Historical country records

Grenada historical timeline

Grenada

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
1649French colonyLeaders
1762British colonyLeaders
4 Jul 1779 - 1783French occupationLeaders
1833 - 1 Jan 1960part of the Windward Islands (Barbados [to 1885], Dominica [from 1940], Grenada, St. Lucia [from 1838], St. Vincent, Tobago [to 1889])Leaders
3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962part of the Federation of the West IndiesLeaders
3 Mar 1967associated stateLeaders
7 Feb 1974independenceLeaders
1871Federal Colony of the Windward IslandsWindward Islands
1 Jul 1956Territory of the Windward IslandsWindward Islands
1 Jan 1960dissolvedWindward Islands
1833 - 1885the governors of BarbadosGovernors
1885 - 1888Sir Walter Joseph SendallGovernors
1889 - 1892Sir Walter Francis Hely-HutchinsonGovernors
1893 - 1897Sir Charles BruceGovernors
1897 - 1900Sir Cornelius Alfred MoloneyGovernors
1900 - 1906Sir Robert Baxter LlewelynGovernors
1906 - 1909Sir Ralph Champneys WilliamsGovernors
1909 - 1914Sir James Hayes SadlerGovernors
1914 - 1923Sir George Basil Haddon-SmithGovernors
1924 - 1930Sir Frederick Seton JamesGovernors
1930 - 1935Sir Thomas Alexander BestGovernors
1935 - 19 Jan 1937Sir Selwyn MacGregor GrierGovernors
19 Jan 1937 - 18 May 1942Henry Bradshaw Popham (from 1938, Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham) (b. 1881 - d. 1947)Governors
18 May 1942 - 1948Sir Arthur GrimbleGovernors
1948 - 1953Sir Robert Duncan Harris ArundellGovernors
1953 - 1955Edward Betham BeethamGovernors
1955 - 1 Jan 1960Colville Montgomery Deverell Montgomery Deverell) (b. 1907 - d. 1995)Governors

Grenada

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
1700De BellairGovernors
1701 - 1708Joseph de BoulocGovernors
1711 - 1716Guillaume-Emmanuel-Théodore de Maupeou, comte de l'EstrangeGovernors
1717 - 3 Jan 1721Jean-Michel L'Espinay de la Longueville (b. ... - d. 1721)Governors
1721 - 1722Jean Balthazard du HouxGovernors
1723 - 1727Robert Giraud du PoyetGovernors
1727 - 1734Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage (b. ... - d. 1746)Governors
1734 - 1748Jean-Louis Fournier de Charles de PradineGovernors
1748 - 1757Robert Philippe de Longvilliers de Poincy (b. ... - d. 1761)Governors
1757 - 1762Pierre-Claude Bonvoust d'Aulnay de PrulayGovernors
1762 - 1764George ScottGovernors
1764Robert Melville (1st time)Governors
1764 - 1770Ulysses FitzMaurice (1st time)Governors
1770 - 1771Robert Melville (2nd time)Governors
1771Ulysses FitzMaurice (2nd time)Governors
1771 - 1775William LeybourneGovernors
1776William YoungGovernors
1776 - 1779George Macartney, Baron MacartneyGovernors
1779 - 1784...Governors
1784 - 1785Edward MathewGovernors
1785 - 1787William Lucas (acting)Governors
1787 - 1788Samuel Williams (1st time)Governors
1788 - 1789James Campbell (acting)Governors
1789 - 1792Samuel Williams (2nd time)Governors
17 Nov 1792 - 8 Apr 1795Ninian HomeGovernors
1795Kenneth Francis Mackenzie (acting)Governors
1795 - 1796Samuel Mitchell (acting)Governors
6 Apr 1796 - 1797Alexander HoustounGovernors
30 Sep 1797 - 1801Charles GreenGovernors
1801 - 1802Samuel Dent (acting)Governors
1802 - 5 Nov 1802George Vere HobartLieutenant governors
1803 - 1804Thomas HislopLieutenant governors
1804 - 1805William Douglas MacLean ClephaneLieutenant governors
29 Mar 1805 - 1811Frederick MaitlandLieutenant governors
1811 - 1812Abraham Charles AdyeLieutenant governors
1812 - 1813George Robert AinslieLieutenant governors
1813 - 1815Charles Shipley (acting)Lieutenant governors
1815 - 1816George Paterson (1st time)Lieutenant governors
1816 - 1823Phineas RiallLieutenant governors
1823 - 1826George Paterson (2nd time)Lieutenant governors
1826 - 1833James CampbellLieutenant governors
1833 - 1835George MiddlemoreLieutenant governors
1835 - 1836John Hastings MairLieutenant governors
1836 - 1846Carlo Joseph DoyleLieutenant governors
1846 - 1853Ker Baillie HamiltonLieutenant governors
1853 - 1857Robert William KeateLieutenant governors
1857 - 1864Cornelius Hendricksen KortrightLieutenant governors
1864 - 1871Robert Miller MundyLieutenant governors
1871 - 1875Sanford FreelingLieutenant governors
1875 - 1877Cyril Clerke GrahamLieutenant governors
1877 - 1882Robert William HarleyLieutenant governors
1882Irwin Charles Maling (1st time)Administrators
1882 - 1883Roger Tuckfield GoldsworthyAdministrators
1883 - 1886Edward Laborde (1st time)Administrators
1886 - 1887Irwin Charles Maling (2nd time)Administrators
1887 - 1888Henry Rawlins Pipon SchoolesAdministrators
1889Edward Laborde (2nd time)Administrators
1889 - 1892John ElliottAdministrators
1892 - 1915Edward Rawle DraytonAdministrators
1915 - 1930Herbert FergusonAdministrators
1930 - 1935Hilary Rudolph Robert BloodAdministrators
1935 - 1940William Leslie HeapeAdministrators
1940 - 1942Charles Henry Vincent TalbotAdministrators
1942 - 1951George Conrad GreenAdministrators
1951 - 1957Wallace MacMillanAdministrators
1957 - 1962James Monteith LloydAdministrators
1962 - 1964Lionel Achille PinardAdministrators
1964 - 1967Ian TurbottAdministrators
1967 - 1968Ian TurbottGovernors
1968 - 21 Jan 1974Hilda Bynoe (from 1969, Dame Hilda Bynoe) (f) (b. 1921)Governors
24 Jan 1974 - 7 Feb 1974Leo de Gale (acting)Governors
7 Feb 1974 - 4 Oct 1978Leo de GaleGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
4 Oct 1978 - 6 Aug 1992Paul Scoon (from 1979, Sir Paul Scoon) (b. 1935)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
6 Aug 1992 - 9 Aug 1996Reginald Palmer (from 6 Sep 1992, Sir Reginald Palmer) (b. 1923)Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
9 Aug 1996 -Sir Daniel WilliamsGovernors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
1954 - 1956Eric Gairy (1st time)Chief ministers
1958 - Jan 1960Eric Gairy (2nd time)Chief ministers
Jan 1960 - Mar 1961Herbert A. Blaize (1st time)Chief ministers
Mar 1961 - Aug 1961George E.D. ClyneChief ministers
Aug 1961 - 19 Jun 1962Eric Gairy (3rd time)Chief ministers
Sep 1962 - Aug 1967Herbert A. Blaize (2nd time)Chief ministers
Aug 1967 - 13 Mar 1979Eric Gairy (from 1977, Sir Eric Gairy) (s.a.)Prime ministers
13 Mar 1979 - 19 Oct 1983Maurice BishopPrime ministers
19 Oct 1983 - 25 Oct 1983Hudson AustinPrime ministers
9 Dec 1983 - 4 Dec 1984Nicholas Brathwaite (1st time)Prime ministers
4 Dec 1984 - 19 Dec 1989Herbert A. BlaizePrime ministers
20 Dec 1989 - 16 Mar 1990Ben JonesPrime ministers
16 Mar 1990 - 1 Feb 1995Nicholas Brathwaite (2nd time)Prime ministers
1 Feb 1995 - 22 Jun 1995George BrizanPrime ministers
22 Jun 1995 - 9 Jul 2008Keith MitchellPrime ministers
9 Jul 2008 -Tillman ThomasPrime ministers