Historical country records
Montserrat historical timeline
Montserrat
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1632 | part of Antigua | Leaders |
| 22 Feb 1782 - Jan 1784 | French occupation | Leaders |
| 1833 - 1 Jan 1960 | part of the Leeward Islands (see under Antigua and Barbuda) | Leaders |
| 3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 | part of the Federation of the West Indies | Leaders |
| 1695 - 1701 | Thomas Delavall | Deputy governors |
| 1701 - 1710 | Anthony Hodges | Deputy governors |
| 1710 - 1713 | John Pearne | Deputy governors |
| 1713 - 1714 | John Marshall | Deputy governors |
| 1714 - 1715 | George Hay | Deputy governors |
| 1715 - 1722 | Thomas Talmash | Deputy governors |
| 1722 - 1724 | Charles Dilke | Deputy governors |
| 1724 - 1728 | Paul George | Deputy governors |
| 1728 - 1729 | John Osborne | Deputy governors |
| 1729 - 1734 | Thomas Diggs | Deputy governors |
| 1734 - 1738 | William Forbes | Deputy governors |
| 1738 - 1854 | none | Deputy governors |
| 1782 - 178. | Louis Joseph de Goullon | Deputy governors |
| 1854 - 1855 | Hercules Robinson | Administrators |
| 1855 - 1862 | Edward Everard Rushworth | Administrators |
| 1862 - 1866 | William Cleaver Francis Robinson | Administrators |
| 1867 - 1869 | William Rowland Pyne | Administrators |
| 1869 - 1870 | Robert French Sheriff | Administrators |
| 1872 - 1883 | Neale Porter | Administrators |
| 1883 - 1888 | James Meade | Administrators |
| 1888 - 1889 | John Kemys Spencer-Churchill | Commissioners |
| 1889 - 1900 | Edward Baynes | Commissioners |
| 1900 - 1906 | Frederick Henry Watkins | Commissioners |
| 1906 - 1918 | Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston | Commissioners |
| 1918 - 1922 | Claude Forlong Condell | Commissioners |
| 1922 - 1929 | Herbert Walter Peebles | Commissioners |
| 1929 - 1931 | Hugh Houston Hutchings | Commissioners |
| 1932 - 1946 | Thomas Edwin Percival Haynes | Commissioners |
| 1946 - 1949 | Hugh Burrowes | Commissioners |
| 1949 - 1956 | Charles Worth Ross | Commissioners |
| 1956 - 1960 | Arthur Francis Dawkins | Administrators |
| Mar 1960 - 1964 | Donald Alonzo Wiles | Administrators |
| 30 Sep 1964 - Jun 1971 | Dennis Raleigh Gibbs | Administrators |
| 1 Jul 1971 - 1 Nov 1971 | Willoughby Harry Thompson | Administrators |
| 2 Nov 1971 - 1974 | Willoughby Harry Thompson | Governors |
| 1974 - 1976 | Norman Derek Matthews | Governors |
| 1977 - 1980 | Gwilym Wyn Jones | Governors |
| 1980 - 18 Dec 1984 | David Kenneth Hay Dale | Governors |
| 1985 - 1987 | Arthur Christopher Watson | Governors |
| 1987 - 1990 | Christopher J. Turner | Governors |
| 23 May 1990 - 1993 | David Taylor | Governors |
| 16 Jul 1993 - Sep 1997 | Frank Savage | Governors |
| 17 Sep 1997 - 28 Apr 2001 | Tony Abbott | Governors |
| 28 Apr 2001 - 11 May 2001 | Howard A. Fergus (1st time) | Governors |
| 11 May 2001 - 2 Apr 2004 | Tony Longrigg | Governors |
| 2 Apr 2004 - 10 May 2004 | Sir Howard A. Fergus (2nd time) | Governors |
| 10 May 2004 - 6 Jul 2007 | Deborah Barnes Jones (f) | Governors |
| 6 Jul 2007 - 13 Jul 2007 | John Skerritt (acting) | Governors |
| 13 Jul 2007 - 27 Jul 2007 | Sir Howard A. Fergus (3rd time) | Governors |
| 27 Jul 2007 - | Peter Waterworth | Governors |
| Jan 1960 - Dec 1970 | William Henry Bramble | Chief ministers |
| Dec 1970 - Nov 1978 | Percival Austin Bramble | Chief ministers |
| Nov 1978 - 11 Oct 1991 | John Osborne (1st time) | Chief ministers |
| 11 Oct 1991 - 13 Nov 1996 | Reuben Meade | Chief ministers |
| 13 Nov 1996 - 22 Aug 1997 | Bertrand Osborne | Chief ministers |
| 22 Aug 1997 - 5 Apr 2001 | David Brandt | Chief ministers |
| 5 Apr 2001 - 2 Jun 2006 | John Osborne (2nd time) | Chief ministers |
| 2 Jun 2006 - | Lowell Lewis | Chief ministers |