Saint Kitts and Nevis
 

to 1874     1874 - Dec 1958 Leeward Islands   Dec 1958 - 27 Feb 1967   27 Feb 1967 - 30 May 1967   30 May 1967 - 19 Sep 1983 Adopted 19 Sep 1983 Map of St. Kitts and Nevis Hear National Anthem "Oh Land of Beauty!" Text of National Anthem Adopted 1983 Constitution  (19 Sep 1983) Capital: Basseterre (Old Road 1623-1727) Currency: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)  National Holiday: 19 Sep (1983) Independence Day Population: 53,821 (2019) GDP: $1.43 billion (2023)  Exports: $577.6 million (2023) Imports: $674.1 million (2023) Ethnic groups: African descent 92.5%, mixed 3%, white 2.1%, East Indian 1.5%, other 0.6%, unspecified 0.3% (2001)  Total Active Armed Forces: 70 (2012) Paramilitary Force: 112 (2012) Merchant marine: 341 ships (2023)  Religions: Protestant 75.6% (includes Anglican 16.6%, Methodist 15.8%, Pentecostal 10.8%, Church of God 7.4%, Baptist 5.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.4%, Wesleyan Holiness 5.3%, Moravian 4.8%, Evangelical 2.1%, Brethren 1.7%, Presbyterian 0.3%), Roman Catholic 5.9%, Hindu 1.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other 5%, none 8.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2011) International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, ACS, ALBA, AOSIS, APM, BTWC, C, Caricom, CCM, CDB, CELAC, CTBT, CWC, ECCB, ECCU, ESCR, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU (observer), IRENA, ISA, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, NPT, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO (observer), WTO St. Kitts and Nevis Index Chronology 12 Nov 1493                St. Kitts discovered and claimed for Spain by                              Columbus, named Isla de San Jorge. 28 Jan 1623                Saint Christopher's (St. Kitts) an English colony. 1625                       French also settle on Saint-Christophe (see below). 13 May 1627 - 16 Jul 1702  Island divided into separate English St. Kitts                              (the center) and French Saint-Christophe                              (both ends) colonies.  2 Jul 1627                Granted to James, Earl of Carlisle by King Charles I                              of England (as part of the Islands of Carlisle                              Province, also called Carliola).  7 Sep 1629 - 1630         Spanish occupation of English and French colonies. 29 Apr 1650 - 1651         Loyal to Royalist forces of King Charles II                              during the English Civil War. 22 Apr 1666 -  5 Jul 1671  French occupy entire island. 25 Jan 1671 - 16 Oct 1816  Part of Leeward Islands colony (see Antigua). 15 Aug 1689 - 24 Jun 1690  French occupy entire island. 16 Jul 1690 - 13 Jan 1699  English occupy entire island. 1701 - 1704                Under direct rule from Antigua. 16 Jul 1702                British annex the French part the island. 22 Feb 1706 - Mar 1706     French occupy and pillage St. Christopher. 11 Apr 1713                English possession confirmed by Treaty of Utrecht. 12 Feb 1782 -  3 Sep 1783  Occupied by France. 1816 - 1832                Part of Colony of St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla,                               and the British Virgin Islands. 19 Dec 1832 -  1 Jan 1960  Part of the Leeward Islands (see Antigua). 1882                       Presidency of Saint Christopher and Nevis                              (Saint Christopher also called Saint Kitts).  3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962  Part of the Federation of the West Indies                               (see Trinidad and Tobago). 27 Feb 1967                Associated state (Saint Christopher, Nevis and                              Anguilla). 19 Dec 1980                Anguilla ceased to form part of the territory of                              the associated state of Saint Christopher, Nevis                              and Anguilla. 13 Apr 1981                Renamed Saint Christopher and Nevis. 19 Sep 1983                Independence from U.K. 19 Sep 1983                Saint Christopher and Nevis [other styles authorized                              by the Constitution: Saint Kitts and Nevis,                              Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis,                              Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis]); Nevis is                              granted limited self-government. 10 Aug 1998                Nevis independence referendum fails. French Saint-Christophe (1625-1702) Nevis

Governors
28 Jan 1623 -  7 Sep 1629  Thomas Warner (1st time)           (b. 1580 - d. 1648)
                             (from 21 Sep 1627, Sir Thomas Warner)
                             (king's lieutenant 13 Sep 1625-29 Sep 1629, then governor)
1624 - 1626                John Jeaffreson (Jefferson)        (b. 1597 - d. 1660)
                             (acting for Warner)
1629 - 1630                George Donne                       (b. 1605 - d. 1639)
                             (acting for Warner)
 7 Sep 1629 - 1630         Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo Osorio  (b. 1580 - d. 1634)
                             (Spanish governor)
1630 - 10 Mar 1648         Sir Thomas Warner (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1648 - 1650                Rowland Rich (or Redge)
1650 - 1651                Sydenham Poyntz                    (b. 1607 - d. 1663)
1651 - 1660                Clement Everard
Deputy governors
1660 - 22 Apr 1666         William Watts                      (d. 1666)
22 Apr 1666 -  5 Jul 1671  French rule (see Saint-Christophe)
1671 - 1681                Abednego Mathew                    (b. 1633? - d. 1681)
1682 - 1697                Thomas Hill                        (d. 1697)
1697 - 1701                James Norton
1701 - 1704                None, direct rule from Antigua
1704 - 1706                Walter Hamilton
22 Feb 1706 - Mar 1706     Henri Louis de Chavagnac,          (b. 1664 - d. 1743)
                             comte de Chavagnac
1706 - 1715                Michael Lambert                    (b. 1654? - d. 1724)
1715 - 1733                William Mathews, Jr.               (b. 1684 - d. 1752)
1733 - 1769                Gilbert Fleming
1769 - Feb 1782            None, direct rule from Antigua
12 Feb 1782 - 1783         Arthur, comte de Dillon -Governor  (b. 1750 - d. 1794)
1783 - 1816                None, direct rule from Antigua
Presidents
1759 - 1769                James Verchild                     (b. 1710 - d. 1769)
1769 - 17..                Richard Hawkshaw Losack            (b. 1730 - d. 1813)
17.. - 1775?               Lewis Brotherson                   (d. 1780)
1775 - 1780                Craister Christopher Greathead     (b. 1714 - d. 1780)
                             (Greatheed)
c.Jan 1781                 Anthony Johnson
c.1788/89/91               John Nugent                        (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
c.1793 - 1795              John Stanley
c.1796 - 25 Oct 1796       Archibald Esdaile                  (d. 1796)
Oct 1796 - 15 Apr 1797     John J. Thomas                     (d. 1797)
15 Apr 1797 - 1798?        Robert Thomson (1st time)
c.Mar 1798 - 1800?         Richard Iles
c.1800 - Jul 1802          Robert Thomson (2nd time)
Jul 1802 - 180.            Samuel Harman
 1 Aug 1807 - Nov 1808     William Woodley                    (b. 1762 - d. 1810)
Nov 1808 -  7 Sep 1809     James Tyson                        (b. 17.. - d. 1809)
1809 - 1814/15             John Julius                        (b. 1768 - d. 1815)
1815 - 13 May 1816         Stedman Rawlins                    (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
Governors
13 May 1816 - 15 Jul 1816  Stedman Rawlins (1st time)(acting) (s.a.)
15 Jul 1816 - 10 Jan 1819  Thomas Probyn                      (b. 1763 - d. 1819)      
10 Jan 1819 - 27 Sep 1819  John W.D. Wilson (2nd time)(acting)
27 Sep 1819 -  7 May 1820  Charles William Maxwell (1st time) (b. 1776 - d. 1848)
 7 May 1820 - 20 Dec 1821  John W.D. Wilson (1st time)(acting)
20 Dec 1821 -  2 Jul 1827  Charles William Maxwell (2nd time) (s.a.)
 2 Jul 1827 -  5 Dec 1828  Stedman Rawlins (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
 5 Dec 1828 - 11 Jan 1832  Charles William Maxwell (3rd time) (s.a.) 
11 Jan 1832 - 1832         William Nicolay                    (b. 1771 - d. 1842)
14 Jul 1832 -  6 Mar 1833  Robert Nickle (1st time)           (b. 1783 - d. 1855)
 6 Mar 1833 - 12 Apr 1833  William Edward Killikelly (acting)
12 Apr 1833 - 20 Apr 1833  Robert Nickle (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
20 Apr 1833 - 1836         John Lyons Nixon                   (b. c.1773 - d. 1836)
1836 - 1837                William Greatheed Crooke (acting)  (d. 1847)
1837                       Henry Light (acting)
1837 - 1839                Henry George Macleod               (b. 1791 - d. 1847)
30 May 1839 - 14 Jan 1847  Charles Thornton Cunningham        (b. 1797 - d. 1847)
1847                       Robert T. Claxton (acting)         (b. 1794/96 - d. 1849)
1847 - 1850                Robert James Mackintosh            (b. 1806 - d. 1864)
1850 - 1855                Edward Hay Drummond Hay            (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
1855 - 1859                Hercules George Robert Robinson    (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
1859 - 1860                Thomas Price (acting)              (b. 1817 - d. 1865)
1860 - 1866                Benjamin Chilly Campbell Pine      (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1866 - 1867                James Richard Holligan (acting)    (b. 1820 - d. 1869)
1867                       Sir Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold    (b. 1820 - d. 1869)
                             (acting)
1867 - 1868                James George Mackenzie             (b. 1810 - d. 1879)
Nov 1868 - 1870            William Wellington Cairns          (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
Administrator
1870 - 24 Mar 1872         Francis Spencer Wigley             (b. 1805 - d. 1872)
Presidents
Apr 1872 - 1873            James Samuel Berridge              (b. 1806 - d. 1885)
 6 Feb 1873 - 1882         Alexander Wilson Moir              (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
Jun 1882 -  8 Oct 1888     Charles Monroe Eldridge            (b. 1825 - d. 1888)
                             (acting to 1885)
1888 - 1889                Francis Spencer Wigley (acting)    (b. 1844 - d. 1911)
Commissioner
1889 - 1895                John Kemys Spencer-Churchill       (b. 1835 - d. 1913)
Administrators
1895 - 1899                Thomas Risely Griffith             (b. 1848 - d. ....)
1899 -  3 May 1904         Charles Thomas Cox (1st time)      (b. 1858 - d. 1933)
 3 May 1904 -  9 Sep 1904  Francis Spencer Wigley (acting)    (s.a.)
 9 Sep 1904 - Oct 1904     Charles Thomas Cox (2nd time)      (s.a.)
26 Oct 1904 - 13 May 1906  Robert Bromley                     (b. 1874 - d. 1906) 
                             (from 11 Mar 1905, Sir Robert Bromley) 
1906 - Aug 1915            Thomas Laurence Roxburgh           (b. 1853 - d. 1945)
Aug 1915 - Jan 1916        Archibald Roger (acting)           (b. 1842 - d. 1917)
Jan 1916 - 1925            John Alder Burdon                  (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
23 Nov 1925 - 1929         Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston   (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
Aug 1929 -  4 Apr 1931     Terence Charles Macnaghten         (b. 1872 - d. 1944)
1931 -  2 Feb 1939         Douglas Roy Stewart                (b. 1886 - d. 1939)
 2 Feb 1939 -  2 Jun 1940  ....
 2 Jun 1940 - 1947         James Dundas Harford               (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
 1 Jul 1947 - 1949         Leslie Stuart Greening             (b. 1895 - d. 1974)
Jan 1949 - 31 May 1949     Frederick Mitchell Noad            (b. 1895 - d. 1966)
1949 - 1956                Hugh Burrowes                      (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
15 Mar 1956 -  1 Jan 1966  Henry Anthony Camillo Howard       (b. 1913 - d. 1977)
 1 Jan 1966 - 27 Feb 1967  Frederick "Fred" Albert Phillips   (b. 1918 - d. 2011)
Governors
27 Feb 1967 - 1969         Frederick "Fred" Albert Phillips   (s.a.)
                             (from 10 Jun 1967, Sir Frederick Albert Phillips)
1969 - 1975                Milton Pentonville Allen           (b. 1888 - d. 1981)
                             (from 1 Jan 1972, Sir Milton Pentonville Allen) 
                             (acting to 1 Sep 1972)
 1 Aug 1975 - 26 Nov 1981  Probyn Ellsworth Innis             (b. 1936 - d. 2017)
                             (from 1 Jan 1976, Sir Probyn Ellsworth Innis)
27 Nov 1981 - 19 Sep 1983  Clement Athelston Arrindell        (b. 1931 - d. 2011)
                             (from 12 Jun 1982, Sir Clement Athelston Arrindell)
King/Queen¹
19 Sep 1983 -              the King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
19 Sep 1983 - 31 Dec 1995  Sir Clement Athelston Arrindell    (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1996 -  2 Jan 2013  Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian (b. 1921 - d. 2017)
 2 Jan 2013 - 19 May 2015  Sir Edmund Wickham Lawrence        (b. 1935)
19 May 2015 - 31 Jan 2023  Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton      (b. 1950 - d. 2023)
                             (from 24 Nov 2015, Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton)
                             (acting to 1 Sep 2015)
 1 Feb 2023 -              Marcella Althea Liburd (f)         (b. 1953)
                             (from 4 Feb 2023, Dame Marcella Althea Liburd)

Chief ministers
 1 Jan 1960 - Jul 1966     Caleb Azariah Paul Southwell       (b. 1913 - d. 1979)  SKLP
Jul 1966 - 27 Feb 1967     Robert Llewelyn Bradshaw           (b. 1916 - d. 1978)  SKLP
Premiers
27 Feb 1967 - 23 May 1978  Robert Llewelyn Bradshaw           (s.a.)               SKLP
23 May 1978 - 18 May 1979  Caleb Azariah Paul Southwell       (s.a.)               PAM
20 May 1979 - 21 Feb 1980  Lee Llewellyn Moore                (b. 1939 - d. 2000)  SKLP
21 Feb 1980 - 19 Sep 1983  Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds          (b. 1936)            PAM
Prime ministers
19 Sep 1983 -  4 Jul 1995  Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds          (s.a.)               PAM
 4 Jul 1995 - 18 Feb 2015  Denzil Llewellyn Douglas           (b. 1953)            SKLP
18 Feb 2015 -  6 Aug 2022  Timothy Sylvester Harris           (b. 1964)            PLP
 6 Aug 2022 -              Terrance Michael Drew              (b. 1976)            SKLP

  ¹Full style:
(a) 19 Sep 1983 - 1983: "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) 1983 - 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth";
(c) from 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, of Saint Christopher and Nevis, King, Head of the Commonwealth."

Territorial Dispute: Joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea.

Party abbreviations: PAM = People's Action Movement (St. Kitts, conservative, est.1965); PLP = People's Labour Party (reformist, social-democratic, center-left, split from SKLP, est.2013); SKLP = Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (social-democratic, center-left, until 1966 named St. Kitts Workers League, est.1932); TU = Team Unity (SKLP opposition coalition of PAM, CCM and PLP, est.Dec 2014)

1625                       French settle on St. Christopher (Saint-Christophe).
1625 - 1635                Under Compagnie de Saint-Christophe rule.
13 May 1627 - 16 Jul 1702  Island divided into separate English St. Christopher
                             (the center) and French Saint-Christophe (both ends)
                             colonies (confirmed 5 Sep 1628, 5 Aug 1629 and 15 Jul 1637);
1628 - 16 Jul 1702         Part of the French Antilles colony (see Martinique).
 7 Sep 1629 - 1630         Spanish occupation of the French and English colonies.
1635 - 24 May 1651         Under Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique rule.
24 May 1651                Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique sells rights to administer
                             Saint-Christophe (and Saint-Martin, Saint-Croix, and Saint-
                             Barthélemy) to the Order of the Knights of Malta.
24 May 1651 -  4 Jan 1666  Saint-Christophe a seigneury of the Knights of Malta.
10 Aug 1665                Knights of Malta agree to sell their rights to the
                             Compagnie Française des Indes Occidentales
                             (effective 4 Jan 1666).
 4 Jan 1666                French colony.
 4 Jan 1666 - 1674         Under Compagnie des Indes Occidentales rule.
11 Apr 1666 -  5 Jul 1671  French occupy entire island.
15 Aug 1689 - 24 Jun 1690  French occupy entire island.
16 Jul 1690 - 13 Jan 1699  English occupy entire island.
16 Jul 1702                British annex French part as part of St. Kitts.
22 Feb 1706 - Mar 1706     French occupy and pillage St. Christopher.
11 Apr 1713                English possession confirmed by Treaty of Utrecht.
12 Feb 1782 -  3 Sep 1783  French occupy entire island (see above).

Captains general of Saint-Christophe and Lieutenant generals
for the King of the Isles and the Land of America (Captain Général de Saint-Christophe
et Lieutenant Général pour le Roi des Isles et Terre-ferme de l'Amérique)
1625 -  7 Sep 1629         Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc    (b. 1585 - d. 1636)
                             (1st time)
 7 Sep 1629 - 1630         Spanish occupation
1630 - 1636                Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1636 - 1638                Pierre, sieur du Halde
1638 - 1639                René de Béthoulat, seigneur de la  (b. c.1585 - d. af.1660)
                             Grange-Fromenteau
1639 - 1644                Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy(b. 1583 - d. 1660)
                             (1st time)
1644 - 1646                Robert de Longvilliers de Poincy   (b. 1611 - d. 1666)
1646 - 1660                Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy(s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1660 - 1666                Charles de Sales                   (b. 1626 - d. 1666)
1666 - 1689                Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent,   (d. 1689)
                             chevalier de Saint-Laurent
1689 - 16 Jun 1690         Charles de Pechpeyrou-Comminges    (b. 16.. - d. 1702)
                             de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud
                             (interim)
16 Jul 1690 - 13 Jan 1699  English rule
1699 - 16 Jul 1702         Jean-Baptiste, comte d'Oyac de     (b. 1656 - d. 1705)
                             Gennes

Map of Nevis

Capital: Charlestown (Jamestown 1628-1690)

Local Holiday: 3 Aug (1834) Emancipation Day

Population: 11,415 (2011)

12 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus and 
                             named Isla San Martin, later renamed Isla Nuestra Señora
                             de Las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snows).
 2 Jul 1627                Nevis (Mevis) granted to James, Earl of Carlisle by King
                             Charles I of England (as part of the Islands of Carlisle
                             Province, also called Carliola) .
22 Jul 1628                English colony (until 1671 subordinated to Barbados).
17 Jun 1629 - 1630         Spanish occupation.
25 Jan 1671 - 1816         Part of Leeward Islands colony (see Antigua).
1701 - 1704                Under direct rule from Antigua.
21 Mar 1706                French attack and pillage Nevis.
14 Feb 1782 -  3 Sep 1783  Occupied by France (named Niévès).
1816 - 1871                Part of Colony of St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and
                             the British Virgin Islands.
19 Dec 1832 -  1 Jan 1960  Part of the Leeward Islands (see Antigua).
1882                       Part of Presidency of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
18 Aug 1977                Referendum for secession, organized by the Nevis Reformation
                             Party (total 4,220 persons who voted, 4,193 voted for
                             secession, 14 persons voted no). Declared void by St. Kitts
19 Sep 1983                Part of independent Saint Kitts and Nevis, with limited
                             self-rule.
13 Oct 1997                Nevis assembly votes for separation from St. Kitts (not effected).
10 Aug 1998                Independence referendum fails, 61.7% vote yes (however a 67.7%
                             minimum was required for approval).

Governors
22 Jul 1628 - 1629         Anthony Hilton (1st time)          (d. 1634)
1629                       George Hay
1630 - 1631                Anthony Hilton (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1631 - 1634                Thomas Littleton                   (d. 1634)
1634 - 1635                Luke Stokes (Stoakes)(1st time)
1635 - 1637                Thomas Sparrow (Sparrowe)
1637 - 1638                Sir Henry Huncks (Hunks)           (b. c.1595 - d. 16..)
1639                       John Jennings
1640                       Jenkin Lloyd
1640 - 1641                John Meakem
1641                       John Kettleby
1641 - 1649                Jacob Lake                         (d. 1649)
1649 - 1657                Luke Stokes (Stoakes)(2nd time)
1657 - 1671                Sir James Russell                  (b. 1600 - d. 1674)
1672 - 1685                William Stapleton                  (d. 1686)
                             (from 1679, Sir William Stapleton)
Deputy governors (Lieutenant governors)
1672 - 1676                Randolph (Randal) Russell          (d. 1678)
1685                       William Burt
1685 - 1687                Sir James Russell (acting)         (d. 1687)
1687 - 1691                John Netheway                      (d. 1691)
1692 - 1699                Samuel Gardner
1699 - 1702                Roger Elrington
1702 - 1703                Christopher Codrington?
                             (acting)
1703 - 1706                John Johnson
1706 - 1722                Walter Hamilton                    (d. 1722)
May 1722 - 1732            Charles Sybourg (de Sibourg)       (d. 1733)
1732 - 1737                William Hanmer
1737 - 1741                ....
1741 - 1761?               Lancelot Storey                    (d. 1761?)
Apr 1761 - 1771            James Johnston                     (b. c.1721 - d. 1797)
1771 - 1796                ....
Feb 1782 - Sep 1783        François Claude Amour, marquis     (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             de Bouille -French Governor
22 Jul 1796 - c.1831?      William Boothby
Presidents
1699 - 1707                William Burt II                    (b. 1640? - d. 1707)
1707? - 1722?              Daniel Smith                       (b. 1667 - d. 1722)
bf.1731 - 1745             Michael Smith                      (d. 1745)
1745 - 1756                James Symonds                      (d. 1762)
1756 - 1761                William Maynard                    (b. 1703 - d. 1785)              
1762 - 1766                John Richardson Herbert (1st time) (b. 1732 - d. 1793)
1766                       Charles Pym Burt                   (b. 1726 - d. 1788)
1766 - 1782                John Richardson Herbert (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting to 1767)
Feb 1782 - 1783            Millon de Villeroy
                             (French garrison commander)
1784 - Jan 1793            John Richardson Herbert (3rd time) (s.a.)
1793? - 1803               John Browne                        (b. 17.. - d. 1803)
1803? - 1807?              John Colhoun Mills                 (b. 1771? - d. 1828)
1807? - c.1817?            Thomas John Cottle                 (b. 1761 - d. 1828)
c.1817 - c.1831            Walter Maynard                     (b. 1776 - d. 1845)
c.1833 - 1841              James Daniell
1841 - 1842                Josiah Webbe Maynard
1842 -  7 Mar 1842         Ralph Brush Cleghorn               (b. 1804 - d. 1842)
1842 - 1844                Laurence Graeme                    (b. 1797 - d. 1850)
1845 - 1853                Willoughby Shortland               (b. 1804 - d. 1869)
10 Jan 1854 - 1857         Frederick Seymour                  (b. 1820 - d. 1869)
1857 - 1860                Carlo Arthur Edward Rumbold        (b. 1820 - d. 1869)
                             (1st time)
Oct 1860 - Apr 1861        Anthony Musgrave (acting)          (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
1861 - 1863                Carlo Arthur Edward Rumbold        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1863 - 1864                Isidore Peter Lynch Dyett          (b. 1812 - d. 1864)
Jul 1864 -  9 Mar 1866     James Watson Sheriff               (b. 1803 - d. 1866)
1865 - 1866                Walter Maynard (acting)            (b. 1808 - d. ....)
1866 - 1869                James George Mackenzie             (b. 1803? - d. 1879)
14 Jan 1869 - 1870         William Wellington Cairns          (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
1870 - 1872                Francis Spencer Wigley             (b. 1844 - d. 1911)
                             (acting to 1871)
Apr 1872 - May 1873        Charles Monroe Eldridge            (b. 1825 - d. 1888)
1873 - 1876                Alexander Augustus Melfort         (b. 1827 - d. 1890)
                             Campbell
May 1876 - 1877            Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy        (b. 1839 - d. 1900)
 6 Apr 1877 - 1879         Arthur Elibank Havelock            (b. 1844 - d. 1908)
1879                       John Kemys Spencer-Churchill       (b. 1835 - d. 1913)
                             (acting)
Apr 1879 - 1882            Charles Spencer Salmon             (b. 1832 - d. 1896)
21 Jul 1882 - Dec 1882     William Henry Whyham (acting)      (b. 1848 - d. 19..)
Wardens (magistrates)
1882 - 1889                ....
c.1886                     Francis Spencer Wigley             (s.a.)
1889 - 1890                Charles Grey Evelyn                (b. 1849 - d. 1912)
1890 - 1903                Robert Julian Orde Jocelyn,        (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
                             Earl of Roden
c.1903 - c.1910            Charles Arthur Shand               (b. 1855 - d. 1910)
Jan 1911 - c.1920          Charles Cocksage Greaves
1920 - 1925                Frederick Henry Watkins            (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
 1 Oct 1925 - 1937         Arthur Charles Kent Tibbits        (b. 1877 - d. 1940)       
1937 - 1939                Stedman Esdaile Moir               (b. c.1885 - d. 1973)
Dec 1939 - Jan 1946        Hugh Burrowes                      (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
1946 - 1955                Edward Arthur Evelyn               (b. 1904 - d. 1974)
 1 Feb 1955 - 1958         Donald St. Clair Brooks            (b. 1924)
1959  (6 months)           Cecil Oliver Byron (1st time)      (b. 1916 - d. 2007)
                             (acting)
1959 - 1963                Walter Leonard Maguire             (b. 1909 - d. ....)
1963 - 1969                Roland Spencer Byron               (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
1969 - 1980                Eric Crell (?)                     (b. 1916 - d. 1987)
Mar 1980 - 1983            Cecil Oliver Byron (2nd time)      (s.a.)
Deputy Governors-general
19 Sep 1983 -  5 Jun 1992  Weston Parris                      (b. 1929 - d. 1992)
 5 Jun 1992 - 15 Jan 1994  Vacant
15 Jan 1994 - 30 Apr 2017  Eustace John                       (b. 1939 - d. 2017)
 1 May 2017 - 31 Aug 2017  Vacant
 1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2018  Marjorie L. Maynard Morton (f)
                             (acting)
 1 Sep 2018 -              Hyleta M. Liburd (f)(f)  

Premiers
19 Sep 1983 -  2 Jun 1992  Simeon Daniel                      (b. 1934 - d. 2012)  NRP
 2 Jun 1992 - 11 Jul 2006  Vance Winkworth Amory (1st time)   (b. 1949 - d. 2022)  CCM
11 Jul 2006 - 23 Jan 2013  Joseph Walcott Parry               (b. 1948)            NRP
23 Jan 2013 - 29 Oct 2017  Vance Winkworth Amory (2nd time)   (s.a.)               CCM
29 Oct 2017 -              Mark Brantley                      (b. 1969)            CCM

Party abbreviations: CCM = Concern Citizens Movement (Nevis regionalist, pro-independence, est.1987); NRP = Nevis Reformation Party (Nevis regionalist, pro-autonomy, est.1970)