1869–1871: Sanford Freeling 1871–1872: Neale Porter (acting)
Presidents (1872–1895) In 1872, the lieutenant-governor was replaced by a president, who remained subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. 1872–1873: Alexander Wilson Moir 1873–1882: Charles Monroe Eldridge 1882–1887: James Meade 1887–1894: George Ruthven Le Hunte 1894–1895: Edward Baynes (acting)
Administrators (1895–1967) In 1895, the president was replaced by an administrator, who remained subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands until 1940, when Dominica was transferred to the Windward Islands Colony. From 1940 to 1958, the administrator was subordinate to the Governor of the Windward Islands. From 1958 to 1962, the administrator was subordinate to the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation. 1895–1899: Philip Arthur Templer 1899–1905: Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell 1905–1914: William Douglas Young (acting from 1913) 1914: Edward Rawle Drayton 1915–1919: Arthur William Mahaffy 1919–1923: Robert Walter 1923–1924: Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (acting) 1924–1930: Edward Carlyon Eliot 1927–1928: Herbert Walter Peebles (acting) 1930–1931: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting) 1931–1933: Walter Andrew Bowring 1933–1937: Henry Bradshaw Popham 1937–1938: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting) 1938–1946: James Scott Neill (acting from 1945) 1946–1952: Edwin Porter Arrowsmith 1952–1959: Henry Laurence Lindo 1960–1964: Alec Lovelace 1965–1967: Geoffrey Colin Guy
Governors (1967–1978) In 1967, the administrator was replaced by a governor, following Dominica's designation as an Associated State. 1967: Geoffrey Colin Guy 1967–1978: Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
See also List of presidents of Dominica
References
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