Anguilla
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to 12 Jul 1967;
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19 Mar 1969 - 19 Dec 1980 (de facto)
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19 Dec 1980 - 30 May 1990
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30 May 1967 - 12 Jul 1967;
19 Mar 1969 - 19 Dec 1980 (de jure)
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23 Jul 1967 - 29 Sep 1967 (provisional)
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29 Sep 1967 - 19 Mar 1969
19 Mar
1969 - 30 May 1990 Unofficial
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Adopted 30 May 1990
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Map
of Anguilla
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Hear National Anthem
"God Save the Queen"
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Hear Local Anthem
"God Bless Anguilla"
Adopted 1981
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Constitution Order
(1 Apr 1982/30 May 1990)
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Capital: The Valley
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Currency: East Caribbean
Dollar (XCD)
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National Holidays: 19 Dec (1980)
Separation Day
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30 May (1967)
Anguilla Day |
Population: 15,423 (2011)
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GDP: $175.4 million (2009) |
Exports: $26.2 million (2011)
Imports: $153.4 million
(2011) |
Ethnic groups: black (predominant)
90.1%, mixed,
mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.6%
(2001) |
Total Police Force: 80 (1987)
Defense is the Responsibility of
the U.K.
Merchant marine: None (2010)
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Religions: Anglican 29%, Methodist
23.9%, other
Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%,
other Christian 1.7%,
other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3%
(2001) |
| International Organizations/Treaties: Caricom
(associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU |
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Anguilla
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Chronology
c.1500
Discovered and named Isla de Anguila.
c.1631
Dutch fort, founded
earlier, is abandoned.
1650
Anguilla settled by unauthorized
settlers from
St. Christopher.
1670 - 1816
Part of Leeward Islands colony (see Antigua).
21-22 Dec 1688
Spanish attemped invasion.
1689 - 1689 Population
briefly evacuated to Antigua.
1724
Anguilla formally made part of St. Christopher.
21 May 1745
French invasion attempt.
Nov 1796
French invasion
attempt.
1816 - 1871
Part of St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and the
British Virgin Islands colony
(see Saint
Kitts and Nevis).
1832 - 1871
Part of Leeward Islands colony (see Antigua).
1871 - 1 Jul 1956
Part of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands
(see Antigua).
1882
Part of colony of Saint Christopher-
Nevis-Anguilla (see Saint Kitts and Nevis).
27 Feb 1967
Associated state of Saint Christopher-Nevis-
Anguilla (see Saint Kitts and Nevis).
9 Mar/30 May 1967
St. Christopher-Nevis officials evicted.
16 Jun 1967
Anguilla unilaterally withdraws from Saint
Christopher-Nevis
11 Jul 1967
Referendum supports separation from
St. Kitts.
12 Jul 1967
Independence proclaimed (not recognized by U.K.)
6 Feb 1969
Republic of Anguilla proclaimed (not recognized).
19 Mar 1969
British rule restored.
15 Sep 1969
Re-united with St. Kitts-Nevis de
jure, but
de facto direct British administration.
10 Feb 1976
Autonomy granted
19 Dec 1980
Anguilla becomes a separate dependency de jure.
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Deputy Governors
1660 - 1666 William
Watts (on St. Kitts) (d. 1666)
1666 - 1689 Abraham
Howell
(d. af.1727)
1689 - 1735? George
Leonard
(b. c.1655 - d. 1735?)
1727 - 1729
Francis Phips
(Lieutenant governor of Anguilla
and Virgin Islands)
1735 - 1741 John
Richardson
(b. 1679 - d. 1741)
30 Jun 1741 - 28 Jan 1749 Arthur Hodge
(d. 1749)
21 May 1745 de la
Touche (French commander)
1749 - 1750
John Welch
1750 - 1768
Benjamin Gumbs II
(d. 1768)
1768 - 1771
Benjamin Roberts
1771 - 1776 John
Smith
1776? - 1782?
Benjamin Gumbs III
1782 - 1805?
Thomas Hodge
Nov 1796
André Seris + Laboutique
(French commanders)
1805 - 1825
William Richardson
(d. c.1829)
Chief magistrates (from 1827, also Chairmen of the Vestry)
1825 - 1842
....
1842 - 1846
Richard Challenger
1846? - 1862 Pickwood
(temporarily removed in 1853)
1862 - 1863
Isidor Dyett
26 Nov 1863 - 28 Jan 1868 George Alsbury
Jan 1868 - Feb 1869 Alexander Augustus Melfort
(b. 1827 - d. 1890)
Campbell
Mar 1869 - May 1871 Neale Porter
c.1873
D.S. Lloyd
c.1879 - 1882 James L.
Lake
Wardens (magistrates)
1882 - 1888?
James L. Lake
1888 - 188.
Edwin Baynes (acting for Lake)
c.1896
N. Lockhart
c.1897 - 1904? Joseph
Numa Rat
c.1905
G.B. Mason
1910 - 1912
Alan Cuthbert Burns
c.1913
W.E. Burton (1st time)
c.1913 - c.1915
G.I. Mendes
c.1917 - c.1918 W.E. Burton (2nd
time)
9 Aug 1918 - 31 May 1923 Samuel B. Jones
1926? - 1933? J.Y. MacFadyen
1937/38
C.E.E. Stevens
1939? - 1948? A.P.
McDonald
1948? - 1952 ....
1952 - 1958 J.D.
Maloney
(b. 1905)
1958 - 1962 G.C.H.
Thomas
(b. 1911)
1962 - 31 May 1967 Vincent
F. Byron
(left Anguilla 9 Mar 1967)
Jul 1967 - 23 Feb 1968 Peter Adams
(d. ....)
Chairman of the Peace-keeping Committee
31 May 1967 - 12 Jul 1967 Walter
G. Hodge
(b. 1920 - d. 1989) Non-party
Chief Executives and Chairmen of the Anguilla Council
12 Jul 1967 -
4 Aug 1967 Peter Adams
(s.a.)
PAM
4 Aug 1967 - 8 Jan 1968 J. Ronald
Webster (1st time) (b. 1926)
PPP
Commissioner
8 Jan 1968 - 9 Jan 1969 Anthony
"Tony" Lee (1st time) (b. 1923?)
Chief Executive and Chairman of the Anguilla Council
9 Jan 1969 - 21 Feb 1969 J.
Ronald Webster (2nd time) (s.a.)
PPP
President
21 Feb 1969 - 19 Mar 1969 J. Ronald Webster
(s.a.)
PPP
Commissioners
19 Mar 1969 - 20 Apr 1969 Anthony "Tony"
Lee (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 Apr 1969 - 1969
John Alfred Cumber
(b. 1920 - d. 1991)
Jul 1969 - 1971
Willoughby Harry Thompson
(b. 1919)
1971 - 1973
Arthur Christopher Watson
(b. 1927 - d. 2001)
1974 - 1978
David Le Breton
(b. 1931)
1978 - 1 Apr 1982
Charles Harry Godden
(b. 1922)
Governors
1 Apr 1982 - 1983
Charles Harry Godden
(s.a.)
Nov 1983 - 1987
Alastair Turner Baillie
(b. 1932 - d. 2009)
1987 - 1989
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker
(b. 1932)
Nov 1989 - 1992
Brian G.J. Canty
(b. 1931)
14 Aug 1992 - 1995
Alan W. Shave
(b. 1936)
3 Nov 1995 - Dec 1996
Alan Hoole
(b. 1942 - d. 2000)
Dec 1996 - 27 Jan 2000 Robert
Harris
(b. 1941)
(acting to 29 May 1997)
27 Jan 2000 - 4 Feb 2000 Roger Cousins (acting)
4 Feb 2000 - 29 Apr 2004 Peter Johnstone
(b. 1944)
29 Apr 2004 - 28 May 2004 Mark Andrew Capes (1st
time) (b. 1954)
(acting)
28 May 2004 - 2 Jun 2006 Alan Edden
Huckle
(b. 1948)
2 Jun 2006 - 10 Jul 2006 Mark Andrew Capes
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jul 2006 - 12 Mar 2009 Andrew George
(b. 1952)
12 Mar 2009 - 21 Apr 2009 Stanley Everton
Reid (acting) (b. 1968?)
21 Apr 2009 -
Alistair Harrison
(b. 1954)
Chairman of the Anguilla Council
9 Jan 1969 - 10 Feb 1976 J.
Ronald Webster
(s.a.)
PPP
Chief ministers
10 Feb 1976 - 2 Feb 1977 J. Ronald Webster
(1st time) (s.a.)
PPP
2 Feb 1977 - 28 May 1980 Emile Gumbs
(1st time)
(b. 1928)
ANA
28 May 1980 - 12 Mar 1984 J. Ronald Webster
(2nd time) (s.a.)
AUP;1981 APP
12 Mar 1984 - 16 Mar 1994 Emile Gumbs (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
ANA
16 Mar 1994 - 6 Mar 2000
Hubert Hughes (1st time)
(b. 1933)
AUP
6 Mar 2000 - 16 Feb 2010 Osbourne Fleming
(b. 1940)
ANA/AUF
16 Feb 2010 -
Hubert Hughes (2nd time)
(s.a.) AUM
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- 1890 - 1956 Sombrero Island
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Party abbreviations: AUF = Anguilla United
Front (ANA and ADP coalition 2000-05, unified party from 2005); AUM
= Anguilla United Movement (former AUP);
- Former parties: ADP
= Anguilla Democratic Party (conservative, split from APP, 1989-2005);
ANA = Anguilla National Alliance (conservative, 1977-2005);
APP = Anguilla People's Party (spilt from AUP 1981); AUP
= Anguilla United Party (J.R. Webster personalist, est.1970's, renamed AUM);
PAM = People's Action Movement (conservative, St. Kitts
& Nevis based); PPP = People's Progressive Party (pro-independence,
1976-1980)
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