Jamaica Administrators


English Commanders of Jamaica (1655–61)
Robert Venables
1655 (May-June)
Richard Fortescue
1655 (June-Oct)
Edward D'Oyley
1655-1656
Robert Sedgwick
1656
William Brayne
1656-1657
Edward D'Oyley
1657-1661
English Governors of Jamaica (1661–62)
Edward D'Oyley
1661-1662
Thomas Windsor, seventh Baron Windsor
1662 (Aug-Oct)
Deputy Governors of Jamaica (1662–71)
Sir Charles Lyttelton
1662-1664
Sir Thomas Modyford, first baronet
1664-1671
Lieutenant Governors of Jamaica (1671–90)
Sir Thomas Lynch
1671-1674
John Vaughan, Lord Vaughan
1675-1678
Sir Henry Morgan
1678
Charles Howard, first earl of Carlisle
1678-1680
Sir Henry Morgan
1680-1682
Sir Thomas Lynch
1682-1684
Hender Molesworth
1684-1687
Christopher Monck, second duke of Albemarle
1687-1688
Hender Molesworth
1688-1689
Sir Francis Watson
1689-1690
Governors of Jamaica (1690–1962)
William O'Brien, second earl of Inchiquin
1690-1692
John White
1692
John Burden
1692-1693
Sir William Beeston
1693-1702
William Selwyn
1702 (Feb-April)
Peter Beckford
1702 (April-Dec)
Thomas Handasyde
1702-1711
Lord Archibald Hamilton
1711-1716
Peter Heywood
1716-1718
Sir Nicholas Lawes
1718-1722
Henry Bentinck, first duke of Portland
1722-1726
John Ayscough
1726-1727
Robert Hunter
1727-1734
John Ayscough
1734-1735
John Gregory
1735
Henry Cunninghame
1735-1736
John Gregory
1736-1738
Edward Trelawny
1738-1752
Charles Knowles
1752-1756
Henry Moore
1756-1759
George Haldane
1759
Henry Moore
1759-1762
William Henry Lyttelton
1762-1766
Roger Hope Elletson
1766-1767
Sir William Trelawny, sixth baronet
1768-1772
John Dalling
1772-1774
Sir Basil Keith
1774-1777
John Dalling
1777-1781
Archibald Campbell
1781-1784
Alured Clarke
1784-1790
Thomas Howard, third earl of Effingham
1790-1791
Sir Adam Williamson
1791-1795
Alexander Lindsay, sixth earl of Balcarres
1795-1801
George Nugent
1801-1806
Eyre Coote
1806-1808
William Montagu, fifth duke of Manchester
1808-1811
Edward Morrison
1811-1813
William Montagu, fifth duke of Manchester
1813-1827
Sir John Keane
1827-1829
Somerset Lowry-Corry, second Earl Belmore
1829-1832
George Cuthbert
1832
Constantine Henry Phipps, second earl of Mulgrave
1832-1834
Sir Amos Norcot
1834
George Cuthbert
1834
Howe Peter Browne, second marquess of Sligo
1834-1836
Sir Lionel Smith, first baronet
1836-1839
Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe
1839-1842
James Bruce, eighth earl of Elgin and twelfth earl of Kincardine
1842-1846
George Henry Frederick Berkeley
1846
Sir Charles Edward Grey
1846-1853
Sir Henry Barkly
1853-1856
Edward Wells Bel
1856-1857
Charles Henry Darling
1857-1862
Edward John Eyre
1862-1865
Sir Henry Knight Storks
1865-1866
Sir John Peter Grant
1866-1874
Sir William Grey
1874-1877
Sir Anthony Musgrave
1877-1883
Sir Henry Wylie Norman
1883-1889
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
1889-1898
Henry Jardine Hallowes
1898
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming
1898-1904
Sydney Haldane Olivier
1904
Sir James Alexander Swettenham
1904-1907
Sydney Haldane Olivier
1907-1913
Sir William Henry Manning
1913-1918
Sir Leslie Probyn
1918-1924
Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson
1924-1925
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
1926-1932
Sir Alexander Ransford Slater
1932-1934
Sir Edward Brandis Denham
1934-1938
Sir Arthur Frederick Richards
1938-1943
Sir John Huggins
1943-1951
Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot
1951-1957
Sir Kenneth Blackburne
1957-1962


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