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Grenada
 
[Flag of
                                    the United Kingdom]
to 1875
[Grenada colonial flag in
                                    1875-1903]
1875 - 1903
[Grenada ensign in 1903-1967]
1903 - 3 Mar 1967
[Grenada flag in 1967-1974]
3 Mar 1967 - 7 Feb 1974
[Grenada]
Adopted 7 Feb 1974

Map of Grenada
Hear National Anthem
"Hail Grenada"
Adopted 7 Feb 1974
Former National Anthem
"The Grenada National
State Anthem" (1967-1974)
Constitution
 (19 Dec 1973)
Capital: Saint George's
Currency: East Caribbean
Dollar
(XCD)
National Holiday: 7 Feb (1974)
Independence Day
Population: 112,207 (2018)
GDP: $1.63 billion (2017)
Exports: $39.9 million (2017)
Imports: $316 million (2017)
Ethnic groups: African descent 82.4%, mixed 13.3%, East
Indian 2.2%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.9% (2011)
Total Active Paramilitary Forces: 900 (2012)
Merchant marine: 6 ships (2018)
Religions: Protestant 49.2% (includes Pentecostal 17.2%,
Seventh Day Adventist 13.2%, Anglican 8.5%, Baptist 3.2%,
Church of God 2.4%, Evangelical 1.9%, Methodist 1.6%,
 other 1.2%), Roman Catholic 36%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
Rastafarian 1.2%, other 5.5%, none 5.7%, unspecified 1.3% (2011)
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Grenada Index
Chronology

15 Aug 1498                Sighted and claimed for Spain by Christopher
                             Columbus, named Isla de Concepción.
1523                       Named on maps as Isla Granada.
1609 - 1609                Brief English settlement.
 2 Jul 1627                Grenada (Granada) granted to James, Earl of Carlisle
                             by King Charles I of England (as part of Carlisle
                             Province, also called Carliola); no settlement.
20 Jun 1650                French colony (La Grenade)(under the Compagnie des
                             Indies Occidentales rule 1664 - 1674).
1649 - 1762                Part of French Antilles colony (see Martinique).
1674                       French crown colony.
 
4 Mar 1762                British occupation.
10 Feb 1763                British colony, recognized by France in Treaty 
                             of Paris.
1764 - 1802                Part of Southern Caribbee (Caribbean) Islands.
 
6 Jul 1779 -  6 Jan 1784  French occupation.
 2 Mar 1795 - 10 Jun 1796  French rebellion led by Julien Fédon.
 1 Apr 1833 -  1 Jan 1960  Part of the Windward Islands.
 3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962  Part of the Federation of the West Indies
                             (see Trinidad and Tobago).
 3 Mar 1967                Associated state
 7 Feb 1974                Independence from U.K. (Grenada)(in much official,
                             but legally unsanctioned, use: Grenada,
                             Carriacou, and Petite Martinique‏).
13 Mar 1979 - 25 Oct 1983  People's Revolutionary Government.
25 Oct 1983 -  6 Nov 1983  Occupied by U.S. and East Caribbean forces.

Grenada
(from 1649)
Southern Caribbean
Islands

(1762-1802)
Windward
Islands
(1871-1960)
 
 

 
 
 


Windward Islands
 
[Federal Colony
                          of the Windward Islands 1886-1903]
1886 - 1903
[Windward
                          Islands 1903-1958]
1903 - 3 Jan 1958
Map of British Windward
Islands 1880-1958
Capital: Saint George's
(Grenada)

(Bridgetown, Barbados 1833-1885;
Saint George's,
Grenada
1764-1779
and 1784-1802;
 Scarborough, Tobago 1779-1784)

Population: 250,418
 (1946)

Currency: Pound
Sterling (BGP)
Exports: $8.3 million (1953)
Imports: $12.5 million (1953)

1764 - 1802                Southern Caribbee (Caribbean) Islands (Dominica [to 1771],
                             Grenada [to 4 Jul 1779, from 5 Jan 1784], St. Vincent [to 1776],
                             and Tobago).
 1 Apr 1833                Windward Islands colony (Barbados,
Grenada, St. Lucia [from 1838],
                             St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago).

 
1 Jun 1885                Federal Colony of the Windward Islands
(Dominica [from 1 Jan 1940],
                             Grenada, St. Lucia
, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago
                             [to 1 Jan 1889]).

 1 Jul 1956                Territory of the Windward Islands
 1 Jan 1960                Dissolved.

Governors-in-chief in and over the Southern Caribbee Islands
13 Dec 1764 -  4 Jul 1779  the governors of Grenada
 5 Jul 1779 - 23 Feb 1780  John Graham (acting, in Tobago)
23 Feb 1780 -  6 Jan 1784  George Ferguson (acting, in Tobago)(b. 1748 - d. 1820)
 6 Jan 1784 - 1802         the governors of Grenada
1802                       Post abolished
Governors-in-chief of the Windward Islands

 
1 Apr 1833 -  1 Jun 1885  the governors of Barbados
 1
Jun 1885 - 24 Nov 1889  Sir Walter Joseph Sendall          (b. 1833 - d. 1904)
28 Nov 1889 - 30 Jun 1893  Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson (b. 1849 - d. 1913)
30 Jun 1893 - 24 Oct 1893  Edward Rawle Drayton (acting)      (b. 1859 - d. 1927)
24 Oct 1893 - 1897         Sir Charles Bruce                  (b. 1836 - d. 1920)

 
1 Jun 1897 - 1900         Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney       (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
12 Dec 1900 - 15 Oct 1906  Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn         (b. 1845 - d. 1919)
15 Oct 1906 - 16 Jan 1907  Philip Clark Cork (acting)         (b. 1854 - d. 1936)
16 Jan 1907 - 1909         Ralph Champneys Williams           (b. 1848 - d. 1927)

                             (from 9 Nov 1907, Sir Ralph
Champneys Williams) 
Jun 1909 - 13 Oct 1909     Edward John Cameron (acting)       (b. 1858 - d. 1947)
13 Oct 1909 - 23 May 1914  Sir James Hayes Sadler             (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
23 May 1914 - 30 Dec 1914  William Douglas Young (acting)     (b. 1859 - d. 1943)
30 Dec 1914 -  1 Nov 1923  George Basil Haddon-Smith          (b. 1861 - d. 1931)
                           
  (from 1 Jan 1915, Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith)              
 
1 Nov 1923 - 25 Jul 1924  Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston   (b. 1870 - d. 1960) 
                             (acting)
26 Jul 1924 - 1930         Sir Frederick Seton James          (b. 1870 - d. 1934)
May 1930 - Jun 1930        Herbert Walter Peebles (acting)    (b. 1877 - d. 1955)
20 May 1930 -  3 Aug 1930  Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood        (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
                             (acting)
 3 Aug 1930 - 25 Sep 1930  C
harles William Doorly (acting)    (b. 1875 - d. 1942)
25 Sep 1930 - 1933         Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best     (b. 1870 - d. 1941)

1933 - 20 Feb 1935         Charles William Doorly (acting)    (b. 1875 - d. 1942)
                             (from 1 Jan 1935, Sir Charles William Doorly)
20 Feb 1935 - 19 Jan 1937  Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier         (b. 1878 - d. 1946)

19 Jan 1937 - 18 May 1942  Henry Bradshaw Popham              (b. 1881 - d. 1947)
                             (from 9 Jun 1938, Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham) 
18 May 1942 -  2 Jan 1948  Sir Arthur Francis Grimble         (b. 1888 - d. 1956)
 
2 Jan 1948 - 30 Jun 1948  Ronald Herbert Garvey (acting)     (b. 1903 - d. 1991)
30 Jun 1948 - 19 Jan 1953  Robert Duncan Harris Arundell      (b. 1904 - d. 1989)
                             (from 8 Jun 1950, Sir Robert
Duncan Harris Arundell)  
19 Jan 1953 - 12 May 1953  Walter Fleming Coutts (acting)     (b. 1912 - d. 1988)
12 May 1953 - 18 Mar 1955  Edward "Eddy" Betham Beetham       (b. 1905 - d. 1979)
                             (from 1 Jan 1955, Sir Edward
Betham Beetham)   
18 Mar 1955 - 14 Jul 1955  Wallace Macmillan (acting)         (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
14 Jul 1955 -  1 Jan 1960  Colville Montgomery Deverell       (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
                             (from 1 Jan 1957, Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell) 



Grenada


Governors

1649 - Jul/Aug 1654        Jean Le Comte                      (d. 1654)
23 Sep 1654 - 1658         Louis de Caqueray de Valmenières   (b. 1628 - d. 1682)
1658                       Jean III de Faudoas, comte         (b. 1600 - d. 1679) 
                             de Sérillac (1st time)
 8 Jul 1658 - 1660         Jean VI François du Buc du         (b. 1600 - d. 1666)
                             Pacquerel, baron de Bretagnolles            

1660 - 1664                Jean III de Faudoas, comte         (s.a.)
                             de Sérillac (2nd time)

1664 - 1670                sieur de Vincent
1671 - 1674                Louis de Canchy, sieur de Lerolle
1675 - 1679                Pierre de Sainte-Marthe, marquis   (b. c.1618 - d. 1692)
                             de la Lande
1679 - 1680                Jacques de Chambly                 (d. 1687)
1680 - 1689                Gabriel Jean Nicolas de Gabaret,   (b. 1641 - d. 1712)
                             seigneur de Saint-Sornin         
1690 - 1695                Louis Ancelin de Gémozac (Gémosat) (b. 1670 - d. 1695)
1695 - 1696                Jean-Léon Fournier de Carles       (b. 1673 - d. 1748) 
                             de Pradines (1st time)(acting)
1696 - Apr 1698            de Bellair de Saint-Aignan
Apr 1698 - 19 Dec 1700     de la Hogue                        (b. 16.. - d. 1700)
1701                       Pierre Guyon de la Roche-Guyon,    (d. 1729)
                             chevalier de Saint-Louis (acting)
1701 - 1708                Joseph de Bouloc, seigneur de La   (b. 16.. - d. 1708)
                            
Mothe
1709 - 1710                Laurent de Valernod                (b. 1669 - d. 1711)
1711 - Jan 1716            Guillaume Emmanuel Théodore de     (b. 1664 - d. 1725)
                             Maupéou, comte de l'Estrange,
                             chevalier de Maupéou-Ribaudon
1716 - 1717                François de Pas de Feuquières de   (b. c.1662 - d. 1731)
                             Pas de Mazancourt, marquis de
                             Feuquières 

1717 -  3 Jan 1721         Jean-Michel L'Espinay de la        (b. c.1667 - d. 1721)
                             Longueville             
1721                       Jean-Léon Fournier de Carles       (s.a.)
                             de Pradines (2nd time) (acting)
1721 - 29 Aug 1722         Jean Balthazar du Houx             (d. 1722)
1722                       Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)
1723 - 1727                Robert Giraut du Poyet             (b. 1665 - d. 1740)
1727 - 1734                Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (b. 1687 - d. 1746)
                             Larnage
1734 - 1748                Jean-Léon Fournier de Carles       (s.a.)
                             de Pradines (3rd time)
1748 - 1757                Robert Philippe de Longvilliers    (b. 1671? - d. 1761)
                             de Poincy
1757 -  4 Mar 1762         Pierre-Claude Antoine François de  (d. 1785)
                             Prulay de Bonvoust d'Aulnay
G
overnors-in-chief and Commanders-in-chief
 4 Mar 1762 - Apr 1762     Robert Swanton -British commander  (b. 1713 - d. 1765)
Apr 1762 - 1763            George Scott (1st time)(acting)    (b. 1722 - d. 1767)
1763 - Feb 1764            Campbell Dalrymple (acting)        (b. 1725 - d. 1767)
                             (military governor)
Feb 1764 - 13 Dec 1764     George Scott (2nd time)(acting)    (s.a.)

13 Dec 1764 - Aug 1768     Robert Melville (1st time)         (b. 1723 - d. 1809)

Aug
1768 -  5 Apr 1770     Ulysses FitzMaurice (1st time)     (b. 1744 - d. 1772)
                             (acting)

 
5 Apr 1770 - 13 Jul 1771  Robert Melville (2nd time)         (s.a.)
13 Jul 1771 -  1 Nov 1771  Ulysses FitzMaurice (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                            
(acting)
 
1 Nov 1771 - 16 Apr 1775  William Leybourne Leybourne        (b. 1744 - d. 1775)
16 Apr 1775 -  3 May 1776  Sir William Young (acting)         (b. 1725 - d. 1788)
 
3 May 1776 -  6 Jul 1779  Sir George Macartney, Baron        (b. 1737 - d. 1806)
                             Macartney
Governor-general
Jul 1779 - Jan 1784        Jean-François, comte de Durat      (b. 1736 - d. 1830)
Captains-general and Governors-in-chief
 
6 Jan 1784 - 31 May 1785  Edward Matthew (1st time)          (b. 1729 - d. 1805)
 1 Jun 1785 -  9 Oct 1787  William Lucas (acting)             (d. 1787)
 9
Oct 1787 - 1788         Samuel Williams (1st time)         (b. 17.. - d. 1808/09)
                             (acting)
 
1 Jan 1788 - 1789         James Campbell (acting)            (b. 1763 - d. 1819)
1789 - 24 Jun 1792         Edward Matthew (2nd time)          (s.a.)
Jul 1792 – 28 Jan 1793     Samuel Williams (2nd time)         (s.a.)

                             (acting)
Lieutenant governors
28 Jan 1793 -  8 May 1795  Ninian Home                        (b. 1732 - d. 1795) 
                             (
Fédon prisoner from 2 Mar 1795)
 2 Mar 1795 - 10 Jun 1796  Julien Fédon (in rebellion
)        (d. 1796?)
 
                            (commander-in-chief)
 2 Mar 1795 - 12 Dec 1795  Kenneth Francis Mackenzie (acting) (b. 1748 - d. 1831)

12 Dec 1795 -  5 Apr 1796  Samuel Mitchell (1st time)(acting) (b. 1750 - d. 1805)
 
5 Apr 1796 -  9 Mar 1797  Alexander Houston                  (b. c.1770 - d. 1822)
1796 - 22 Sep 1796         Lord James Cranston                (b. 1755 - d. 1796)
                             (died before taking office)
 9 Mar 1797 - 1798         Charles Green (1st time)
           (b. 1749 - d. 1831)
1798                       Samuel Mitchell (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
10 Mar 1797 -  8 Jun 1801  Charles Green (2nd time)           (s.a.)
 
8 Jun 1801 - 28 Sep 1802  Samuel Dent (1st time) (acting)    (b. 17.. - d. 1804)
28 Sep 1802 -  5 Nov 1802  George Vere Hobart                 (b. 1761 - d. 1802)
 
5 Nov 1802 -  6 May 1804  Samuel Dent (2nd time) (acting)    (s.a.)
Mar 1803 - 1804            Thomas Hislop (did not arrive)     (b. 1764 - d. 1843)
1804 -  6 May 1804         William Douglas MacLean Clephane   (b. 1759 - d. 1803)
                            
(did not take office)
Governors
 
6 May 1804 - 17 May 1805  Abraham Charles Adye (1st time)    (b. 1748 - d. 1815)
                             (acting)
17 May 1805 - Nov 1807     Frederick Maitland (1st time)      (b. 1763 - d. 1848) 

Nov 1807 -  1 Jan 1808     John Harvey (1st time)(acting)     (b. 1753 - d. 1820)
 
1 Jan 1808 - Dec 1808     Frederick Maitland (2nd time)      (s.a.)      
Dec 1808 - May 1809        Abraham Charles Adye (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
May 1809 - Jun 1809        Frederick Maitland (3rd time)      (s.a.)   
Jun 1809 - 25 Jul 1810     Abraham Charles Adye (3rd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
26 Jul 1810 - Oct 1810     Frederick Maitland (4th time)      (s.a.)   
Oct 1810 - Nov 1810        Abraham Charles Adye (4th time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
Nov 1810 -  6 May 1811     Frederick Maitland (5th time)      (s.a.)
 
6 May 1811 -  5 May 1812  Abraham Charles Adye (5th time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 
5 May 1812 - 1813         George Robert Ainslie              (b. 1776 - d. 1839)
                             (vice governor)
21 Apr 1813 - 13 Aug 1813  John Harvey (2nd time)(acting)     (s.a.)
13 Aug 1813 - Jul 1815     Sir Charles Shipley (1st time)     (b. 1755 - d. 1815)
 
7 Jul 1815 - Sep 1815     George Paterson (1st time)(acting) (b. 1761 - d. 1852)
Sep 1815 - 30 Nov 1815     Sir Charles Shipley (2nd time)     (s.a.)
30 Nov 1815 -  2 Aug 1816  George Paterson (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
 
2 Aug 1816 - 20 May 1819  Phineas Riall (1st time)           (b. 1775 - d. 1850)
20 May 1819 -  8 Feb 1821  Andrew Houston (1st time)(acting)  (b. 1752 - d. 1822)
 
8 Feb 1821 - Jul 1823     Phineas Riall (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Jul 1823 -  5 Jan 1826     George Paterson (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
 
5 Jan 1826 - May 1829     Sir James Campbell (1st time)      (b. 1778 - d. 1835)
25 May 1829 - May 1830     Andrew Houston (2nd time)(acting)  (s.a.)
May 1830 - Jun 1831        Sir James Campbell (2nd time)      (s.a.)
Jun 1831 - Jul 1831        Felix Palmer (acting)              (b. 1792 - d. 1838?)
Jul 1831 - Apr 1833        Sir James Campbell (3rd time)      (s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
 
9 May 1833 -  4 Jul 1835  George Middlemore                  (b. c.1756 - d. 1850)
 
5 Jul 1835 - 21 Mar 1836  John Hastings Mair                 (b. 1790 - d. 1836)
22 Mar 1836 - 31 Aug 1836  John Berkeley (acting)             (b. 1784 - d. 1839)
31 Aug 1836 - 1841         Carlo Joseph Doyle (1st time)      (b. 1787 - d. 1848)
1841                       Matthew Davies (acting)
1841 - 1846                Carlo Joseph Doyle (2nd time)      (s.a.)
 
5 Jul 1846 - 10 Dec 1846  Francis Yelverton Checkley
                             (1st time) (acting)

10 Dec 1846 - 1853         Ker Baillie Hamilton               (b. 1804 - d. 1889)
22 Oct 1853 - May 1856     Robert William Keate               (b. 1814 - d. 1873)
1855 - 1856                Francis Yelverton Checkley
                             (2nd time) (acting)

22 May 1856 - Oct 1856     James Walker (acting)              (b. 1809 - d. 1885)
Oct 1856 - Jan 1857        Francis Yelverton Checkley
                             (3rd time) (acting)
31 Jan 1857 - May 1858     Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright    (b. 1817 - d. 1899)

                            
(1st time)
May 1858 - Jun 1858        Francis Yelverton Checkley
                             (4th time) (acting)
Jun 1858 - Feb 1859        Charles Ready (acting)
Feb 1859 - May 1859        Francis Yelverton Checkley
                             (5th time) (acting)
May 1859 - 1860            Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Dec 1860                   William Stephenson (acting)
1860 - 1861                Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright    (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1861                       Alexander Bain (1st time)(acting)  (b. 1797 - d. 1863) 
1861 - 1863                Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright    (s.a.)
                             (4th time)
1863                       Alexander Bain (2nd time)(acting)  (s.a.)
1863 - Jan 1864            Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright    (s.a.)
                             (5th time)
Jan 1864 - Apr 1865        Robert Miller Mundy (1st time)     (b. 1813 - d. 1892)

Apr 1865                   Andrew Munro (1st time)(acting)
Apr 1865 - Dec 1865        Edwin D. Baynes (1st time)(acting)
Dec 1865 - May 1866        Robert Miller Mundy (2nd time)     (s.a.)
May 1866 - Jun 1868        Edwin D. Baynes (2nd time)(acting)
Jun 1868 - Mar 1871        Andrew Munro (2nd time)(acting)
Mar 1871 - May 1871        Edward Daniel Laborde (acting)     (b. 1826 - d. 1898)

May 1871 - Jun 1871        William McEwen (1st time)(acting)
 3 Jun 1871 -  9 Jun 1875  Sanford Freeling                   (b. 1828 - d. 1894)

 
9 Jun 1875 -  3 Jul 1875  William McEwen (2nd time)(acting)
 
3 Jul 1875 - Apr 1876     Cyril Clerke Graham (1st time)     (b. 1834 - d. 1895)
                            
(acting to Mar 1876)
Apr 1876 - May 1876        Augustus Frederick Gore (acting)   (b. 1826 - d. 1887)
May 1876 - May 1877        Cyril Clerke Graham (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                             (acting)
May 1877                   William McEwen (3rd time)(acting)
May 1877 - Aug 1878        Robert William Harley (1st time)   (b. 1829 - d. 1892)

Aug 1878                   Samuel Mitchell (acting)
 8 Aug 1878 -  2 Apr 1879  Thomas Kerr
                        (b. 1818 - d. 1907)
 
2 Apr 1879 - 28 Sep 1881  Robert William Harley (2nd time)   (s.a.)
28 Sep 1881 - Jan 1882     Irwin Charles Maling (acting)      (b. 1841 - d. 1918)

Jan 1882 - 28 Mar 1882     Robert William Harley (3rd time)   (s.a.)
Administrators
28 Mar 1882 - Nov 1882     Irwin Charles Maling (1st time)    (s.a.)
Nov 1882 - Apr 1883        Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy        (b. 1839 - d. 1900)
Apr 1883 - Sep 1886        Edward Daniel Laborde (1st time)   (s.a.)
 
4 Sep 1886 -  1 May 1887  Irwin Charles Maling (2nd time)    (s.a.)
 
1 May 1887 - May 1888     Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles       (b. 1850 - d. 1913)
                             (1st time)
May 1888                   Edward Daniel Laborde (2nd time)   (s.a.)
May 1888 - Jun 1888        Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jun 1888 - Dec 1888
     John Elliott (acting)
23 Dec 1888 - 27 Dec 1888  F.M. Chadwick (acting)
27 Dec 1888 - 11 Jan 1889  Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1st time)
  (b. 1845 - d. 1919)
                             (acting)
11 Jan 1889 - Nov 1889     Edward Daniel Laborde (3rd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
Nov 1889 - Sep 1890        Robert Baxter Llewelyn (2nd time)  (s.a.)
Sep 1890 - Nov 1890        Lawrence Riky Fyfe                 (b. 1845 - d. 1892)
Nov 1890 - 1891            Edward Rawle Drayton (1st time)    (b. 1859 - d. 1927)
1891 - Jun 1892            Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles       (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
Jun 1892 - Sep 1892        Edward Rawle Drayton (2nd time)    (s.a.)
Sep 1892                   Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury        (b. 1839 - d. 1896)
                             (1st time)
Sep 1892                   Edward Pakenham Brooks             (b. 1849 - d. 1896)
Sep 1892 - Nov 1892        Clement Courtenay Knollys          (b. 1849 – d. 1905)
Nov 1892 - Feb 1893        John Hartley Sandwith              (b. 1846 - d. 1895)
Feb 1893 - Jul 1893        Edward Rawle Drayton (3rd time)    (s.a.)
Jul 1893                   Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Jul 1893 - Apr 1894        Edward Rawle Drayton (4th time)    (s.a.)
Apr 1894 - Nov 1894        Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles       (s.a.)
                             (4th time)
Nov 1894 - Jun 1895        Edward Rawle Drayton (5th time)    (s.a.)
Jun 1895 - Oct 1895        Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury        (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
Oct 1895 - Feb 1897        Edward Rawle Drayton (6th time)    (s.a.)
Feb 1897 - May 1897        Harry Langhorne Thompson (1st time)(b. 1857 - d. 1902)
May 1897 - 1898            Leslie Probyn (1st time)           (b. 1862 - d. 1938)
1898 - Jun 1899            Edward Rawle Drayton (7th time)    (s.a.)
Jun 1899 - Nov 1899        H
arry Langhorne Thompson (2nd time)(s.a.)
1899 - 1900                Edward Rawle Drayton (8th time)    (s.a.)
Mar 1900 - 1900            Leslie Probyn (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1900                       Edward Rawle Drayton (9th time)    (s.a.)
May 1900                   C. Falconer Anton (1st time)
1900 - 1901                Edward Rawle Drayton (10th time)   (s.a.)
Jan 1901 (10 days)         Leslie Probyn (3rd time)           (s.a.)
1901 - Jun 1901            Edward Rawle Drayton (11th time)   (s.a.)
Jun 1901 (12 days)         C. Falconer Anton (2nd time)
1901 - 1908                Edward Rawle Drayton (12th time)   (s.a.)
1908 (42 days)             Daniel Thomas Tudor (1st time)     (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
1908 - 1910                Edward Rawle Drayton (13th time)   (s.a.)
1910 (57 days)             Daniel Thomas Tudor (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1910 - 1915                Edward Rawle Drayton (14th time)   (s.a.)
Sep 1915 - Oct 1915       
Edward Daniel Laborde (acting)     (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
Oct 1915 - 1930            Herbert Ferguson                   (b. 1874 - d. 1953)
Apr 1930 - 1935            Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood        (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
15 Oct 1935 - 1940         William Leslie Heape               (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
19 Jun 1940 -  2 Jun 1942  Charles Henry Vincent Talbot       (b. 1902 - d. 19..)
 
2 Jun 1942 - 26 Aug 1942  Terrence Bertrand Comissiong       (b. 1893 - d. 1956)
                             (acting)
26 Aug 1942 - Jun 1951     George Conrad Green                (b. 1897 - d. 1976)

Jun 1951 -  2 Aug 1951     John Montague Stow (acting)        (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
 
2 Aug 1951 - 1957         Wallace Macmillan                  (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
18 Mar 1955 - 1955         Cyprian Bernard Gibbs              (b. 1910 - d. 2006)
                             (acting for Macmillan)

Mar 1957 - 1962            James Monteith Lloyd               (b. 1911 - d. 1995)

26 Sep 1962 - 1964         Lionel Achille Pinard              (b. 1912 - d. 1998)
30 Jan 1964 -  2 Mar 1967  Ian Graham Turbott                 (b. 1922 - d. 2016)
Governors
 
3 Mar 1967 -  1 Jun 1968  Ian Graham Turbott                 (s.a.)
                            
(from 1 Jan 1968, Sir Ian Graham Turbott)
 1 Jun 1968 -  8 Jun 1968  Thomas Joseph Gibbs (acting)       (b. 1894 - d. 19..)  GULP
 8 Jun 1968 - 21 Jan 1974  Hilda Louise Bynoe (f)             (b. 1921 - d. 2013)

                             (from 1 Jan 1969, Dame Hilda Louise Bynoe)
24 Jan 1974 -  7 Feb 1974  Leo Victor de Gale (acting)        (b. 1921 - d. 1986)
King/Queen¹
 7 Feb 1974 -              the King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
 7 Feb 1974 -  4 Oct 1978  Leo Victor de Gale                 (s.a.)
                             (from 12 Feb 1974, Sir Leo Victor de Gale)            
 4 Oct 1978 - 31 Jul 1992  Paul Godwin Scoon                  (b. 1935 - d. 2013)
                             (from 8 Mar 1979, Sir Paul Godwin Scoon) 
                             (detained and prevented from exercising functions 20-25 Oct 1983)
31 Jul 1992 -  8 Aug 1996  Reginald Oswald Palmer             (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
                             (from 6 Sep 1992, Sir Reginald Oswald Palmer)
                             (acting to 6 Aug 1992)
 8 Aug 1996 - 18 Nov 2008  Daniel Charles Williams            (b. 1935 - d. 2024)
                             (from 9 Aug 1996, Sir Daniel Charles Williams)
18 Nov 2008 - 27 Nov 2008  Vacant
27 Nov 2008 -  3 May 2013  Carlyle Arnold Glean               (b. 1932 - d. 2021)
                            
(from 10 Feb 2009, Sir Carlyle Arnold Glean) 
 3 May 2013 -  7 May 2013  Lawrence Joseph (acting)           (b. 1944)

 7 May 2013 -              Cécile Ellen Fleurette La
                             Grenade (f)                      (b. 1952)

                             (from 14 May 2013, Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade)

Leader of Government Business
1951 - 1954                Eric Matthew Gairy (1st time)      (b. 1922 - d. 1997)  GULP
1955 - Sep 1957            Eric Matthew Gairy (2nd time)      (s.a.)               GULP

Chief ministers
Sep 1957 - 1958            Herbert Augustus Blaize (1st time) (b. 1918 - d. 1989)  GNP
1958 -  1 Jan 1960         Eric Matthew Gairy                 (s.a.)               GULP

 1 Jan 1960 - 29 Mar 1961  Herbert Augustus Blaize (2nd time) (s.a.)               GNP

29 Mar 1961 - 16 Aug 1961  George Elliott Dunbar Clyne        (b. 1920 - d. 1984)  GULP
16 Aug 1961 - 19 Jun 1962  Eric Matthew Gairy (3rd time)      (s.a.)               GULP
19 Jun 1962 - 21 Sep 1962  governor's rule
21 Sep 1962 -  2 Mar 1967  Herbert Augustus Blaize (3rd time) (s.a.)               GNP

Premiers
 3 Mar 1967 - 26 Aug 1967  Herbert Augustus Blaize            (s.a.)               GNP
26 Aug 1967 -  7 Mar 1974  Eric Matthew Gairy                 (s.a.)               GULP
Prime ministers
 7 Mar 1974 - 13 Mar 1979  Eric Matthew Gairy                 (s.a.)               GULP
                             (from 11 Jun 1977, Sir Eric Matthew Gairy)
13 Mar 1979 - 19 Oct 1983  Maurice Rupert Bishop2             (b. 1944 - d. 1983)  NJ
                             (de facto deposed 14 Oct 1983)
26 Sep 1983 -  8 Oct 1983  Winston Bernard Coard              (b. 1944)            NJ
                             (acting for Bishop)
19 Oct 1983 - 25 Oct 1983  Hudson Austin                      (b. 1938 - d. 2022)  Mil
                             (head of Revolutionary Military Council)
 9 Dec 1983 -  4 Dec 1984  Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite      (b. 1925 - d. 2016)  NDC
                             (chairman interim advisory council
                             [acting to 9 Dec 1983])(1st time)
 4 Dec 1984 - 19 Dec 1989  Herbert Augustus Blaize            (s.a.)               NNP
20 Dec 1989 - 16 Mar 1990  Ben Joseph Jones                   (b. 1924 - d. 2005)  NNP
16 Mar 1990 -  1 Feb 1995  Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite      (s.a.)               NDC
                             (2nd time)
 1 Feb 1995 - 22 Jun 1995  George Ignatius Brizan             (b. 1942 - d. 2012)  NDC
22 Jun 1995 -  9 Jul 2008  Keith Claudius Mitchell (1st time) (b. 1946)            NNP
 9 Jul 2008 - 20 Feb 2013  Tillman Joseph Thomas              (b. 1945)            NDC
20 Feb 2013 - 24 Jun 2022  Keith Claudius Mitchell (2nd time) (s.a.)               NNP
24 Jun 2022 -              Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell       (b. 1978)            NDC

Commander of U.S. and East Caribbean Forces
25 Oct 1983 -  9 Dec 1983  Joseph "Joe" Metcalf III (U.S.)    (b. 1927 - d. 2007)  Mil

 ¹The style:
(a) 7 Feb 1974 - 1974: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of The Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) from 1974 - 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Grenada and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth";
(c) from 8 Sep 2022:
"By the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Grenada and of His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

 2an attempt to overthrow Bishop was launched by Bernard Coard (s.a.) on 14 Oct 1983, Bishop's supporters resisted, during this chaotic period no one was clearly in charge. Coard was toppled by the army under Hudson Austin (s.a.) before 19 Oct 1983.

Party abbreviations: GULP = Grenada United Labor Party (democratic socialist, authoritarian in 1972-1979, est.1950); NDC = National Democratic Congress (liberal, center-left, est.1987); NNP = New National Party (conservative, center-right, est.Aug 1984); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: GNP = Grenada National Party (conservative, merged into NNP, 1955-Aug 1984); NJ = New JEWEL Movement (New Joint Endeavour for Welfare, Education, and Liberation "New Jewel", Marxist-Lenninist communist, 11 Mar 1973-1983)






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