List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia

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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][3]


Timeline of Saint Lucia

Documented Control of Saint Lucia[4][5]
Date Range Country or people
200/400–800 Arawak people settle Saint Lucia
800– Kalinago (Caribs) settle Saint Lucia
1550s French Pirate François le Clerc sets up camp on Pigeon Island
1605 First English settlement[5]
1626 First French claim to Saint Lucia, appointed first Saint Lucia governor in 1652[5]
1638–1640 English Major Judge settlement until driven away by Caribs[5]
1635 French settlements
1654 Dutch settlement at Vieux Fort Bay
1659 French drive off English invasion
1663 Caribs sell Saint Lucia to English governor and defeat French
1664–1666 English occupation[1]
1667 Treaty of Breda (1667) gives control back to French
1674–1722 Annexed to the domain of the French Crown and made a dependency of Martinique[5]
1686–1687 English raid and control
1687 English relinquish control to French
1697 Peace of Ryswick recognizes French control
1723–1743 Neutral territory (agreed by Britain and France)[1]
1743–1747 French colony (Sainte Lucie)
1748–1755 Neutral territory (de jure agreed by Britain and France)[1]
1756–1761 French colony (Sainte Lucie)
1762–1763 British occupation[1]
1763–1777 France
1778 Britain
1781–1783 British occupation[1]
1783–1793 France
1794–1795 British occupation[1]
1796–1802 British occupation[1]
1802 France
1803–1838 British colony[1]
1814 British possession confirmed
1958–1962 Province of West Indies Federation
1962–1967 Crown colony of the United Kingdom
1967–1979 Associated state of the United Kingdom
1979– Independent state, part of the Commonwealth of Nations

Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802

Colonial era governors of Saint Lucia
Name Year Title Rule Ref
Jacques Dyel du Parquet 1651 Lieutenant-General of Martinique, including Saint Lucia French [2][6][5]
Louis de Kerengoan, sieur de Rousselan 1652–1654 Lieutenant Governor French [2][7][5]
M. Lavriverie 1657 Governor French [2]
M. Haquet 1657 Governor French [2]
M. Le Breton 1657 Governor French [2]
M. De Coutis 1658 Governor French [2]
M. D'Aigremont 1658 Governor French [2]
M. Lalanda 1659 Governor French [2]
M. LeSeur Bonnard[8] 1660–1664 Governor French [2][5]
Mr. Robert Faulk 1664 Governor French [2]
William, Lord Willoughby 1672 Governor of Saint Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and Dominica English [5]
Charles de Courbon de Blénac 1677 Governor-General French [2][9]
François d'Alesso d'Éragny 1691 Governor-General French [2][10]
Thomas-Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg Amblimont 1697 Governor-General French [2][11]
The Count d'Esnotz 1701 Governor-General French [2]
Charles-François de Machault de Belmont 1703 Governor-General French [2][12]
M. de Phelypeau 1711 Governor-General French [2]
The Marquis Duquene 1715 Governor-General French [2]
The Marquis de la Varenne 1717 Governor-General French [2]
The Chevalier de Feuquieres 1717 Governor-General French [2]
Captain Nathaniel Uring 1722 Deputy-Governor English [2][5][13]
Charles de Tubières de Caylus 1744 Governor-General French [2][14]
M. de Longueville 1745 Governor-General French [2]
Pierre Lucien de La Chapelle de Jumilhac 1763–1764 Governor French [2][1]
The Count d'Ennery 1768 Governor-General French [2]
Baron de Micoud 1769 Lieutenant-Governor French [2]
George Brydges Rodney 1762–1763 commander-in-chief of the Leeward Isles British [1][15][16]
Claude Anne de Micoud 1764–1771 French [1]
The Chevalier Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1771–1772 Lieutenant Governor French [2][1]
Frédéric Laure de Kearney (M de Karny) 1772–1773 Lieutenant Governor French [2][1]
Alexandre Potier de Courcy 1775–1775 Lieutenant Governor French [2][1]
Marc Étienne de Joubert 1776–1776 Lieutenant Governor French [2][1]
The Chevalier Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1776–1781 Lieutenant Governor French [2][1]
General Anthony St Leger 1781–1783 Lieutenant Governor British [2][1][15]
Barron Jean Zénon André de Véron de Laborie 1784–1789 Governor French [2][1]
Colonel Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat 1789–1792 Governor French [2][1]
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse 1792 - 1793 Military Commissioner in Guadeloupe French [3]
General Nicolas Xavier de Ricard 1793–1794 Governor French [2][1]
Colonel Sir Charles Gordon 1794–1795 British [2][1][15]
James Stewart 1795 British [1][15]
Gaspard Goyrand 1795–1796 Commissary British [2][1][17]
General John Moore 1796–1797 Lieutenant Governor British [2][1][15]
Colonel James Drummond 1797–1798 Lieutenant Governor British [2][1]
General George Prevost 1798–1802 Lieutenant Governor British [2][1][15]
General George Henry Vansittart 1802 Lieutenant Governor British [2][1][15]
General Jean-François-Xavier Noguès 1802–1803 Lieutenant Governor French [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

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.[23][24]

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.

See also


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