List of governors of the Windward Islands

This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada, Barbados (to 1885), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago (to 1889), St. Lucia (from 1838), and Dominica (from 1940). The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands, until Barbados became an independent colony in 1885. After this, a Governor of the Windward Islands was appointed with a seat in Grenada.

Governors of Barbados and the British Windward Islands (1833–1885)

See Governor of Barbados (The Governor of Barbados was also the Governor of the Windward Islands).

Governors-in-Chief of the Windward Islands (1885–1960)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
1885–1888	Sir Walter Joseph Sendall
1889–1892	Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson
1893–1897	Sir Charles Bruce
1897–1900	Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney
1900–1906	Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn
1906–1909	Sir Ralph Champneys Williams
1909–1914	Sir James Hayes Sadler
1914–1923	Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith
1924–1930	Sir Frederick Seton James
1930–1935	Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best
1935–19 January 1937	Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier
19 January 1937 – 18 May 1942	Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham
18 May 1942 – 1948	Sir Arthur Grimble
1948–1953	Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell
1953–1955	Edward Betham Beetham
1955–1 January 1960	Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell

References

• Rulers.org – Barbados
• Rulers.org – Grenada
• WorldStatesmen- Grenada