List of colonial governors and administrators of Nevis
This is a list of viceroys in Nevis from the island's settlement by English in 1628 until its union with Saint Kitts and Anguilla to form Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla in 1883. == Governors of Nevis (1628–1685) == Anthony Hilton, 1628–1629 George Hay, 1629–1630 Anthony Hilton, 1630–1631, second time Thomas Littleton, 1631–1634 Luke Stokes, 1634–1635, first time Thomas Sparrow, 1635–1637 Henry Huncks, 1637–1638 John Jennings, 1639 Jenkin Lloyd, 1640 John Meakem, 1640–1641 John Kettleby, 1641 Jacob Lake, 1641–1649 Luke Stokes, 1649–1657, second time James Russell, 1657–1671 Sir William Stapleton, 1672–1685 == Deputy Governors of Nevis (1672–1737) == Randall Russell, 1672–1676 William Burt, 1685 James Russell, 1685–1687 John Netheway, 1687–1691 Samuel Gardner, 1692–1699 Roger Elrington, 1699–1702 John Johnson, 1703–1706 Walter Hamilton, 1706–1712 Daniel Smith, 1712–1722 Charles Sibourg, 1722–1732 William Hanmer, 1733–1737 == Presidents of Nevis (1737–1882) == Michael Smith, 1731–1744 James Symonds, 1745–1756 William Maynard, 1756–1761 James Johnston, 1761–1771 Joseph Richardson Herbert, 1771–1782 François Claude Amour, Marquis de Bouille, 1782–1783 Governor (French occupation) Joseph Richardson Herbert, 1784–1793, restored James Daniell, 1807–1840 Josiah Webbe Maynard, 1840–1841 Ralph Cleghorn, 1841–1842 Lawrence Graeme, 1842–1844 Willoughby J. Shortland, 1845–1854 Frederick Seymour, 1854–1857 Sir Arthur Rumbold, 1857–1860 George Cavell Webbe, 1860–1864 James Watson Sheriff, 1864–1866 Charles Monroe Eldridge, 1872–1873 Alexander Augustus Melfort Campbell, 1873–1876 Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1876–1877 Arthur Elibank Havelock, 1877–1878 Charles Spencer Salmon, 1879–1882 In 1883 Nevis formed part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, with a president on Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts).
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