Historical country records
Antigua and Barbuda historical timeline
Antigua and Barbuda
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1632 | British colony (Antigua) | Leaders |
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| 1671 - 1816 | part of Leeward Islands | Leaders |
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| 1833 - 1 Jan 1960 | part of Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica [to 1940], Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis- Anguilla) | Leaders |
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| 3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 | part of the Federation of the West Indies | Leaders |
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| 27 Feb 1967 | associated state | Leaders |
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| 1 Nov 1981 | independence as Antigua and Barbuda | Leaders |
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Leeward Islands
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1871 | Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands | Leaders |
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| 1 Jul 1956 | Territory of the Leeward Islands | Leaders |
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| 1 Jan 1960 | dissolved | Leaders |
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| May 1699 - Feb 1704 | Christopher Codrington, Jr. | Governors |
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| Feb 1704 - Jul 1704 | John Johnson (1st time) (acting) | Governors |
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| Jul 1704 - 4 Dec 1704 | Sir William Mathew | Governors |
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| Dec 1704 - Jul 1706 | John Johnson (2nd time) (acting) | Governors |
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| Jul 1706 - 7 Dec 1710 | Daniel Parke | Governors |
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| Dec 1710 - 1711 | Walter Hamilton (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1711 - 1714 | Walter Douglas | Governors |
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| 1714 - 1715 | William Mathew, Jr. (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1715 - 1721 | Walter Hamilton (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 1721 - 1728 | John Hart | Governors |
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| Aug 1728 - 12 Sep 1729 | Thomas Pitt, Earl of Londonderry | Governors |
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| 1729 | William Cosby (acting) | Governors |
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| 1729 - 1752 | William Mathew, Jr. (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 1753 - 1766 | George Thomas | Governors |
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| 1766 - 1768 | James Vercild | Governors |
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| 1768 - 1771 | William Woodley (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1771 - 1776 | Sir Ralph Payne (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1776 - 1781 | William Mathew Burt | Governors |
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| 1781 - 1788 | Thomas Shirley (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1788 - 1790 | John Nugent | Governors |
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| 1790 - 1791 | Thomas Shirley (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 13 Aug 1791 - 1793 | William Woodley (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 1795 - 1799 | Charles Leigh | Governors |
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| 1799 - 1807 | Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington | Governors |
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| 1808 - 1814 | Hugh Elliott | Governors |
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| 1814 - 16 Oct 1816 | Sir James Leith | Governors |
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| 1833 - 1871 | the governors of Antigua | Governors |
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| 1871 - 1873 | Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine | Governors |
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| 1873 - 1874 | Sir Henry Turner Irving | Governors |
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| 1874 - 1875 | William Cleaver Francis Robinson | Governors |
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| 1875 - 1881 | Sir George Berkeley | Governors |
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| 1881 | H.J.B. Bufford-Hancock (acting) | Governors |
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| 1881 - 1884 | Sir John Hawley Glover | Governors |
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| 1884 - 1885 | Sir Charles Cameron Lees | Governors |
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| 1885 | Charles Monroe Eldridge (acting) | Governors |
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| 1885 - 1888 | Jenico William Joseph Preston, Viscount Gormanston (b. 1837 - d. 1907) | Governors |
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| 1888 | Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell | Governors |
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| 1888 - 1895 | Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith | Governors |
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| 1895 - 1901 | Sir Francis Fleming | Governors |
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| 1901 - 1902 | Sir Henry Moore Jackson | Governors |
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| 1902 - 1904 | Sir Gerald Strickland | Governors |
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| 1904 - 1905 | Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys | Governors |
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| 1906 - 1912 | Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott | Governors |
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| 1912 - 1916 | Sir Hesketh Bell | Governors |
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| 1916 - 1921 | Sir Edward Marsh Merewether | Governors |
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| 1921 - 1929 | Sir Eustace Edward Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (b. 1864 - d. 1943) | Governors |
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| 1929 - 1936 | Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston | Governors |
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| 1936 - 1941 | Sir Gordon James Lethem | Governors |
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| 1941 - 1943 | Sir Douglas James Jardine | Governors |
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| 1943 - 1947 | Sir Leslie Brian Freeston | Governors |
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| 1947 - 1948 | W.R. Macnie (acting) | Governors |
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| 1948 - 17 Sep 1950 | Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (b. 1899 - d. 1958) | Governors |
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| 17 Sep 1950 - 18 Oct 1956 | Kenneth Blackburne (from 1952, Sir Kenneth Blackburne) (b. 1907 - d. 1980) | Governors |
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| 18 Oct 1956 - 1 Jan 1960 | Alexander Thomas Williams Thomas Williams) (b. 1903 - d. 1984) | Governors |
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Antigua
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1698 - 1715 | John Yeamans | Deputy governors |
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| 1715 - 4 Dec 1741 | Edward Byam | Deputy governors |
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| 1742 - 1747 | George Lucas | Deputy governors |
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| 1747 - 1816 | none | Deputy governors |
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| 1816 - 1819 | George William Ramsay | Governors |
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| 1819 - 1826 | Sir Benjamin D'Urban | Governors |
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| 1826 - 1832 | Sir Patrick Ross | Governors |
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| 1832 - 1836 | Evan John Murray MacGregor | Governors |
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| 1837 - 1842 | Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke (b. 1787 - d. 1870) | Governors |
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| 1842 - 1846 | Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy | Governors |
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| 1847 - 1850 | James Macaulay Higginson | Governors |
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| 1850 - 1855 | Robert James Mackintosh | Governors |
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| 1855 - 1863 | Ker Baillie Hamilton | Governors |
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| 1863 - 1868 | Sir Stephen John Hill | Governors |
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| 1869 - 1871 | Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine | Governors |
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| 1936 | Hubert Eugène Bader | Administrators |
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| 1936 - 1941 | James Dundas Harford | Administrators |
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| 1941 - 1944 | Herbert Boon | Administrators |
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| 1944 - 1946 | F.S. Harcourt | Administrators |
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| 1946 - 1947 | Leslie Stuart Greening | Administrators |
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| 1947 - 1954 | Richard St. John Ormerod Wayne | Administrators |
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| 1954 - 1958 | Alec Lovelace | Administrators |
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| 3 Oct 1958 - 1964 | Ian Turbott | Administrators |
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| 6 Mar 1964 - 1966 | David James Gardiner Rose | Administrators |
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| 27 Feb 1967 - 1 Nov 1981 | Sir Wilfred E. Jacobs | Governor |
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| 1 Jan 1960 - 27 Feb 1967 | Vere Cornwall Bird | Chief minister |
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| 27 Feb 1967 - 14 Feb 1971 | Vere Cornwall Bird (1st time) | Premiers |
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| 14 Feb 1971 - Feb 1976 | George Walter | Premiers |
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| Feb 1976 - 1 Nov 1981 | Vere Cornwall Bird (2nd time) | Premiers |
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Antigua and Barbuda
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1 Nov 1981 - 10 Jun 1993 | Sir Wilfred E. Jacobs | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
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| 10 Jun 1993 - 17 Jul 2007 | James Carlisle (from 9 Nov 1993, Sir James Carlisle) (b. 1937) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
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| 17 Jul 2007 - | Louise Lake-Tack (f) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
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| 1 Nov 1981 - 9 Mar 1994 | Vere Cornwall Bird | Prime ministers |
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| 9 Mar 1994 - 24 Mar 2004 | Lester Bird | Prime ministers |
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| 24 Mar 2004 - | Baldwin Spencer | Prime ministers |
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