List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica

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).

Governors (1761–1833)

British rule (1761–1778)

1761–1763: The 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 Prévost
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 hkjhglh

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

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