Historical country records
Bahamas, The historical timeline
Bahamas, The
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1648 | first English settlement | Leaders |
| 1718 | British crown colony | Leaders |
| 3 Mar 1776 - 17 Mar 1776 | American occupation | Leaders |
| 8 May 1782 - 19 Apr 1783 | Spanish occupation | Leaders |
| 1969 | Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands | Leaders |
| 10 Jul 1973 | independence (Commonwealth of The Bahamas) | Leaders |
| 1697 - 1700 | Nicholas Webb | Governors |
| 1700 - 1701 | Elias Haskett | Governors |
| 1701 - 1705 | Ellis Lightfood | Governors |
| Jan 1706 - 1706 | Edward Birch | Governors |
| 1706 | Thomas Walker | Governors |
| 1706 - 1718 | pirate rule - Thomas Barrow - Benjamin Hornigold (b. ... - d. 1719?) - Edward Teach "Blackbeard" (b. 1680? - d. 1718) et al. | Governors |
| 26 Jul 1718 - 1721 | Woodes Rogers (1st time) | Governors |
| 1721 - 1728 | George Phenney | Governors |
| Aug 1729 - 16 Jul 1732 | Woodes Rogers (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1732 - 1733 | Richard Thompson (acting) | Governors |
| Nov 1733 - 1740 | Richard Fitzwilliams | Governors |
| 1740 - 1758 | John Tinker | Governors |
| 1758 - 1760 | John Gambier (1st time) (acting) | Governors |
| 1760 - 1768 | William Shirley | Governors |
| 28 Nov 1768 - 1774 | Thomas Shirley | Governors |
| 1774 - 3 Mar 1776 | Montfort Browne (1st time) | Governors |
| 3 Mar 1776 - 17 Mar 1776 | Samuel Nicholas | Governors |
| 1776 - 1778 | John Gambier (2nd time) (acting) | Governors |
| 1778 - 1779 | Montfort Browne (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1780 - 1784 | John Robert Maxwell | Governors |
| 8 May 1782 - 19 Apr 1783 | Bernardo de Gálvez | Governors |
| 1784 - 1786 | James Edward Powell | Governors |
| 1786 - 1787 | John Brown (acting) | Governors |
| 1787 - 1796 | John Murray, Earl of Dunmore | Governors |
| 1796 - 14 Feb 1797 | Robert Hunt (acting) | Governors |
| 14 Feb 1797 - Jun 1797 | John Forbes | Governors |
| 20 Nov 1797 - 1801 | William Dowdeswell | Governors |
| 1801 - 1804 | John Halkett | Governors |
| 8 May 1804 - 1820 | Charles Cameron | Governors |
| 1821 - 1829 | Lewis Grant | Governors |
| 1829 - 1833 | James Carmichael Smyth | Governors |
| 1833 - 1835 | Blayney Townley Balfour | Governors |
| 1835 - 1837 | William MacBean George Colebrooke | Governors |
| 1837 - 1844 | Francis Cockburne | Governors |
| 1844 - 1849 | George Benvenuto Mathew | Governors |
| 1849 - 1854 | John Gregory | Governors |
| 1854 - 1857 | Sir Alexander Bannerman | Governors |
| 1857 - 1864 | Charles John Bayley | Governors |
| 1864 - 1869 | Rawson William Rawson | Governors |
| 1869 - 1871 | Sir James Walker | Governors |
| 1871 - 1873 | George Cumine Strahan | Governors |
| 1873 - 1874 | Sir John Pope Hennessy | Governors |
| 1874 - 1880 | William Robinson | Governors |
| 1880 - 1881 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan (b. c.1830 - d. 1881) | Governors |
| 1882 - Jan 1884 | Charles Cameron Lees (from 1883, Sir Charles Cameron Lees) (b. 1837 - d. 1898) | Governors |
| 4 Jan 1884 - 1887 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake | Governors |
| 1887 - 1895 | Sir Ambrose Shea | Governors |
| 1895 - 1898 | Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith | Governors |
| 1898 - 1904 | Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter | Governors |
| 29 Nov 1904 - 1912 | Sir William Grey-Wilson | Governors |
| 29 Oct 1912 - 1914 | Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith | Governors |
| 15 Jun 1914 - 1920 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce | Governors |
| 8 Dec 1920 - 1926 | Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux | Governors |
| 15 Mar 1927 - Jan 1932 | Charles William James Orr James Orr) (b. 1870 - d. 1945) | Governors |
| 10 Jan 1932 - 1934 | Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford Hugh Clifford) (b. 1890 - d. 1969) | Governors |
| 1934 - 1940 | Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas Farquharson Dundas) (b. 1884 - d. 1956) | Governors |
| 18 Aug 1940 - 1945 | Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor | Governors |
| 28 Jul 1945 - 1950 | William Lindsay Murphy (from 1946, Sir William Lindsay Murphy) (b. 1887 - d. 1965) | Governors |
| 5 Jan 1950 - Dec 1950 | Sir George Ritchie Sandford | Governors |
| 7 Dec 1950 - 1953 | Robert Arthur Ross Neville Ross Neville) (b. 1896 - d. 1987) | Governors |
| 21 Dec 1953 - 1956 | Thomas David Knox, Earl of Ranfurly (b. 1913 - d. 1988) | Governors |
| 1 Apr 1957 - 1960 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur | Governors |
| 18 Jul 1960 - 1964 | Sir Robert Stapledon | Governors |
| 3 Jun 1964 - 1968 | Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey | Governors |
| 1 Nov 1968 - 1972 | Sir Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow- Cumming-Bruce (from 1971, Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow- Cumming-Bruce, Baron Thurlow) (b. 1912) | Governors |
| 14 May 1972 - 10 Jul 1973 | Sir John Warburton Paul | Governors |
| 10 Jul 1973 - 31 Jul 1973 | Sir John Warburton Paul (acting) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1 Aug 1973 - 22 Jan 1979 | Sir Milo Butler | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 22 Jan 1979 - 25 Jun 1988 | Sir Gerald Cash | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 26 Jun 1988 - 1 Jan 1992 | Sir Henry Taylor | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 2 Jan 1992 - 2 Jan 1995 | Sir Clifford Darling | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 3 Jan 1995 - 13 Nov 2001 | Orville Turnquest (from 22 Feb 1995, Sir Orville Turnquest) (b. 1929) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 13 Nov 2001 - 30 Nov 2005 | Dame Ivy Dumont (f) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1 Dec 2005 - 1 Feb 2006 | Paul Adderley (acting) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1 Feb 2006 - | Arthur Dion Hanna | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1955 - 7 Jan 1964 | Roland T. Symonette (from 1959, Sir Roland T. Symonette) (b. 1898 - d. 1980) | Chief minister |
| 7 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1967 | Sir Roland T. Symonette | Premiers |
| 16 Jan 1967 - 1969 | Lynden O. Pindling | Premiers |
| 1969 - 21 Aug 1992 | Lynden O. Pindling (from 1 Jan 1983, Sir Lynden O. Pindling) (s.a.) | Prime ministers |
| 21 Aug 1992 - 3 May 2002 | Hubert Ingraham (1st time) | Prime ministers |
| 3 May 2002 - 4 May 2007 | Perry Christie | Prime ministers |
| 4 May 2005 - 22 Jun 2005 | Cynthia Pratt (f) | Prime ministers |
| 4 May 2007 - | Hubert Ingraham (2nd time) | Prime ministers |