List of colonial governors and administrators of Anguilla


There have been many colonial governors of Anguilla. The official title of the position began as Deputy Governor of Anguilla, which transitioned to Chief Magistrate of Anguilla, and then became the current title of Governor of Anguilla.

Deputy Governors

  1. William Watts 1660-1666
  2. Abraham Howell 1666-1689
  3. George Leonard 1689-1735
  4. John Richardson 1735-1741
  5. Arthur Hodge 1741-1749
  6. John Welch 1749-1750
  7. Benjamin Gumbs II 1750-1768
  8. Benjamin Roberts 1768-1771
  9. John Smith 1771-1776
  10. Benjamin Gumbs III 1776-1782
  11. Thomas Hodge 1782-1805
  12. William Richardson 1805-1829

    Chief Magistrates

  13. Richard Challenger 1842-1846
  14. Isidor Dyett 1862-1863
  15. George Alsbury 26 November 1863 - 28 January 1868
  16. Alexander Augustus Melfort Campbell January 1868 - February 1869
  17. Neale Porter March 1869 - May 1871
  18. D.S. Lloyd c. 1873
  19. James L. Lake c. 1879-1882
  20. Edwin Baynes 1888
  21. N. Lockhart c. 1896
  22. Joseph Numa Rat 1897 - c. 1904
  23. G.B. Mason c. 1905
  24. Alan Cuthbert Burns 1910-1912
  25. W.E. Burton 1913
  26. G.I. Mendes c. 1913-1915
  27. W.E. Burton 1917-1918
  28. S.B. Jones 9 August 1918 - 31 May 1923
  29. J.Y. MacFadyen c. 1926-1933
  30. C.E.E. Stevens c. 1937-1938
  31. A.P. McDonald c. 1939-1948
  32. J.D. Maloney c. 1952-1958
  33. G.C.H. Thomas c. 1958-1962
  34. Vincent F. Byron 1962 - 31 May 1967
  35. Peter Adams July 1967 - 23 February 1968

    Governors

  36. Charles Harry Godden 1982–1983
  37. Alastair Turner Baillie 1983–1987
  38. Geoffrey Owen Whittaker 1987–1989
  39. Brian G.J. Canty 1989–1992
  40. Alan W. Shave 1992–1995
  41. Alan Hoole 1995–1996
  42. Robert Harris December 1996 – 27 January 2000
  43. Roger Cousins 2000
  44. Peter Johnstone 4 February 2000 – 29 April 2004
  45. Mark Capes 2004
  46. Alan Huckle 28 May 2004 – July 2006
  47. Mark Capes 2006
  48. Andrew George 10 July 2006 – 11 March 2009
  49. Stanley Reid 11 March 2009 – 21 April 2009
  50. Alistair Harrison 21 April 2009 – 18 July 2013
  51. Christina Scott 23 July 2013 – 2017
  52. Tim Foy 2017 to date