LEEWARD ISLANDS
BRITISH COLONY OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
In 1833 six British dependencies in the Carribean - Antigua (covering the islands of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda), the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Christopher (better known as St. Kitts, also including Anguilla and its dependency Sombrero) - were united into an administrative union headed by the governor of Antigua. (1) In 1871 the union was transformed into a federal Crown Colony. (1) Later internal changes included : 1882 : Nevis was united with St Kitts. 1940 : Dominica was transferred to the administrative union of the Windward Islands. __________________________________________________________________________________BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS
Governors-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands 1833 - 1871 The Governors of Antigua Governors of the Leeward Islands 1871 - 1873 Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine 1809 - 1891 1873 - 1874 Sir Henry Turner Irving 1833 - 1923 1874 - 1875 ... 1875 - 1881 Sir George Berkeley 1819 - 1905 1881 H. J. B. Bufford-Hancock* 1881 - 1884 Capt. Sir John Hawley Glover 1829 - 1885 1884 - 1885 Sir Charles Cameron Lees 1831 - 1898 1885 Charles Monroe Eldridge* 1... - 1888 1885 - 1888 Jenico William Joseph Preston, Viscount Gormanston 1837 - 1907 1888 Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell* 1839 - 1899 1888 - 1895 Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith 1839 - 1928 1895 - 1901 Sir Francis Fleming 1842 - 1922 1901 - 1902 Sir Henry Moore Jackson 1849 - 1908 1902 - 1904 Sir Gerald Strickland 1861 - 1940 1904 - 1905 Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys 1849 - 1905 1905 - 1906 ... 1906 - 1912 Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott 1857 - 1941 1912 - 1916 Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell 1864 - 1952 1916 - 1921 Sir Edward Marsh Merewether 1858 - 1938 1921 - 1929 LtCol. Sir Eustace Edward Twistleton- Wykeham-Fiennes 1864 - 1943 1929 - 1936 Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston 1881 - 1950 1936 - 1941 Sir Gordon James Lethem 1886 - 1962 1941 - 1943 Sir Douglas James Jardine 1888 - 1946 1943 - 1947 Sir Leslie Brian Freeston 1892 - 1958
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