Government Officers of St. Vincent
Posted on October 7, 2006
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ST. VINCENT GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
This set of records includes Privy Council matters & other local political appointments found in records at the National Archives (formerly Public Records Office - PRO, in UK) and some newspaper and book notices.
Some of the extracts on this page were transcribed by researcher CINDY KILGORE, who has kindly allowed us to use them here.
SEE ALSO: 1779 Almanack
AITKEN, Robert (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 27 April 1858
ALVES, William Gemmell (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council- 21 Oct. 1856
ANDERSON, Alexander - Surgeon and Botanist. Caretaker of the St. Vincent Botanic Garden from 1785 to 1811.
ANTON, George (Esq.) - (Registrar of the Supreme Court), to be an Official Member of the Legislative Council - 09 March 1901
ARRINDELL, Richard - Named as a member of His Majesty’s Council of the island in the 02 May 1829 marriage announcement of his sister Eliza ARRINDELL to John PRIMROSE, Esq. - 01 July 1829
ASHWELL/ATHWELL, Charles (Esq.) - To be secretary, register, clerk of the council, and clerk of the inrolments 1782 - 1783
AUDAIN, John - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
AUDAIN, John (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council & the Executive Council - 27 April 1858
BARNARD, Sir John - Report of Advocate General on memorial of Sir John BARNARD, registrar of Admiralty Court - 15 Feb 1799
BENTINCK, Capt. William (Esq.) - William BENTINCK, Esq. appointed Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, Bequia, and other such islands called the Grenadines — taking the place of James SETON, Esq. - 14 April 1797
BERKELEY, George (Esq.) - (now Colonial Secretary for the colony of British Honduras), to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. Vincent - 09 June 1845
BROWNE, George McIntosh (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
CALEY, George - Curator of Botanical Gardens 1816 to December 1822
CAMERON, Edward John (Esq.) - Administrator of the Island of St. Vincent to the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George-C.M.G. - 30 June 1905
CAMPBELL, Duncan - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 1776
CAMPBELL, Sir John - Appointed Lieutenant-Governor
CARUTH, Peter - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 06 Dec. 1861
CHAPMAN, Robert - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 27 April 1858
CHECKLEY, Robert (M. D.) - Appointed to Commission for the International Exhibition of 1862 - August 1861
CHOPPIN, James Clement - Appointed Solicitor-General - 26 March 1853
CHOPPIN, James Clement (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 18 February 1861
CLAREMONT, George William Frederick (Capt.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 14 Dec. 1872
CLOKE, Edward John (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 25 October 1869
COLLINS, John - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 1776
COULL, James George (Esq.) - Appointed to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council - 14 December 1892
COWDREY, ?? - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
COWIE, David - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 06 Dec. 1861
COWIE, David - Appointed to Commission for the International Exhibition of 1862 - August 1861
COWIE, David (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 23 June 1864
COWIE, David (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 25 Oct. 1869
CURTIS, Roger William (Esq.) - Appointed to be Civil Engineer for the Island - 30 May 1855
deFREITAS, Anthony (Esq.) - Chief Justice and Acting Administrator of the Island of St. Vincent for services in connexion with the war - March 1918
DENTON, George Chardin (Esq.) - From Chief of Police for the Island of St. Vincent to Colonial Secretary for Lagos (formerly Capt. in the Army) - 04 March 1888
D’OYLEY, John (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 23 June 1864
DRAPE, ?? - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
DUNDAS, George (Esq. C. M. G.) - Currently Lt. - Governor of St. Vincent but appointed to both the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Island - 27 Dec. 1877
DURRANT, Frederick Chester Wells (Esq.) - Appointed to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council - 25 July 1896
EYRE, Edward John (Esq.) - Appointed Lieutenant-Governor for the Island - 06 Nov. 1854
FRENCH, J - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 1794
GERARD, Archibald - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 25 Oct. 1869
GLASGOW, Robert - from hospital mate in the West Indies, to surgeon to the forces in the Island of St. Vincent’s as of 10 December 1785 - 10 Dec. 1785
GLASGOW, Robert - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 26 Sept 1796
GODDARD, Fitzroy Pleydell (Esq.) - From Her Majesty’s Consul in St. Vincent to same post in Corsica, to reside at Ajaccio - 15 June 1885
GORDON, Robert - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 15 July 1799
GORE, Augustus Frederick (Esq.) - From Lt. Gov. of Tobago to be Admin. of the Govt. and Colonial Secretary for St. Vincent - 04 May 1880
GRAHAM, James (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
GRANT, James Mayer (Esq.) - Appointed Treasurer - 27 March 1854
GRANT, James Mayer (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
GRANT, James Mayer - Appointed to Commission for the International Exhibition of 1862 - August 1861
GREG, John - One of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands - 1760’s
HAGART, James McCaul (Lt. Col., C. B.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 31 March 1862
HAWTAYNE, George Hammond - Appointed to Commission for the International Exhibition of 1862 - August 1861
HAZELL, Henry (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 09 March 1887
HAZELL, Henry Arrindell (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 30 Nov. 1880
HAZELL, John Hercules - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 06 August 1862
HAZELL, John L. - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
HINCKS, Francis (Esq.) - Was Governor for St. Vincent but appointed to same post for British Guiana - 05 Dec. 1861
HUGHES, John James (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Council - 14 May 1855
HUGHES, John James (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
HUGHES, William Edwin (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 04 August 1881
HUGHES, William Edwin (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 09 March 1887
HUNT, John - One of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands - 1760’s
IRWIN, Alexander Burrows - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 16 July 1798
JACKSON, Josias - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 21 Sept 1791
KINGDON, Alfred (Esq.) - Acting Attorney General for St. Vincent appointed to be Solicitor General for British Guiana - 03 March 1887
LABORDE, Edward (Esq.) - Appointed Provost-Marshal - 02 Aug. 1860
LABORDE, Edward - (Esq., C. M. G.) - From Admin. of St. Vincent to Admin. of the Windward Islands - 16 April 1888
LABORDE, Edward Daniel (Esq.) - (Chief of Police), to be a Member of the Executive Council - 09 March 1901
LABORDE, Horatio William (Rev.) - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 14 April 1866
LE GALL, John (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
LEWIS, Albert (Esq.) - Appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsel - 27 August 1879
LEWIS, Allan (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 23 June 1864
LEYBOURNE, William Leybourne (Esq.) - Was Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Islands of Granada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Tobago in 1771.
LINCOLN, Edmund (Esq.) - Was appointed to be captain-general and governor in chief in and over St. Vincent, Bequia, and such other the islands, commonly called the Grenadines - 1783
LLEWELYN, Robert Baxter (Esq.) - From Admin. of Tobago to same post for St. Vincent - 08 March 1888
LYNCH, William - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 06 August 1862
LYNCH, William, (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 09 March 1887
MacDONALD, Duncan A. (Esq.) - Appointed to be member of the Executive Council - 03 January 1894
MacDONNELL, Richard Graves (Esq., C. B.) - Now Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Gambia, to be Lieutenant-Governor - 23 Feb. 1852
MacDONNELL, Richard Graves (Esq., C. B.) - Was Lieutenant-Governor in 1854 but appointed to a similar post in South Australia - 06 Nov. 1854
McKENZIE, William (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 27 April 1858
McLEOD, Alexander - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
MALING, Irwin Charles (Esq.) - (Colonial Secretary of Grenada), to be Administrator of the Government of the Island of St. Vincent and its dependencies - 18 May 1889
MALING, Irwin Charles (Esq.) - Administrator of the Island of St. Vincent to the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George - 01 January 1892
MELVILLE, ?? - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
MUSGRAVE, Anthony (Esq.) - Appointed Lieutenant-Governor for the Island - 13 May 1862
MUSGRAVE, Anthony (Esq.) - (now Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. Vincent) to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Newfoundland and its dependencies - 29 July 1864
OTTLEY, Thomas - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 1776
OTTLEY, Richard - Esq. - letter from Governor MELVILLE, dated March 1st, 1766, relating to his appointment of Richard OTTLEY, Esq., to be Lt. Governor of St. Vincent, in the room of Mr. HIGGINSON, deceased - 1766
PORTER, Alexander - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 17 Oct. 1885
PORTER, David Kennedy - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 25 Oct. 1869
PROUDFOOT, John Blair - Appointed Member of the Legislative Council - 19 Sept. 1882
RAWSON, Rawson William (C. B.) - Appointed Governor for the Island - 15 April 1869
REILLY, John (Esq.) - Appointed Police Magistrate for the district of Kingston* - 05 March 1858
RENNIE, William Hepburn (Esq.) - Appointed Lieutenant-Governor - 09 March 1874
ROBERTSON, Richard - Appointed Member Of The Executive Council - 30 January 1826
ROSS, ?? - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
ROSS, William (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
SHARPE, Henry Edward - Appointed Chief Justice - 15 Oct. 1846
SHAW, Henry (Esq.) - Appointed Treasurer - 28 July 1864
SHAW, Walter Sidney (Esq.) - Barrister-at-Law, to be Chief Justice of the Island of St. Vincent - 15 Feb. 1908
SHAW, W. S. (Esq.) - (Chief Justice), to be a Member of the Executive Council and an official Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Vincent - 20 Feb. 1908
SIMMONS, Charles James (Esq.) - Reppointed to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council - 22 September 1892
SIMMONS, Charles James (Esq.) - Appointed to be member of the Executive Council - 03 January 1894
SIMMONS, Conrad Johnson (Esq.) - Barrister-at-law, to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council - 24 Jan. 1907
SIMPSON, James - Appointed the King’s Surveyor for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands -1760’s
SMITH, George (Esq., Q. C.) - Appointed to be a member of the Executive Council - 02 July 1890
STEWART, Charles Douglas - Appointed Attorney-General - 26 March 1853
STEWART, Charles Douglas (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Council - 19 June 1854
STEWART, Charles Douglas (Esq.) - Appointed Member of the Executive Council - 21 Oct. 1856
STEWART, Charles Douglas (Hon.) - Appointed to Commission for the International Exhibition of 1862
STEWART, Robert - One of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands - 1760’s
SUTHERLAND, ?? - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
THACKER, Ransley Samuel - Appointed Chief Justice and Police Magistrate
THOMPSON, Harry Langhorne (Esq.) - Administrator of the Island of St. Vincent and its Dependencies to the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George - 23 May 1900
THORNTON, Swinford Leslie (Esq.) - Barrister-at-law (Registrar, Supreme Court, and Commissioner of the Court of Requests, Malaces, Straits Settlements), to be Attorney-General - 16 April 1894
TYLER, Captain George - Of the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Governor, knighted by the Queen - 19 Nov. 1838
VERRALL, Percy Wilfred - Appointed member of the Executive Council on July 14, 1937
WALKER, James (Esq., C. B.) - Appointed Governor for St. Vincent - 05 Dec. 1861
WARNER, Charles John - Appointed to His Majesty’s Council - 15 July 1799
WARNER, Thomas H. - Appointed to House of Assembly - 1831
WILLIAMS, George Cyril Griffith - Appointed Chief Justice and Police Magistrate - January 1935
WILSON, James (Esq.) - Named as a member of the Council for St. Vincent in his death notice. He was of Cane Grove, St. Vincent and Yorkshire, England - 09 Sept. 1830
WOOLDRIDGE, Hon. Thomas - Was Provost Marshal General of the quit-rents in 1771
WRIGHT, William Maturin (Lt., R. N.) - Appointed Treasurer for the Island - 11 May 1862
WYLLY, William - Appointed Chief Justice (He died in 1828) - 1823
WYNNE, Robert - One of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands - 1760’s
YOUNG, George - M. D., Surgeon to the Forces, First curator of the St. Vincent Botanic Garden, 1765 - 1774.
YOUNG, William - One of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for the Sale and Disposal of Lands in the Ceded Islands - 1760’s. Sir William YOUNG was a West Indian magnate, bring Governor of the islands of St. Vincent and Dominica. He owned three sugar plantations in St. Vincent [Calliaqua was one of them], two in Tobago, two in Antigua, and one in Dominica. In 1769, he was made a baronet, and at the time of his death, his estates’ combined worth was estmiated at more than 200,000 British pounds.
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searching for any info on ANTHONY HART HOBSON about 1840-1860 AND JOHN HENRY HOBSON early 1800s - Chief Justice at some time