Historical country records

Barbados historical timeline

Barbados

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
1627British colonyLeaders
1833 - 1885part of the Windward Islands (with the governor of Barbados also governor of the Windward Islands)Leaders
3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962part of the Federation of the West IndiesLeaders
30 Nov 1966independenceLeaders
Dec 1697 - 1701Ralph GreyGovernors
1701 - 1703John Farmer (acting)Governors
1703 - 1706Sir Bevil GranvilleGovernors
1707 - 1710Mitford CrowGovernors
1710 - 1711George Lillington (acting)Governors
1711 - Jan 1714Robert Lowther (1st time)Governors
Jan 1714 - 1715William Sharpe (acting)Governors
1715 - 1720Robert Lowther (2nd time)Governors
1720 - 1721John Frere (acting)Governors
1721 - 1722Samuel Cox (acting)Governors
1722 - 1727Henry WorsleyGovernors
1727 - 1731Thomas Catesby PagetGovernors
1731James Dotin (1st time) (acting)Governors
1731 - 1732Walter ChetwyndGovernors
1733 - 29 Mar 1735Emanuel Scrope, Viscount HoweGovernors
1735 - 1737James Dotin (2nd time)Governors
1737 - 1738Orlando BridgemanGovernors
1738Humphrey HowarthGovernors
1738 - 1739Thomas Gage, Viscount GageGovernors
May 1739 - 1740Robert ByngGovernors
1740James Dotin (3rd time)Governors
1742 - 1747Sir Thomas RobinsonGovernors
1747 - 1756Henry GrenvilleGovernors
1756 - 1766Charles PinfoldGovernors
1766 - 1768Samuel Rous (1st time) (acting)Governors
1768 - 1772William SpryGovernors
1772Samuel Rous (2nd time) (acting)Governors
1772 - 1779Edward HayGovernors
1779 - 1780John Dotin (1st time) (acting)Governors
1780 - 1782James CunninghameGovernors
1783 - 1784John Dotin (2nd time) (acting)Governors
1784 - 1793David ParryGovernors
1793 - 1794William Bishop (1st time) (acting)Governors
1794 - 1800George Poyntz RickettsGovernors
1800 - 1801William Bishop (2nd time) (acting)Governors
1802 - 1806Francis Humberstone Mackenzie,Governors
1806 - 1810John Spooner (acting)Governors
1810 - 1815Sir George BeckwithGovernors
10 May 1815 - 16 Oct 1816Sir James LeithGovernors
1817John Foster Alleyne (acting)Governors
1817 - 1820Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere (b. 1773 - d. 1865)Governors
1820John Brathwaite Skeete (acting)Governors
1821Samuel Hinds (acting)Governors
1821 - 1829Sir Henry WardeGovernors
1829 - 1833Sir James LyonGovernors
1833 - 1836Sir Lionel SmithGovernors
1836 - 1841Evan John Murray MacGregor Murray MacGregor) (b. 1785 - d. 1841)Governors
1841Charles Henry DarlingGovernors
1841 - 1846Sir Charles Edward GreyGovernors
1846 - 1848William ReidGovernors
1848 - 1856William MacBean George ColebrookeGovernors
1856 - 4 Jan 1862Francis HincksGovernors
4 Jan 1862 - 1868James WalkerGovernors
1868 - 1875Rawson William RawsonGovernors
1875Sanford Freeling (acting)Governors
1875 - 1876Sir John Pope HennessyGovernors
1876 - 1880George Cumine StrahanGovernors
1880D.J. Gamble (acting)Governors
1880 - 1885William RobinsonGovernors
1885 - 1889Sir Charles Cameron LeesGovernors
1889 - 1891Sir Walter Joseph SendallGovernors
1891 - 1900Sir James Shaw HayGovernors
18 Feb 1900 - 1904Sir Frederick Mitchell HodgsonGovernors
24 Oct 1904 - 1911Sir Gilbert Thomas CarterGovernors
13 Feb 1911 - 1918Sir Leslie ProbynGovernors
27 Sep 1918 - 1925Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien Mackey O'Brien) (b. 1859 - d. 1935)Governors
31 Dec 1925 - Jan 1933William Charles Fleming Robertson Fleming Robertson) (b. ... - d. 1937)Governors
Jan 1933 - 12 Mar 1933Harry Scott NewlandsGovernors
5 Aug 1933 - Mar 1938Mark Young (from 1934, Sir Mark Young) (b. 1886 - d. 1974)Governors
6 Aug 1938 - 1941Eubule John Waddington (from 1939, Sir Eubule John Waddington) (b. 1890 - d. 1957)Governors
23 Oct 1941 - 1947Sir Henry Grattan BusheGovernors
5 Feb 1947 - 1949Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert BloodGovernors
1 Nov 1949 - 1953Alfred William Lungley Savage Lungley Savage) (b. 1903 - d. 1980)Governors
14 May 1953 - 1959Sir Robert Duncan Harris ArundellGovernors
8 Oct 1959 - 29 Nov 1966Sir John Montague StowGovernors
30 Nov 1966 - 18 May 1967Sir John Montague StowGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
18 May 1967 - 9 Aug 1976Sir Arleigh Winston ScottGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
9 Aug 1976 - 17 Nov 1976Sir William Douglas (1st time)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
17 Nov 1976 - 9 Jan 1984Sir Deighton Lisle WardGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
10 Jan 1984 - 24 Feb 1984Sir William Douglas (2nd time)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
24 Feb 1984 - 6 Jun 1990Sir Hugh SpringerGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
6 Jun 1990 - 19 Dec 1995Dame Nita Barrow (f)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
19 Dec 1995 - 1 Jun 1996Sir Denys Williams (acting)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
1 Jun 1996 -Sir Clifford HusbandsGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
1 Feb 1954 - 17 Apr 1958Grantley Herbert Adams (from 1957, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams) (b. 1898 - d. 1971)Premiers
17 Apr 1958 - 8 Dec 1961Hugh Gordon CumminsPremiers
8 Dec 1961 - 18 Nov 1966Errol BarrowPremiers
18 Nov 1966 - 8 Sep 1976Errol Barrow (1st time)Prime ministers
8 Sep 1976 - 11 Mar 1985J.M.G. AdamsPrime ministers
11 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1986Bernard St. JohnPrime ministers
29 May 1986 - 1 Jun 1987Errol Barrow (2nd time)Prime ministers
1 Jun 1987 - 7 Sep 1994Erskine SandifordPrime ministers
7 Sep 1994 - 16 Jan 2008Owen ArthurPrime ministers
16 Jan 2008 -David ThompsonPrime ministers