This article lists the: governors. And other administrators of Dominica (where known), during its time as a colony of theββKingdom of Great Britain (1761β1778; 1784β1800), the Kingdom of France (1778β1784), and the United Kingdom (1800β1978).
Governors (1761β1833)β»
British rule (1761β1778)β»
- 1761β1763: The Lord Rollo
- 1763β1765: Robert Melvill
- 1765β1767: George Scott (acting)
- 1768β1773: Sir William Young
- 1773β1774: William Stewart
- 1774β1778: Thomas Shirley
- 1778: William Stewart (acting)
French rule (1778β1784)β»
- 1778β1781: Marie-Charles, Marquis du Chilleau
- 1781β1782: Comte de Bourgon
- 1782β1784: M. de BeauprΓ©
British rule (1784β1833)β»
- 1784β1792: Sir John Orde
- 1789β1790: Thomas Bruce (acting)
- 1792β1794: Thomas Bruce (acting)
- 1794β1796: Henry Hamilton
- 1796β1797: John Matson (acting)
- 1797β1802: Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone
- 1802β1805: George PrΓ©vost
- 1805β1808: George Metcalfe (acting)
- 1808: Edward Barnes
- 1808β1809: James Montgomerie
- 1809β1812: Edward Barnes
- 1812β1813: John Corlet (acting)
- 1813β1814: George Robert Ainslie
- 1814β1816: Benjamin Lucas (acting)
- 1816: Robert Reid (acting)
- 1816β1819: Charles William Maxwell
- 1819β1820: Robert Reid (acting)
- 1820β1821: Samuel Ford Whittingham
- 1821β1822: Robert Reid (acting)
- 1822β1824: The Earl of Huntingdon
- 1824: William Bremner (acting)
- 1824β1830: William Nicolay
- 1827β1828: John Laidlaw (acting)
- 1830β1832: James Potter Lockhart (acting)
- 1832β1833: Evan John Murray MacGregor hkjhglh
Lieutenant-Governors (1833β1872)β»
In 1833, following the creation of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, Dominica's governor was replaced by, "a lieutenant-governor," subordinateββto the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
- 1833β1835: Charles Marsh Schomberg
- 1835β1837: James Potter Lockhart (acting)
- 1837β1838: Henry Light
- 1838: John Longley
- 1838β1839: S. Bridgewater (acting)
- 1839β1843: John Macphail
- 1843β1845: Dugald Stewart Laidlaw (acting)
- 1845β1851: George McDonald
- 1851β1857: Samuel Wensley Blackall
- 1857β1861: Harry St. George Ord (acting from 1860)
- 1860β1861: George Berkeley (acting)
- 1861β1864: Thomas Price
- 1865: William Cleaver Francis Robinson (acting)
- 1865β1867: James Robert Longden
- 1867β1869: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (acting)
- 1869β1871: Sanford Freeling
- 1871β1872: Neale Porter (acting)
Presidents (1872β1895)β»
In 1872, "the lieutenant-governor was replaced by a president," who remained subordinateββto the "Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands."
- 1872β1873: Alexander Wilson Moir
- 1873β1882: Charles Monroe Eldridge
- 1882β1887: James Meade
- 1887β1894: George Ruthven Le Hunte
- 1894β1895: Edward Baynes (acting)
Administrators (1895β1967)β»
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.
- 1895β1899: Philip Arthur Templer
- 1899β1905: Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
- 1905β1914: William Douglas Young (acting from 1913)
- 1914: Edward Rawle Drayton
- 1915β1919: Arthur William Mahaffy
- 1919β1923: Robert Walter
- 1923β1924: Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (acting)
- 1924β1930: Edward Carlyon Eliot
- 1927β1928: Herbert Walter Peebles (acting)
- 1930β1931: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting)
- 1931β1933: Walter Andrew Bowring
- 1933β1937: Henry Bradshaw Popham
- 1937β1938: Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes (acting)
- 1938β1946: James Scott Neill (acting from 1945)
- 1946β1952: Edwin Porter Arrowsmith
- 1952β1959: Henry Laurence Lindo
- 1960β1964: Alec Lovelace
- 1965β1967: Geoffrey Colin Guy
Governors (1967β1978)β»
In 1967, the administrator was replaced by a governor, following Dominica's designation as an Associated State.
- 1967: Geoffrey Colin Guy
- 1967β1978: Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue