List of governors of Barbados

This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands. In 1885 Barbados became an independent colony again.

Governors of Barbados (1627–1833)

Henry Powell, 17 February 1627 – 1628
William Deane, 1628 – June 1628
Charles Wolferstone, June 1628 – 26 February 1629
John Powell, 26 February 1629 – 29 August 1629
Robert Wheatley, 29 August 1629 – September 1629, acting
Sir William Tufton, 21 December 1629 – 16 July 1630
Henry Hawley, 1630 – June 1640
- Richard Peers, 1633–1634, acting for Hawley
- William Hawley, 1638–1639, acting for Henry Hawley
Sir Henry Huncks, June 1640 – 1641
Philip Bell, 1641–1650
Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, May 1650 – 1651, in dissidence to January 1652
Sir George Ayscue, October 1651 – 1652
Daniel Searle, 1652 – July 1660, acting
Thomas Modyford, July 1660–1660, acting
Humphrey Walrond, 1660 – August 1663, acting
Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, August 1663 – 23 July 1666, restored
- Henry Willoughby, 1664, acting for the Lord Willoughby of Parham
Henry Willoughby, July 1666–1667, acting, second time
William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, 1667, acting
Samuel Barwick, 1667, acting
Henry Hawley, 1667 – April 1667, acting, second time
William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, April 1667 – 1673
- Christopher Codrington, 1668–1669, acting for Lord Willoughby of Parham
Sir Peter Colleton, 1673–1674, acting
Sir Jonathan Atkins, 1674–1679
Sir John Witham, 1680–1683, acting
Sir Richard Dutton, 1683–1685
Edwyn Stede, 1685–1690, acting
James Kendall, 1690–1694
Francis Russell, 1694–1696
Francis Bond, 1696 – December 1697, acting
Ralph Grey, December 1697 – 1701
John Farmer, 1701–1703, acting
Sir Bevil Granville, 1703–1706
Mitford Crowe, 1707–1710
George Lillington, 1710–1711, acting
Robert Lowther, 1711–1720
- William Sharpe, January 1714–1715, acting for Lowther
John Frere, 1720–1721, acting
Samuel Cox, 1721–1722, acting
Henry Worsley, 1722–1727
Thomas Catesby Paget, 1727–1731
James Dotin, 1731, acting, first time
Walter Chetwynd, 1731–1732
Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, 1733–29 March 1735
James Dotin, 1735–1737, acting, second time
Orlando Bridgeman, 1737–1738
Humphrey Howarth, 1738
Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage, 1738–1739
Robert Byng, May 1739 – 1740
James Dotin, 1740, acting, third time
Sir Thomas Robinson, 1742–1747
Henry Grenville, 1747–1756
Charles Pinfold, 1756–1766
Samuel Rous, 1766–1768, acting, first time
William Spry, 1768–1772^[1]
Samuel Rous, 1772, acting, second time
Edward Hay, 1772–1779
John Dotin, 1779–1780, acting, first time
James Cunninghame, 1780–1782
John Dotin, 1783–1784, acting, second time
David Parry, 1784–1793
William Bishop, 1793–1794, acting, first time
George Poyntz Ricketts, 1794–1800
William Bishop, 1800–1801, acting, second time
Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, 1802–1806
John Spooner, 1806–1810, acting
Sir George Beckwith, 1810–1815
Sir James Leith, 10 May 1815 – 16 October 1816
John Foster Alleyne, 1817, acting
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere, 1817–1820
John Brathwaite Skeete, 1820, acting
Samuel Hinds, 1821, acting
Sir Henry Warde, 1821–1829
Sir James Frederick Lyon, 1829–1833

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

In 1833, Barbados became part of the newly formed colony of the Windward Islands, and the Governor of Barbados became viceroy over the new colony as well.

Sir Lionel Smith, 1833–1836
Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor, 1836–1841
Charles Henry Darling, 1841
Sir Charles Edward Grey, 1841–1846
William Reid, 1846–1848
William MacBean George Colebrooke, 1848–1856
Francis Hincks, 1856–4 January 1862
James Walker, 4 January 1862 – 1868
Rawson William Rawson, 1868–1875
Sanford Freeling, 1875, acting
Sir John Pope Hennessy, 1875–1876

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