List of Governors-General of Saint Lucia

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This is a list of Governors of Saint Lucia to 1979 and Governors-General of Saint Lucia from 1979.

1 Governors of the French colony of Sainte Lucie, 1762–1802
2 Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1802–1834
3 Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857
4 Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889
5 Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958
6 Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967
7 Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979
8 Governors-General of Saint Lucia, 1979-present
- 8.1 Constitutional powers, functions and duties
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

George Brydges Rodney 1762–1763 (British occupation)
Pierre Lucien de La Chapelle de Jumilhac 1763–1764
Claude Anne de Micoud 1764–1771
Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1771–1772 (first time)
Frédéric Laure de Kearney 1772–1773
Alexandre Potier de Courcy 1773–1776
Marc Étienne de Joubert 1776–1778
Claude Anne Gui de Micoud 1778–1781 (second time)
Arthur St. Leger 1781–1783 (British occupation)
Jean Zénon André de Véron de Laborie 1784–1789
Jean Joseph de Gimat 1789–1793
Nicolas Xavier de Ricard 1793–1794
Sir Charles Gordon 1794–1795 (British occupation)
James Stewart 1795 (British occupation)
Goyrand 1795–1796 (Commissioner)
John Moore 1796–1797 (British occupation)
James Drummond 1797–1798 (British occupation)
George Prevost 1798–1802 (British occupation)
George Henry Vansittart 1802 (British occupation)
Jean François Xavier Nogues 1802–1803

Robert Brereton 1803–1807
Alexander Wood 1807–1814
Francis Delaval 1814–1815
Edward Stehelin 1815–1816
Robert Douglas 1816
Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817
Edward O'Hara 1817–1818
John Keane 1818–1819
John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821
John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824 (first time)
Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826
John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827 (second time)
Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829
David Stewart 1829
Francis Power 1829–1830
James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831 (first time)
George Mackie 1831
Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832
James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)

Subordinate to the Governor of the British Windward Islands:

Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill 1834–1837
Thomas Bunbury 1837–1838
John Alexander Mein 1838–1839
Mathias Everard 1839–1841
George Graydon 1841–1843
Andrew Clarke 1843–1844
Arthur Wellesley Torrens 1844–1848
Sir Charles Henry Darling 1848–1852
Henry Clermont Cobbe 1852
Maurice Power 1852–1857

Henry Heggart Breen 1857–1862
James Mayer Grant 1862–1869
Sir William Des Vœux 1869–1878
Arthur Elibank Havelock 1878–1879
Sir Roger Goldsworthy 1881–1884
Edward Laborde 1885–1889

Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1889–1891
Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury 1891–1896
Charles Anthony King-Harman 1896–1899
Harry Langhorne Thompson 1900–1902
Sir George Melville 1902–1905
Philip Clark Cork 1905–1909
Edward John Cameron 1909–1914
William Douglas Young 1914–1915
Gideon Oliphant-Murray 1915–1918
Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston 1918–1927
Charles William Doorly 1927–1935
Edward William Baynes 1935–1938
Arthur Alban Wright 1938–1944
Edward Francis Twining 1944–1946
John Montague Stow 1947–1953
John Kingsmill Thorp 1953–1958

After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies:

Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1958–1962
Gerald Jackson Bryan 1962–1967

Sir Frederick Clarke 1967–1971
Sir Ira Marcus Simmons 1971–1974
Sir Allen Lewis 1974–1979

Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis 22 February 1979–19 June 1980
Boswell Williams 19 June 1980–13 December 1982
Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis 13 December 1982–30 April 1987
Vincent Floissac, acting 30 April 1987–10 October 1988
Sir Stanislaus A. James 10 October 1988–1 June 1996)
Sir George Mallet 1 June 1996–17 September 1997)
Dame Pearlette Louisy 17 September 1997—

The office of Governor-General is provided for by Chapter II, Sections 19 to 22 of the Constitution. These state:

19.- There shall be a Governor-General of Saint Lucia who shall be a citizen appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Saint Lucia.

20.-

1. During any period when the office of Governor-General is vacant of the holder of the office of Governor-General is absent from Saint Lucia 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 such person as aforesaid shall not continue to perform the function of the office of Governor-General if the holder of the office of Governor-General or some other person having a prior right to perform the functions of that office 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 Lucia or as unable to perform the function of his office-

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

b. at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under section 22 of this Constitution.

21.- A persons appointed to hold the office of Governor-General shall, before entering upon the duties of that office, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and the oath of office.

22.-

1. Whenever the Governor-General-

a. has occasion to be absent from the seat of government by not from Saint Lucia;

b. has occasion to be absent from Saint Lucia for a period which he considers, acting in his own deliberate judgment, will be of short duration; or

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

he may, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint any person in Saint Lucia to be his deputy during such absence or illness and in that capacity to perform on his behalf such of the function of the office of Governor-General as may be specified in the instrument by which he is appointed.

2. 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, 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.

3. A person appointed as deputy under this section shall hold that appointment for such period as may be specified in the instrument by which he is appointed, and his appointment may be revoked at any time by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.