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This article lists Governors-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis. See also List of Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis, lists of incumbents.

1 Vice Regals of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1623-1983
2 Governors-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1983-present
- 2.1 Constitutional powers, functions and duties
3 Sources

1623 - 1649 Sir Thomas Warner (d. 1649)
1649 - 1651 Rowland Rich (Redge)
1651 - 1660 Clement Everard
1660 - 1666 William Watts
1666 - 1671 French rule (see Saint-Christophe)

1671 - 1681 Abednego Mathew
1682 - 1697 Thomas Hill
1697 - 1701 James Norton
1701 - 1704 None, direct rule from Antigua
1704 - 1706 Walter Hamilton
Feb 1706-Mar 1706(18 days) comte de Chavegnac
1706 - 1715 Michael Lambert
1715 - 1733 William Mathews, Jr.
1733 - 1769 Gilbert Fleming
1769 - Feb 1782 None, direct rule from Antigua
Feb 1782 - 1783 François Joseph Paul (b. 1722 - d. 1788)
comte de Grasse -Governor
1783 - 1816 None, direct rule from Antigua

1816 Stedman Rawlins
1816 - 1821 Thomas Probyn
1821 - 1832 Charles William Maxwell
1832 - 1833 William Nicolay

1833 - 1836 John Lyons Nixon (b. circa 1773 - d. 1836)
1836 - 1839 Henry George Macleod
1839 - 1847 Charles Cunningham
1847 - 1850 Robert James Mackintosh (b. 1806 - d. 1864)
1850 - 1855 Edward Hay Drummond Hay (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
1855 - 1859 Hercules George Robert Robinson (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
1859 - 1860 .... (acting)
1860 - 1866 Benjamin Chilly Campbell Pine (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1866 - 1867 .... (acting)
1867 - 1869 James George Mackenzie
1869 - 1870 William Wellington Cairns (b. 1828 - d. 1888)

1870 - 1872 Francis Spencer Wigley (1st time)
1872 - 1873 James Samuel Berridge
1873 - 1883 Alexander Wilson Moir
1883 - 1885 Charles Monroe Eldridge (d. 1888)
1885 - 1888 Francis Spencer Wigley (2nd time)

1889 - 1895 John Kemys Spencer-Churchill (b. 1835 - d. 1913)

1895 - 1899 Thomas Riseley Griffith
1899 - 1904 Charles Thomas Cox (b. 1858 - d. 1933)
1904 - 1906 Sir Robert Bromley (b. 1874 - d. 1906)
1906 - 1916 Thomas Laurence Roxburgh (b. 1853 - d. 1945)
1916 - 1925 John Alder Burdon (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
1925 - 1929 Thomas Reginald St. Johnston (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
1929 - 1931 Terence Charles Macnaghten (b. 1872 - d. 1944)
1931 - 1940 Douglas Roy Stewart (b. 1886 - d. 1939)
1940 - 1947 James Dundas Harford (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
1947 - 1949 Leslie Stuart Greening
1949 Frederick Mitchell Noad
1949 - 1956 Hugh Burrowes
1956 - 1966 Henry Anthony Camillo Howard (b. 1913 - d. 1977)
1966 - 27 Feb 1967 Frederick Albert Phillips (b. 1918)

27 Feb 1967 - 1969 Sir Frederick Albert Phillips (s.a.)
1969 - 1975 Milton Pensonville Allan (acting to August 1972 and from August 1972, Sir Milton Pensonville Allen) (b. 1888 - d. 1981)
1975 - 26 Nov 1981 Sir Probyn Ellsworth-Innis (b. 1936?)
Nov 1981 - 19 Sep 1983 Clement Athelston Arrindell (b. 1932; from 1982, Sir Clement Athelston Arrindell)

Sir Clement Arrindell (19 September 1983–31 December 1995)
Sir Cuthbert Sebastian (1 January 1996–)

The office of Governor-General is provided for by Chapter III, Sections 21 to 24 of the Constitution. These state:

22.-

1. During any period when the office of Governor-General is vacant or the holder of the office of Governor-General is absent from Saint Christopher and Nevis or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office those functions shall be performed by such person as Her Majesty may appoint.

2. Any person appointed under subsection (1) shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and shall in any case cease to perform the functions of the office of Governor-General if the holder of the office of Governor-General has notified him that he is about to assume or resume those functions.

3. The holder of the office of Governor-General shall not, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as absent from Saint Christopher and Nevis or as unable to perform the function of his office-

a. by reason that he is in passage from one part of Saint Christopher and Nevis to another; or

b. at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under section 23(1).

Deputy to Governor-General.

23.-

1. When the Governor-General-

a. has occasion to be absent from the seat of government but not from Saint Christopher and Nevis;

b. has occasion to be absent from Saint Christopher and Nevis for a period that he considers, in his own deliberate judgment, will be of short duration; or

c. is suffering from an illness that he considers, in his own deliberate judgment, will be of short duration,

he may appoint any person in Saint Christopher and Nevis to be his deputy during such absence or illness and in that capacity to perform on his behalf such of the functions of the office of Governor-General as he may specify.

2. Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Governor-General shall appoint a person in the island of Nevis as Deputy Governor-General to be his deputy in that island and in that capacity to signify on his behalf that he assents or withholds his assent to any bill passed by the Nevis Island Assembly and to perform on his behalf such other functions of the office of Governor-General relating to that island as he may specify.

3. The power and authority of the Governor-General shall not be abridged, altered or in any way affected by the appointment of a deputy under this section and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any other law, a deputy shall conform to and observe all instructions that the Governor-General, acting in his own deliberate judgment, may from time to time address to him:

Provided that the question whether or not a deputy has conformed to and observed any such instructions shall not be enquired into by any court of law.

4. Subject to subsection (5), a person appointed under subsection (1) or, as the case may be, subsection(2) shall hold his appointment for such period as may be specified by the Governor-General at the time of his appointment.

5. Any appointment made under subsection (1) or, as the case may be, subsection (2) may be revoked at any time by the Governor-General.

6. The Governor-General shall act-

a) in relation to the making of an appointment under subsection (1) or the revocation of such an appointment, in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister; and

b) in relation to the making of an appointment under subsection (2) or the revocation of such an appointment, in accordance with the advice of the Premier.

Oaths.

24.- A person appointed to hold or act in the office of Governor-General or to be his deputy shall, before entering upon the duties of that office, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and the oath of office.