List of governors of Barbados
This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands. In 1885 Barbados became an independent colony again.
Governors of Barbados (1627–1833)
- Henry Powell, 17 February 1627 – 1628
- William Deane, 1628 – June 1628
- Charles Wolferstone, June 1628 – 26 February 1629
- John Powell, 26 February 1629 – 29 August 1629Robert Wheatley, 29 August 1629 – September 1629, acting
- Sir William Tufton, 21 December 1629 – 16 July 1630
- Henry Hawley, 1630 – June 1640
- * Richard Peers, 1633–1634, acting for Hawley
- * William Hawley, 1638–1639, acting for Henry Hawley
- Sir Henry Huncks, June 1640 – 1641
- Philip Bell, 1641–1650
- Francis Willoughby, 5th [Baron Willoughby of Parham], May 1650 – 1651, in dissidence to January 1652
- Sir George Ayscue, October 1651 – 1652Daniel Searle, 1652 – July 1660, actingThomas Modyford, July 1660–1660, actingHumphrey Walrond, 1660 – August 1663, acting
- Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, August 1663 – 23 July 1666, restored
- * Henry Willoughby, 1664, acting for the Lord Willoughby of ParhamHenry Willoughby, July 1666–1667, acting, second timeWilliam Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, 1667, actingSamuel Barwick, 1667, actingHenry Hawley, 1667 – April 1667, acting, second time
- William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, April 1667 – 1673
- * Christopher Codrington, 1668–1669, acting for Lord Willoughby of ParhamSir Peter Colleton, 1673–1674, acting
- Sir Jonathan Atkins, 1674–1679Sir John Witham, 1680–1683, acting
- Sir Richard Dutton, 1683–1685Edwyn Stede, 1685–1690, acting
- James Kendall, 1690–1694
- Francis Russell, 1694–1696Francis Bond, 1696 – December 1697, acting
- Ralph Grey, December 1697 – 1701John Farmer, 1701–1703, acting
- Sir Bevil Granville, 1703–1706
- Mitford Crowe, 1707–1710George Lillington, 1710–1711, acting
- Robert Lowther, 1711–1720
- * William Sharpe, January 1714–1715, acting for LowtherJohn Frere, 1720–1721, actingSamuel Cox, 1721–1722, acting
- Henry Worsley, 1722–1727
- Thomas Catesby Paget, 1727–1731James Dotin, 1731, acting, first time
- Walter Chetwynd, 1731–1732
- Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, 1733–29 March 1735James Dotin, 1735–1737, acting, second time
- Orlando Bridgeman, 1737–1738
- Humphrey Howarth, 1738
- Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage, 1738–1739
- Robert Byng, May 1739 – 1740James Dotin, 1740, acting, third time
- Sir Thomas Robinson, 1742–1747
- Henry Grenville, 1747–1756
- Charles Pinfold, 1756–1766Samuel Rous, 1766–1768, acting, first time
- William Spry, 1768–1772Samuel Rous, 1772, acting, second time
- Edward Hay, 1772–1779John Dotin, 1779–1780, acting, first time
- James Cunninghame, 1780–1782John Dotin, 1783–1784, acting, second time
- David Parry, 1784–1793William Bishop, 1793–1794, acting, first time
- George Poyntz Ricketts, 1794–1800William Bishop, 1800–1801, acting, second time
- Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, 1802–1806John Spooner, 1806–1810, acting
- Sir George Beckwith, 1810–1815
- Sir James Leith, 10 May 1815 – 16 October 1816John Foster Alleyne, 1817, acting
- Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere, 1817–1820John Brathwaite Skeete, 1820, actingSamuel Hinds, 1821, acting
- Sir Henry Warde, 1821–1829
- Sir James Frederick Lyon, 1829–1833
Governors of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)
In 1833, Barbados became part of the newly formed colony of the Windward Islands, and the Governor of Barbados became viceroy over the new colony as well.- Sir Lionel Smith, 1833–1836
- Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor, 1836–1841
- Charles Henry Darling, 1841
- Sir Charles Edward Grey, 1841–1846
- William Reid, 1846–1848
- William MacBean George Colebrooke, 1848–1856
- Francis Hincks, 1856–4 January 1862
- James Walker, 4 January 1862 – 1868
- Rawson William Rawson, 1868–1875Sanford Freeling, 1875, acting
- Sir John Pope Hennessy, 1875–1876
- George Cumine Strahan, 1876–1880D. J. Gamble, 1880, acting
- William Robinson, 1880–1885
Governors of Barbados (1885–1966)
In 1885, Barbados's oversight of the Windward Islands was ended, and a separate Governor of the Windward Islands was installed in Grenada.- Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 1885–1889
- Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, 1889–1891
- Sir James Shaw Hay, 1891–1900
- Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, November 1900 – 1904
- Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, 14 October 1904 – 1911
- Sir Leslie Probyn, 13 February 1911 – 1918
- Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, 27 September 1918 – 1925
- Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson, 31 December 1925 – 21 January 1933
- Harry Scott Newlands, 21 January 1933 – 12 March 1933
- Sir Mark Aitchison Young, 5 August 1933 – March 1938
- Sir Eubule John Waddington, 6 August 1938 – 1941
- Sir Henry Grattan Bushe, 23 October 1941 – 1947
- Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, 5 February 1947 – 1949
- Sir Alfred Savage, 1 November 1949 – 1953
- Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell, 14 May 1953 – 1959
- Sir John Montague Stow, 8 October 1959 – 29 November 1966