Antigua and Barbuda 
 

to 1871	1871 - 1957	1957 - 27 Feb 1967
Adopted 27 Feb 1967

Leeward Islands
 

Jan 1671 - 16 Oct 1816     Leeward Islands colony.
1833                       Leeward Islands colony.
Jun 1871                   Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands.
 1 Jul 1956                Territory of the Leeward Islands.
 1 Jan 1960                Dissolved.

Governors
Jan 1671 - Dec 1671        Sir Charles Wheeler
1672 - 1685                Sir William Stapleton
1685 - Sep 1689            Sir Nathaniel Johnson
Sep 1689 - 30 Jul 1698     Christopher Codrington
30 Jul 1698 - May 1699     Edward Fox (acting) 
May 1699 - Feb 1704        Christopher Codrington, Jr.        (b. 1668 - d. 1710)
Feb 1704 - Jul 1704        John Johnson (1st time) (acting)   (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
Jul 1704 -  4 Dec 1704     Sir William Mathews                (b. 16.. - d. 1704)
Dec 1704 - Jul 1706        John Johnson (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
Jul 1706 -  7 Dec 1710     Daniel Parke                       (b. 1669 - d. 1710)
Dec 1710 - 1711            Walter Hamilton (1st time)(acting)
1711 - 1714                Walter Douglas
1714 - 1715                William Mathew, Jr. (1st time)     (b. 16.. - d. 1752)
                             (acting)
1715 - 1721                Walter Hamilton (2nd time)
1721 - May 1728            John Hart                          (d. 1740) 
May 1728 - Aug 1728        .... (acting)
Aug 1728 - 12 Sep 1729     Thomas Pitt, Earl of Londonderry   (b. c.1668 - d. 1729)
1729                       William Cosby (acting)             (b. 1690 - d. 1736)
1729 - 1752                William Mathew, Jr. (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1752 - 1753                .... (acting)
1753 - 1766                George Thomas                      (b. c.1695 - d. 1774)
1766 - 1768                James Vercild
1768 - 1771                William Woodley (1st time)         (b. 1728 - d. 1793)
1771 - 1776                Sir Ralph Payne (1st time)         (b. 1738 - d. 1807)
1776 - 1781                William Matthew Burt
1781 - 1788                Thomas Shirley (1st time)          (b. 1727 - d. 1800)
1788 - 1790                John Nugent                        (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
1790 - 1791                Thomas Shirley (2nd time)          (s.a.)
13 Aug 1791 - 1795         William Woodley (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1795 - 1799                Charles Leigh 
1799 - 1807                Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1808 - 1814                Hugh Elliot                        (b. 1752 - d. 1830)
1814 - 16 Oct 1816         Sir James Leith                    (b. 1763 - d. 1816)
1816 - 1833                Post Abolished
1833 - 1871                the governors of Antigua
1871 - 1873                Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1873 - 1874                Sir Henry Turner Irving            (b. 1833 - d. 1923)
1874 - 1875                .... (acting)
 3 Feb 1875 - 1881         Sir George Berkeley                (b. 1819 - d. 1905)
1881                       H.J.B. Bufford-Hancock (acting)
1881 - 1884                Sir John Hawley Glover             (b. 1829 - d. 1885)
1884 - 1885                Sir Charles Cameron Lees           (b. 1831 - d. 1898)
1885                       Charles Monroe Eldridge (acting)   (d. 1888)
1885 - 1888                Jenico William Joseph Preston,     (b. 1837 - d. 1907)
                             Viscount Gormanston
1888                       Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell   (b. 1836 - d. 1899)
                             (acting)
1888 - 1895                Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith (b. 1839 - d. 1928)
1895 - 1901                Sir Francis Fleming                (b. 1842 - d. 1922)
1901 - 1902                Sir Henry Moore Jackson            (b. 1849 - d. 1908)
1902 - 1904                Sir Gerald Strickland              (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
1904                       Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell          (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
                             (1st time)(acting)
1904 - 16 Dec 1905         Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys      (b. 1849 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1906                Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
1906 - 1912                Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott    (b. 1857 - d. 1941)
1912 - 1916                Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell      (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1916 - 1921                Sir Edward Marsh Merewether        (b. 1858 - d. 1938)
 4 Dec 1921 - 1929         Sir Eustace Edward Twistleton-     (b. 1864 - d. 1943)
                             Wykeham-Fiennes 
1929 - 1936                Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston   (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
1936 - 1941                Sir Gordon James Lethem            (b. 1886 - d. 1962)
1941 - 1943                Sir Douglas James Jardine          (b. 1888 - d. 1946)
1943 - 1947                Sir Leslie Brian Freeston          (b. 1892 - d. 1958)
1947 - 1948                W.R. Macnie (acting)
1948 - 17 Sep 1950         Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin,           (b. 1899 - d. 1958)
                             Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
17 Sep 1950 - 18 Oct 1956  Kenneth William Blackburne         (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
                            (from 1952, Sir Kenneth William Blackburne) 
18 Oct 1956 -  1 Jan 1960  Alexander Thomas Williams          (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
                            (from 1958, Sir Alexander Thomas Williams) 

Governors
1632 - 1635                Sir Thomas Warner                   (d. 1649)
1635 - 1639                Edward Warner
1639 - 1640                Rowland Thompson
1640 - 1652                Henry Ashton
1652 - 1660                Christopher Keynell
1661 - 1664                John Bunckley
1665 - Nov 1666            Robert Carden
Nov 1666                   Robert le Fichot des Friches,
                             sieur de Clodoré -French governor
Nov 1666 -  9 Nov 1666     Quest -French governor
1666 - 1667?               Daniel Fitche (or Fish)
1667 - 1670                Henry Willoughby
1668 - 1671                Samuel Winthrop
Lieutenant governors
1671 - 1675                Philip Warner
1675 - 1678                Rowland Williams (1st time)
1678 - 1680                James Vaughan
1680 - 1682                Valentine Russell
1682 - 1683                Paul Lee
1683 - 1688                Edward Powell
1689 - 1692                Rowland Williams (2nd time)
1692 - 1698                Vacant
1698 - 1715                John Yeamans
1715 -  4 Dec 1741         Edward Byam                        (b. 1662 - d. 1741)
1742 - 1747                George Lucas
1747 - 1816                Vacant
Governors 
1747 - 1816                the Governors of the Leeward Islands
1816 - 1819                George William Ramsay              (b. 1770 - d. 1838)
1819 - 1826                Sir Benjamin D'Urban               (b. 1777 - d. 1849)
1826 - 1832                Sir Patrick Ross
1832 - 1836                Evan John Murray MacGregor         (b. 1785 - d. 1841)
                             (acting to 1834)
1837 - 1842                Sir William MacBean George         (b. 1787 - d. 1870)
                             Colebrooke 
1842 - 1846                Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy       (b. 1796 - d. 1858)
1847 - 1850                James Macaulay Higginson           (b. 1805 - d. 1885)
1850 - 1855                Robert James Mackintosh
1855 - 1863                Ker Baillie Hamilton               (b. 1804 - d. 1889)
Apr 1859 - Apr 1860        Edward John Eyre                   (b. 1815 - d. 1901)
                             (acting for Hamilton)
1863 - 1868                Sir Stephen John Hill              (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1869 - 1871                Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1871 - 1936                the Governors of the Leeward Islands
Presidents
1871 - 1872                ....
 3 Jun 1872 - 18..         E.D. Baynes
18.. - 1936                ....
Administrators
1936                       Hubert Eugène Bader                (b. 1902 - d. 1936)
1936 - 1941                James Dundas Harford               (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
1941 - 1944                Herbert Boon
1944 - 1946                F.S. Harcourt
1946 - 1947                Leslie Stuart Greening             (b. 1895 - d. ....)
1947 - 1954                Richard St. John Ormerod Wayne     (b. 1904 - d. 1959)
1954 - 1958                Alec Lovelace                      (b. 1907 - d. 1981)
 3 Oct 1958 - 1964         Ian Graham Turbott                 (b. 1922)
 6 Mar 1964 - 1967         Sir David James Gardiner Rose      (b. 1923 - d. 1969)
Governor
27 Feb 1967 -  1 Nov 1981  Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs        (b. 1919 - d. 1995)

Chief minister
 1 Jan 1960 - 27 Feb 1967  Vere Cornwall Bird                 (b. 1910 - d. 1999)  ALP
Premiers
27 Feb 1967 - 14 Feb 1971  Vere Cornwall Bird (1st time)      (s.a.)               ALP
14 Feb 1971 -  1 Feb 1976  George Herbert Walter              (b. 1928 - d. 2008)  PLM
 1 Feb 1976 -  1 Nov 1981  Vere Cornwall Bird (2nd time)      (s.a.)               ALP

Party abbreviations: ALP = Antigua Labour Party (conservative); PLM = Progressive Labour
Movement

Queen¹
 1 Nov 1981 -              the Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
 1 Nov 1981 - 10 Jun 1993  Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs        (b. 1919 - d. 1995)
10 Jun 1993 - 17 Jul 2007  James Beethoven Carlisle           (b. 1937)
                             (from 9 Nov 1993, Sir James Beethoven Carlisle)
17 Jul 2007 -              Louise Lake-Tack (f)               (b. 1944)

Prime ministers
 1 Nov 1981 -  9 Mar 1994  Vere Cornwall Bird                 (b. 1910 - d. 1999)  ALP
 9 Mar 1994 - 24 Mar 2004  Lester Bryant Bird                 (b. 1938)            ALP
24 Mar 2004 -              Winston Baldwin Spencer            (b. 1948)            UPP

  ¹Full style of the ruler from 11 Feb 1982: "By the Grace of God, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

Party abbreviations: ALP = Antigua Labour Party (conservative); UPP = United Progressive
Party (conservative)

11 Nov 1493                Discovered by Spanish, named Isla Dulcina.
1628                       Barbuda an English colony.
1632                       Becomes a dependency of Antigua.
1666                       The village of Codrington established. 
 9 Jan 1685 - 1870         Barbuda leased to Codrington family by the crown.
1816 - 1832                Part of Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat colony.
 1 Aug 1860                United with Antigua.
23 Dec 1976                Barbuda Local Government Act grants limited autonomy. 
 1 Oct 1980                Failed separation attempt from Antigua.
 1 Nov 1981                Part of independent Antigua and Barbuda.

Governor
1628 - 1632                John Littleton
Administrators
1632 - 1685                ....
 9 Jan 1685 - 1710         Sir Christopher Codrington         (b. 1668 - d. 1710)
                           + John Codrington (to 5 Jun 1705)
17.. - 1790                Sir William Codrington             (b. 1715 - d. 1790)
1790 - 1870                ....
Wardens (magistrates)
1870 - 1931                ....
1931 - 1935                Henry Darrell Carlton Moore        (b. 1900)
1935 - 1952                ....
1952 - 1953                G.A. Thibou                        (b. 1921)
1953 - 1981                ....
Chairmen of the Barbuda Council
1977 - 1979                ....
1979 - 1985                Thomas Hilbourne Frank (1st time)  (b. 1932)       BPM
1985 - 1989                Arthur Manoah Nibbs (1st time)     (b. 1958)       BPM
1989 - 1997                Thomas Hilbourne Frank (2nd time)  (s.a.)          BPM
1997 - Apr 2001            Arthur Manoah Nibbs (2nd time)     (s.a.)          BPM
Apr 2001 - 2005            Fabian Jones (1st time)                            BPM 
2005 - 19 Jan 2006         Lincoln Burton                                     BPM
19 Jan 2006 -  9 Jan 2008  Randolph Beazer                                    BPM
 9 Jan 2008 -              Fabian Jones (2nd time)                            BPM 

Party abbreviations: BBB = Barbudans for a Better Barbuda (regionalist, pro-self determination, est.2004); BPM = Barbuda People's Movement (regionalist, advocates greater autonomy); BPMC = Barbuda People's Movement for Change (regionalist, est.2002)

11 Nov 1493                Discovered by Christopher Colombus and named 
                             Santa Maria la Redonda (St. Mary the Round).
Jun 1865                   Kingdom of Redonda² proclaimed (not recognized by U.K.).
26 Mar 1872                Annexed by Britain; incorporated into Antigua.
27 Feb 1967                Dependency of Antigua.
 1 Nov 1981                Dependency of independent Antigua and Barbuda.

King²
Jun 1865 - 26 Mar 1872     Matthew I                          (b. 1824 - d. 1888)

 ²In Jun 1865 Matthew Dowdy Shiel (s.a.), an Irish merchant in Montserrat dedicated to shipping, was on the island or Redonda, which that at that time did not belong to any country. In celebration of the birth of his son, and with certain influence of the abundance of the alcohol, Matthew Shiel proclaimed the island for himself as a kingdom, and himself as King Matthew I.  Seven years later Britain took possession from the island ignoring the claim of Shiel. Following the British annexation, several dubious events occurred. Matthew abdicated on 21 of Jul 1880 in favor of his son, Philippe Shiel (Matthew Phipps Shiel) (b. 1865 - d. 1947), who was proclaimed king Philip (or Felipe) I, he died in 1947. leaving  "the succession" - by testament to his literary adviser, the poet John Gawsworth as Juan I (whose real name was Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong)(b. 1912 - d. 1970). Gawsworth tried to sell the island to the Swedish royal family but was prevented by Britain. After the death of Juan I in 1970, the crown was demanded by John Wynne-Tyson (Juan II). However in 1984 the "nobility" recognized Cedric Boston (Cedric I) as king. In 1989 Juan II, designated a successor, history professor William Leonard Gates (Leo V) in favor of whom he abdicated on the 26 Oct 1989. At the moment there are nine pretenders to "the throne" of Redonda, among them Bob Williamson (Robert I) a successor of Jon Wynne-Tyson, who assumes he inherited the "kingdom" on the death of Juan II. Robert I supposedly "acceded" to the throne in 1997. That there are now as many as nine pretenders to the Redondan throne is a testament to the confusion of Gawsworth's last years.