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to Dec 1958; 19 Mar 1969 - 19 Dec 1980 (de facto); 19 Dec 1980 - 30 May 1990	Dec 1958 - 27 Feb 1967	27 Feb 1967 - 30 May 1967
30 May 1967 - 12 Jul 1967; 19 Mar 1969 - 19 Dec 1980 (de jure)	23 Jul 1967 - 29 Sep 1967 (provisional)	29 Sep 1967 - 19 Mar 1969; 19 Mar 1969 - 30 May 1990 Unofficial
30 May 1990 - 25 Jan 1999	Adopted 25 Jan 1999

Map of Anguilla Hear National Anthem "God Save the King" ("God Save the Queen" 1837-1901, 1952-2022) Hear Local Anthem "God Bless Anguilla"  Adopted 1981 Constitution Order (1 Apr 1982/30 May 1990/ 14 May 2019) ------------------------------------- Former Constitutions (11 Jul 1967; 6 Feb 1969) Capital: The Valley Currency: East Caribbean  Dollar (XCD)  National Holiday: 2nd Sat in Jun. (1948) Birthday of King Charles III --------------------------------------- Local Holiday: 30 May (1967) Anguilla Day Population: 17,422 (2018)  GDP: $310.7 million (2014) Exports: $7.9 million (2017) Imports: $186.2 million (2017) Ethnic groups: African/black 85.3%, hispanic 4.9%, mixed 3.8%, white 3.2%, East Indian/Indian 1%, other 1.6%,  unspecified 0.3% (2011) Total Police Force: 80 (1987) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: 2 ships (2019)  Religions: Protestant 73.2% (includes Anglican 22.7%, Methodist 19.4%, Pentecostal 10.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.3%, Baptist 7.1%, Church of God 4.9%, Presbytarian 0.2%, Brethren 0.1%), Roman Catholic 6.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 10.9%, other 3.2%,  unspecified 0.3%, none 4.5% (2011) International Organizations/Treaties: Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), ECCB, OECS (associate), UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO Anguilla Chronology c.1500                     Discovered and named Isla de Anguila.  2 Jul 1627                Granted to James, Earl of Carlisle by King Charles I                              of England (as part of the Islands of Carlisle                              Province, also called Carliola); no settlement. 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 attempted invasion.   1689 - 1689                Population briefly evacuated to Antigua. 1724                       Anguilla formally made part of St. Christopher. 21 May 1745                French invasion attempt. 26 Nov 1796                French invasion attempt. 1816 - 1871                Part of St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and the                              British Virgin Islands colony                              (see Saint Kitts and Nevis). 19 Dec 1832 -  1 Jul 1956  Part of the Leeward Islands (see Antigua). 1856 - 1867                U.S. claims Sombrero Island. 1882                       Part of colony of Saint Christopher-Nevis-                              Anguilla (see Saint Kitts and Nevis).  1 May 1956                Sombrero Island transferred from the British Virgin                              Islands to Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. 27 Feb 1967                Associated state of Saint Christopher-Nevis-                              Anguilla (see Saint Kitts and Nevis). 30 May 1967                St. Christopher-Nevis police officials evicted. 11 Jul 1967                Referendum supports separation from St. Christopher                              -Nevis, 99.7% to 0.28% (1,813 votes to 5). 12 Jul 1967                Independence proclaimed (not recognized by U.K.) 17 Oct 1967                Elections in Anguilla, Anguilla Council created.  6 Feb 1969                Referendum supports independence, 99.7%-0.29%                              (1,739 votes to 4).  6 Feb 1969                Republic of Anguilla proclaimed (not recognized). 19 Mar 1969                British rule restored under emergency powers. 27 Jul 1971                Anguilla formally detached from St. Kitts-Nevis.  4 Aug 1971                Anguilla (Administrative) Order passed by U.K. 10 Feb 1976                Anguilla (Constitution) Order comes into operation. 19 Dec 1980                Anguilla becomes a separate dependency under                              the Anguilla Bill by U.K.

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                      (b. c.1683 - d. c.1740)
                             (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                 (d. 1831)
1782 - 1805?               Thomas Hodge
26 Nov 1796                Laboutique + André Seris (Senis)
                             (French commanders)
1805 - 1825                William Richardson                 (d. c.1829)
Chief magistrates (from 1827, also presidents of the Vestry)
1825 - 1835                ....
13 Dec 1835 - 1841         Thomas Egar
1842 - 1846                Richard Challenger                 (b. 1805 - d. af. 1858)
1846 - 1862                Robert William Pickwood            (b. c.1809 - d. 1862)
                             (from 1853, resident in St. Kitts)
1862 - 1863                Isidore Peter Lynch Dyett          (b. 1812 - d. 1864)
26 Nov 1863 - 28 Jan 1868  George Alsbury                     (b. 1813 - d. 1879)
Jan 1868 - Feb 1869        Alexander Augustus Melfort         (b. 1827 - d. 1890)
                             Campbell
Mar 1869 - May 1871        Neale Porter                       (b. 1826? - d. 1905)
c.1873                     D.S. Lloyd
c.1877                     Richard Mahoney Hickson            (b. 1825 - d. 1881)
c.1879 - 1882              James Louis Lake
Wardens (magistrates)
1882 - 1889?               James Louis Lake
1888 - 1890                Edwin Baynes (acting for Lake)
1890 - 1891                ....
1891 - 1894                Alexander Robert Mackay            (b. 1855 - d. 1896)
1894 - 1897                Norman Lockhart
Dec 1897 - 1904?           Joseph Numa Rat                    (b. 1848 - d. 1915)
c.1905 - 1906              G.B. Mason
1906 - 19..                Wilfrid Murray Wigley              (b. 1876 - d. 1959)
190. - 1910                W.T. Samuels
1910 - 1912                Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns        (b. 1887 - d. 1980)
c.1913                     W.E. Burton (1st time)
c.1913 - c.1915            George Ignatius Mendes             (b. 1878 - d. 1944)
c.1917 - c.1918            W.E. Burton (2nd time)
 9 Aug 1918 - 31 May 1923  Samuel Benjamin Jones              (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
1923/26? - 24 Dec 1937     John Young MacFadyen               (b. 1881? - d. 1937)
1937/38                    C.E.E. Stevens
1939? - 1948?              A.P. McDonald
1948? - 1952               ....
1952 - 1958                Joseph Darnley Maloney             (b. 1905 - d. ....)
1958 - 1962                G.C.H. Thomas                      (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
1962 - 31 May 1967         Vincent Fitzgerald Byron           (b. 1913)
                             (left Anguilla 9 Mar 1967)
Chairman of the Peace-keeping Committee 
31 May 1967 - 12 Jul 1967  Walter G. Hodge                    (b. 1920 - d. 1989)  Non-party
Chief Executives (and from 21 Oct 1967, Chairman of the Anguilla Council)
12 Jul 1967 -  4 Aug 1967  Peter Adams                        (b. 1911? - d. ....) PAM
 4 Aug 1967 -  8 Jan 1968  James Ronald Webster (1st time)    (b. 1926 - d. 2016)  PPP
Commissioner
 8 Jan 1968 -  9 Jan 1969  Anthony "Tony" Lee (1st time)      (b. 1923 - d. 2017)
Chief Executive and Chairman of the Anguilla Council
 9 Jan 1969 - 21 Feb 1969  James Ronald Webster (2nd time)    (s.a.)               PPP
President
21 Feb 1969 - 19 Mar 1969  James Ronald Webster               (s.a.)               PPP
Commissioners
19 Mar 1969 - 20 Apr 1969  Anthony "Tony" Lee (2nd time)      (s.a.)
20 Apr 1969 - 28 Jul 1969  John Alfred Cumber (acting)        (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
28 Jul 1969 - 17 Mar 1971  Willoughby Harry Thompson          (b. 1919 - d. 2018)
17 Mar 1971 -  5 Nov 1974  Arthur Christopher Watson          (b. 1927 - d. 2001)
14 Nov 1974 -  6 Mar 1978  David Francis Battye Le Breton     (b. 1931 - d. 2023)
23 Mar 1978 -  1 Apr 1982  Charles Henry Godden               (b. 1922 - d. 2020)
Governors
 1 Apr 1982 - 1983         Charles Henry Godden               (s.a.)
30 Nov 1983 -  7 Apr 1987  Alastair Turner Baillie            (b. 1932 - d. 2009)
17 May 1987 - 1989         Geoffrey Owen Whittaker            (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
25 Nov 1989 - 1992         Brian George John Canty            (b. 1931)
14 Aug 1992 - 31 Oct 1995  Alan William 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)             (b. 1942)
 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 E. Reid (1st time)(acting) (b. 1968?)
21 Apr 2009 - 18 Jul 2013  Alistair Harrison                  (b. 1954)
18 Jul 2013 - 23 Jul 2013  Stanley E. Reid (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
23 Jul 2013 - 17 Aug 2017  Christina Scott (f)                (b. 1974)
17 Aug 2017 - 21 Aug 2017  Perin Bradley (1st time) (acting)  (b. 1977)
21 Aug 2017 - 30 Dec 2020  Timothy "Tim" Foy                  (b. 1961)
30 Dec 2020 - 18 Jan 2021  Perin Bradley (2nd time) (acting)  (s.a.)
18 Jan 2021 - 31 May 2023  Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam (f)     (b. 1976?)
 1 Jun 2023 - 26 Jun 2023  Perin Bradley (3rd time) (acting)  (s.a.)
26 Jun 2023 - 11 Sep 2023  Paul Candler (acting)
11 Sep 2023 -              Julia Crouch (f)                   (b. 1967?)

 
Chairman of the Anguilla Council
21 Oct 1967 - 10 Feb 1976  James Ronald Webster               (s.a.)               PPP
Chief ministers
10 Feb 1976 -  2 Feb 1977  James Ronald Webster (1st time)    (s.a.)               PPP
 2 Feb 1977 - 28 May 1980  Emile Gumbs (1st time)             (b. 1928 - d. 2018)  ANA
28 May 1980 - 12 Mar 1984  James 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 - d. 2021)  AUP
 6 Mar 2000 - 16 Feb 2010  Osbourne Fleming                   (b. 1940)           ANA;2005 AUF
16 Feb 2010 - 23 Apr 2015  Hubert Hughes (2nd time)           (s.a.)               AUM
23 Apr 2015 - 14 May 2019  Victor Franklin Banks              (b. 1947)            AUF
Premiers
14 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2020  Victor Franklin Banks              (s.a.)               AUF
30 Jun 2020 -              Ellis Lorenzo Webster              (b. 1963)            APM