This is a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Saint Lucia was colonized by the British and French in the 17th century and was the subject of several possession changes until 1814, when it was ceded to the British by France for the final time. In 1958, St. Lucia joined the short-lived semi-autonomous West Indies Federation. Saint Lucia was an associated state of the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1979 and then gained full independence on February 22, 1979.
Timeline of Saint Lucia
Governors of the colony of Sainte Lucie, 1651–1802
Governors of the British colony of Saint Lucia 1803–1834
General Robert Brereton 1803–1807, Commandant
General Alexander Wood 1807–1814, Commandant
Major Jacob Jordan 1814 (acting) General Francis Delaval 1814–1815, Commandant General Edward Stehelin 1815–1816, Commandant General Robert Douglas, Commandant 1816 General Richard Augustus Seymour 1816–1817, Governor Colonel Edward O'Hara 1817–1818 General Sir John Keane 1818–1819, Governor Major John Joseph Winkler 1819–1821 (acting Governor) General John Montagu Mainwaring 1821–1824, Governor Colonel Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell 1824–1826 General John Montagu Mainwaring 1826–1827, Governor Colonel Lorenzo Moore 1827–1829 General David Stewart 1829, Governor Captain G.A.E. Delboate 1829 (acting Governor) Captain Robert Mullen 1829 (acting Governor) Major Francis Power 1829–1830 (acting Governor) James Alexander Farquharson 1830–1831, Governor George Mackie 1831, Governor Mark Anthony Bozon 1831–1832 Colonel John Carter 1832 (acting Governor) James Alexander Farquharson 1832–1834 (second time)
Lieutenant-Governors of Saint Lucia, 1834–1857
Administrators of Saint Lucia 1857–1889
Commissioners of Saint Lucia 1889–1958
Robert Baxter Llewelyn 1889–1891
Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury 1891–1896
Charles Anthony King-Harman 1896–1899
Sir Harry Langhorne Thompson 1900–1902
Sir George Melville 1902–1905
Philip Clark Cork 1905–1909
Sir 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
Administrators of Saint Lucia 1958–1967
After incorporation into the Federation of the West Indies: Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1958–1962 Gerald Jackson Bryan 1962–1967
Governors of Saint Lucia 1967–1979
On 27 February 1967, Saint Lucia became an associated state of the United Kingdom, responsible for its own internal affairs. Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke was the first native Saint Lucian governor.
Sir Frederick Joseph Clarke 1967–1973, Governor
Sir Ira Marcus Simmons 1973–1974, Governor
Sir Allen Lewis 1974–1979, Governor
On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia achieved independence from the United Kingdom. For a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia after independence, see Governor-General of Saint Lucia.