Historical country records
British Virgin Islands historical timeline
British Virgin Islands
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1666 | English colony | Leaders |
| 1833 - 1 Jan 1960 | part of the Leeward Islands (see under Antigua and Barbuda) | Leaders |
| 1741 | John Pickering | Presidents |
| 1742 - 1750 | John Hunt | Presidents |
| 1750 - 1751 | James Purcell | Presidents |
| 1751 - 1775 | John Purcell | Presidents |
| 1775 - 1782 | John Nugent | Presidents |
| 1782 - 1811 | ... | Presidents |
| 1811 - 18.. | Richard Hetherington | Presidents |
| 1839 - 1850 | Edward Hay Drummond Hay | Presidents |
| 185. - 11 May 1851 | Sir John Atholl MacGregor | Presidents |
| 1852 - 28 Feb 1854 | John Cornell Chads | Presidents |
| 1854 - 1857 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | Presidents |
| 1859 - 1861 | Thomas Price | Presidents |
| 1861 - 1864 | James Robert Longden | Presidents |
| 1865 - 1869 | Sir Arthur Rumbold | Presidents |
| 1869 - 1872 | Alexander Wilson Muir | Presidents |
| 1873 - 1879 | Richard Mahoney Hickson | Presidents |
| 1879 - 1882 | John Kemys Spencer-Churchill | Presidents |
| 1882 - 1884 | Richard Henry Kortright Dyett | Presidents |
| 1884 - 1887 | Fredrick Augustus Pickering | Presidents |
| 1887 - 1893 | Edward John Cameron | Administrators |
| 1894 - 12 Feb 1896 | Alexander Robert Mackay | Administrators |
| 1896 - 1903 | Nathaniel George Cookman | Administrators |
| 1903 - 1910 | Robert Stephen Earl | Administrators |
| 1910 - 1919 | Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis | Administrators |
| 1919 - 1922 | Herbert Walter Peebles | Administrators |
| 1922 - 1923 | R. Hargrove | Administrators |
| 1923 - 1926 | Otho Lewis Hancock | Administrators |
| 1926 - 1934 | Frank Cecil Clarkson | Administrators |
| 1934 - 1946 | Donald Percy Wailling | Administrators |
| 1946 - 1954 | John Augustus Cockburn Cruikshank | Administrators |
| 1954 - 1956 | Henry Anthony Camillo Howard | Administrators |
| 1956 - 1959 | Geoffrey Pole Allsebrook | Administrators |
| 1959 - 1962 | Gerald Jackson Bryan | Administrators |
| 1962 - 1967 | Martin Samuel Staveley | Administrators |
| 1967 - 1971 | John Sutherland Thomson | Administrators |
| 1971 - 1974 | Derek George Cudmore | Governors |
| Jul 1974 - Oct 1978 | Walter Wilkinson Wallace | Governors |
| 1978 - 1981 | James Alfred Davidson | Governors |
| 1982 - 1986 | David Robert Barwick | Governors |
| 1986 - 1991 | J. Mark A. Herdman | Governors |
| 14 Oct 1991 - 21 Jun 1995 | Peter Alfred Penfold | Governors |
| 21 Jun 1995 - 1998 | David Mackilligin | Governors |
| 3 Jul 1998 - 5 Oct 2002 | Frank Savage | Governors |
| 5 Oct 2002 - 14 Oct 2002 | Elton Georges (acting) | Governors |
| 14 Oct 2002 - 10 Apr 2006 | Tom Macan | Governors |
| 10 Apr 2006 - 18 Apr 2006 | Dancia Penn (f) (acting) | Governors |
| 18 Apr 2006 - | David Pearey | Governors |
| Apr 1967 - Jun 1971 | H. Lavity Stoutt (1st time) | Chief ministers |
| Jun 1971 - Nov 1979 | Willard Wheatley | Chief ministers |
| Nov 1979 - Nov 1983 | H. Lavity Stoutt (2nd time) | Chief ministers |
| Nov 1983 - 1 Oct 1986 | Cyril Romney | Chief ministers |
| 1 Oct 1986 - 14 May 1995 | H. Lavity Stoutt (3rd time) | Chief ministers |
| 15 May 1995 - 17 Jun 2003 | Ralph O'Neal | Chief ministers |
| 17 Jun 2003 - 23 Aug 2007 | Orlando Smith | Chief ministers |
| 23 Aug 2007 - | Ralph O'Neal | Premier |