Historical country records
Cayman Islands historical timeline
Cayman Islands
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1670 | part of Jamaica | Leaders |
| 4 Jul 1959 | separate colony; part of the Federation of the West Indies | Leaders |
| 1750 - 1776 | William Cartwright | Chief magistrates |
| 1776 - 1823 | William Bodden | Chief magistrates |
| 1823 - 1829 | James Coe the Elder | Chief magistrates |
| 1829 - 1842 | John Drayton | Chief magistrates |
| 1842 - 1855 | James Coe the Younger | Chief magistrates |
| 1855 - 1879 | William Eden | Chief magistrates |
| 1879 - 1888 | William Bodden Webster | Chief magistrates |
| 1888 - 1898 | Edmund Parsons | Chief magistrates |
| 1898 - Aug 1906 | Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti | Commissioners |
| 1906 - 1907 | Charles Henry Yorke Slader | Commissioners |
| 1907 - 1912 | George Stephenson Shirt Hirst | Commissioners |
| 1912 - 1913 | Hugh Houston Hutchings (1st time) | Commissioners |
| 1913 - 1916 | Aubrey Charles Robinson | Commissioners |
| 1916 - 1919 | Cecil Everard Mellish | Commissioners |
| 1919 - 1929 | Hugh Houston Hutchings (2nd time) | Commissioners |
| 1929 - 1931 | Geoffrey Hammond Frith | Commissioners |
| 1931 - 1934 | Ernest Arthur Weston | Commissioners |
| 1934 - 1940 | Allan Wolsey Cardinall | Commissioners |
| 1940 - 1941 | Albert Colinridge Panton, Sr. | Commissioners |
| 1941 - 1946 | John Penry Jones | Commissioners |
| 1946 - 1952 | Ivor Otterbein Smith | Commissioners |
| 1952 - 1956 | Andrew Morris Gerrard | Commissioners |
| 1956 - 4 Jul 1959 | Alan Hilliard Donald | Commissioners |
| 4 Jul 1959 - 1960 | Alan Hilliard Donald | Administrators |
| 1960 - 1964 | Jack Rose | Administrators |
| 1964 - 1968 | John Alfred Cumber | Administrators |
| 1968 - 1971 | Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long | Administrators |
| 1971 - 1974 | Kenneth Roy Crook | Governors |
| 1974 - 1981 | Thomas Russell | Governors |
| 1982 - 1987 | Peter Lloyd | Governors |
| 10 Jun 1987 - 1992 | Alan James Scott | Governors |
| 14 Sep 1992 - 1995 | Michael Edward John Gore | Governors |
| 16 Oct 1995 - 1999 | John Wynne Owen | Governors |
| 5 May 1999 - 9 May 2002 | Peter Smith | Governors |
| 9 May 2002 - 29 May 2002 | James Ryan (acting) | Governors |
| 29 May 2002 - 28 Oct 2005 | Bruce Dinwiddy | Governors |
| 28 Oct 2005 - 23 Nov 2005 | George McCarthy (acting) | Governors |
| 23 Nov 2005 - | Stuart Jack | Governors |
| Nov 1992 - 1994 | Thomas C. Jefferson | Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003) |
| 1994 - 21 Nov 2000 | Truman Bodden | Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003) |
| 21 Nov 2000 - 8 Nov 2001 | Kurt Tibbetts (1st time) | Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003) |
| 8 Nov 2001 - 18 May 2005 | McKeeva Bush | Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003) |
| 18 May 2005 - | Kurt Tibbetts (2nd time) | Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003) |