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Officers administering the governemnt of the Virgin Islands

The Constitutional History of the BVI (p30) has a list of administrators of the BVI which goes back further than this. What were the pre-1887 people known as?

1741 John Pickering
1742 John Hunt
1750 James Purcell
1775 John Nugent
1811 Richard Hetherington
1839 Edward H Drummond-Hay
1851 R H Dyett
1854 C H Kortright
1859 Thomas Price
1860 Isodore Dyett
1861 Jas R Longden
1866 Arthur Rumbold, 5th Bart
1869 A W Moir
1879 J Spencer Churchill
1882 R H Dyett
1884 F A Pickering
1887 Edward J Campbell

I've listed them here as I only have access to the book briefly. Cheers, Number 5 7 19:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is covered in the article in the History section: "Prior to this date, the local Council would elect one of their members to be President (see List of Presidents of the British Virgin Islands)." --Legis (talk - contribs) 03:03, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]