Historical country records
Saint Kitts and Nevis historical timeline
Saint Kitts and Nevis
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1623 | Saint Christopher an English colony | Leaders |
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| 1628 | Nevis an English colony | Leaders |
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| 1833 - 1 Jan 1960 | part of the Leeward Islands (see under Antigua and Barbuda) | Leaders |
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| 1882 | islands united as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | Leaders |
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| 3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 | part of the Federation of the West Indies | Leaders |
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| 27 Feb 1967 | associated state | Leaders |
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| 13 Apr 1980 | renamed Saint Christopher and Nevis | Leaders |
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| 19 Dec 1980 | final separation of Anguilla | Leaders |
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| 19 Sep 1983 | independence (Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis); Nevis gets limited self-government | Leaders |
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| 1697 - 1701 | James Norton | Deputy governors |
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| 1704 - 1706 | Walter Hamilton | Deputy governors |
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| 1706 - 1715 | Michael Lambert | Deputy governors |
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| 1715 - 1733 | William Mathews, Jr. | Deputy governors |
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| 1733 - 1769 | Gilbert Fleming | Deputy governors |
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| 1769 - 1816 | none | Deputy governors |
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| 1816 | Stedman Rawlins | Governors |
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| 1816 - 1821 | Thomas Probyn | Governors |
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| 1821 - 1832 | Charles William Maxwell | Governors |
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| 1832 - 1833 | William Nicolay | Governors |
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| 1834 - 1836 | James Lyons Nixon | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1836 - 1839 | Henry George Macleod | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1839 - 1847 | Charles Cunningham | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1847 - 1850 | Robert James Mackintosh | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1850 - 1855 | Edward Hay Drummond Hay | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1855 - 1859 | Hercules Robinson | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1860 - 1866 | Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1867 - 1869 | James George Mackenzie | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1869 - 1870 | William Wellington Cairns | Lieutenant governors |
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| 1870 - 1872 | Francis Spencer Wigley (1st time) | Presidents |
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| 1872 - 1873 | James Samuel Berridge | Presidents |
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| 1873 - 1883 | Alexander Wilson Moir | Presidents |
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| 1883 - 1885 | Charles Monroe Eldridge | Presidents |
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| 1885 - 1888 | Francis Spencer Wigley (2nd time) | Presidents |
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| 1889 - 1895 | John Kemys Spencer-Churchill | Commissioner |
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| 1895 - 1899 | Thomas Riseley Griffith | Administrators |
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| 1899 - 1904 | Charles Thomas Cox | Administrators |
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| 1904 - 1906 | Sir Robert Bromley | Administrators |
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| 1906 - 1916 | Thomas Laurence Roxburgh | Administrators |
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| 1916 - 1925 | John Alder Burdon | Administrators |
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| 1925 - 1929 | Thomas Reginald St. Johnston | Administrators |
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| 1929 - 1931 | Terence Charles Macnaghten | Administrators |
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| 1931 - 1940 | Douglas Roy Stewart | Administrators |
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| 1940 - 1947 | James Dundas Harford | Administrators |
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| 1947 - 1949 | Leslie Stuart Greening | Administrators |
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| 1949 | Frederick Mitchell Noad | Administrators |
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| 1949 - 1956 | Hugh Burrowes | Administrators |
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| 15 Mar 1956 - 1966 | Henry Anthony Camillo Howard | Administrators |
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| 1966 - 27 Feb 1967 | Fred Phillips | Administrators |
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| 27 Feb 1967 - 1969 | Sir Fred Phillips | Governors |
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| 1969 - 1975 | Milton Allen (from 1972, Sir Milton Allen) (b. 1888 - d. 1981) | Governors |
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| 1975 - 26 Nov 1981 | Sir Probyn Inniss | Governors |
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| Nov 1981 - 19 Sep 1983 | Clement Arrindell (from 1982, Sir Clement Arrindell) (b. 1932) | Governors |
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| 19 Sep 1983 - 31 Dec 1995 | Sir Clement Arrindell | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
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| 1 Jan 1996 - | Sir Cuthbert Sebastian | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
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| 1 Jan 1960 - Jul 1966 | Paul Southwell | Chief ministers |
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| Jul 1966 - 27 Feb 1967 | Robert L. Bradshaw | Chief ministers |
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| 27 Feb 1967 - 23 May 1978 | Robert L. Bradshaw | Premiers |
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| 23 May 1978 - 18 May 1979 | Paul Southwell | Premiers |
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| 20 May 1979 - 21 Feb 1980 | Lee Moore | Premiers |
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| 21 Feb 1980 - 19 Sep 1983 | Kennedy A. Simmonds | Premiers |
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| 19 Sep 1983 - 7 Jul 1995 | Kennedy A. Simmonds | Prime ministers |
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| 7 Jul 1995 - | Denzil Douglas | Prime ministers |
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Nevis
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 1706 - 1706 | French occupation | Leaders |
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| 1782 - 1784 | French occupation | Leaders |
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| 1699 - 1702 | Roger Elrington | Deputy governors |
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| 1703 - 1706 | John Johnson | Deputy governors |
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| 1706 - 1712 | Walter Hamilton | Deputy governors |
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| 1712 - 1722 | Daniel Smith | Deputy governors |
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| 1722 - 1732 | Charles Sibourg | Deputy governors |
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| 1733 - 1737 | William Hanmer | Deputy governors |
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| 1731 - 1744 | Michael Smith | Presidents |
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| 1745 - 1756 | James Symonds | Presidents |
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| 1756 - 1761 | William Maynard | Presidents |
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| 1761 - 1771 | James Johnston | Presidents |
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| 1771 - 1782 | Joseph Richardson Herbert (1st time) | Presidents |
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| 1784 - 1793 | Joseph Richardson Herbert (2nd time) | Presidents |
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| 1793 - 1807 | ... | Presidents |
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| 1807 - 1841 | James Daniell | Presidents |
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| 1841 - 1842 | Josiah Webbe Maynard | Presidents |
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| 1842 - 1844 | Lawrence Graeme | Presidents |
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| 1845 - 1854 | Willoughby J. Shortland | Presidents |
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| 1854 - 1857 | Frederick Seymour | Presidents |
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| 1857 - 1860 | Sir Arthur Rumbold | Presidents |
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| 1860 - 1864 | George Cavell Webbe | Presidents |
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| 1864 - 1866 | James Watson Sheriff | Presidents |
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| 1866 - 1872 | ... | Presidents |
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| 1872 - 1873 | Charles Monroe Eldridge | Presidents |
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| 1873 - 1876 | Alexander Augustus Melfort Campbell | Presidents |
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| 1876 - 1877 | Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy | Presidents |
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| 1877 - 1878 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Presidents |
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| 1879 - 1882 | Charles Spencer Salmon | Presidents |
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| 19 Sep 1983 - 5 Jun 1992 | Weston Parris | Deputy governors-general |
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| 5 Jun 1992 - 15 Jan 1994 | vacant | Deputy governors-general |
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| 15 Jan 1994 - | Eustace John | Deputy governors-general |
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| 19 Sep 1983 - 2 Jun 1992 | Simeon Daniel | Premiers |
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| 2 Jun 1992 - 11 Jul 2006 | Vance Amory | Premiers |
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| 11 Jul 2006 - | Joseph Parry | Premiers |
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