Barbados

1627 British colony

3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 part of the Federation of the West Indies
(see under Trinidad and Tobago)
29 Nov 1966 independence

Governors
1794 - 1800 George Poyntz Rickets
1800 - 1801 William Bishop (2nd time) (acting)
1802 - 1806 Francis Humbertstone Mackenzie,
(from 1804) Baron Seaforth
1806 - 1810 John Spooner (acting)
1810 - 1815 Sir George Beckwith
10 May 1815 - 1817 Sir James Leith
1817 John Foster Alleyne (acting)
1817 - 1820 Stapleton Cotton, Viscount
Combermere
1820 John Brathwaite Skeete (acting)
1821 Samuel Hinds (acting)
1821 - 1829 Sir Henry Warde
1829 - 1833 Sir James Lyon
1833 - 1836 Sir Lionel Smith
1836 - 1841 Evan John Murray McGregor
(from 1839, Sir Evan John
Murray McGregor)
1841 Charles Henry Darling
1841 - 1846 Sir Charles Edward Grey
1846 - 1848 William Reid
1848 - 1856 William Macbean George Colebrooke (b. 1787 -
d. 1870)
1856 - 1859 Francis Hincks (b. 1807 -
d. 1885)
1859 - 1868 James Walker (b. 1809 -
d. 1885)
1868 - 1875 Rawson William Rawson (b. 1812 -
d. 1899)
1875 - 1876 Sir John Pope Hennessy (b. 1834 -
d. 1891)
1876 - 1880 George Cumine Strahan (b. 1838 -
d. 1889)
1880 - 1885 William Robinson (b. 1836 -
d. 1912)
1885 - 1889 Sir Charles Cameron Lees (b. 1831 -
d. 1898)
1889 - 1891 Sir Walter Joseph Sendall (b. 1833 -
d. 1904)
1891 - 1900 Sir James Shaw Hay (b. 1839 -
d. 1924)
18 Feb 1900 - 1904 Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson (b. 1851 -
d. 1925)
24 Oct 1904 - 1911 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter (b. 1848 -
d. 1927)
13 Feb 1911 - 1918 Sir Leslie Probyn (b. 1862 -
d. 1938)
27 Sep 1918 - 1925 Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien
 (from 1920, Sir Charles Richard
Mackey O'Brien) (b. 1859 -
d. 1935)
31 Dec 1925 - Jan 1933 William Charles Fleming Robertson
(from 1927, Sir William Charles
Fleming Robertson) (b. ... -
d. 1937)
Jan 1933 - 12 Mar 1933 Harry Scott Newlands (b. 1884 -
d. 1933)
5 Aug 1933 - 1938 Mark Aitchison Young (from 1934,
Sir Mark Aitchison Young) (b. 1886 -
d. 1974)
6 Aug 1938 - 1941 Eubule John Waddington (from 1939,
Sir Eubule John Waddington) (b. 1890 -
d. 1957)
23 Oct 1941 - 1947 Sir Henry Grattan Bushe (b. 1886 -
d. 1961)
5 Feb 1947 - 1949 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood (b. 1893 -
d. 1967)
1 Nov 1949 - 1953 Alfred William Lungley Savage
(from 1951, Sir Alfred William
Lungley Savage) (b. 1903 -
d. 1980)
14 May 1953 - 1959 Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell (b. 1904 -
d. 1989)
8 Oct 1959 - 29 Nov 1966 Sir John Montague Stow (b. 1911)
Governors-general
29 Nov 1966 - 18 May 1967 Sir John Montague Stow (s.a.)
18 May 1967 - 9 Aug 1976 Sir Arleigh Winston Scott (b. 1900 -
d. 1976)
9 Aug 1976 - 17 Nov 1976 William Douglas (1st time) (b. 1921)
(acting)
17 Nov 1976 - 9 Jan 1984 Sir Deighton Lisle Ward (b. 1909 -
d. 1984)
10 Jan 1984 - 24 Feb 1984 William Douglas (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
24 Feb 1984 - 6 Jun 1990 Sir Hugh Springer (b. 1913 -
d. 1994)
6 Jun 1990 - 19 Dec 1995 Dame Nita Barrow (f) (b. 1916 -
d. 1995)
19 Dec 1995 - 1 Jun 1996 Sir Denys Williams (acting) (b. 1929)
1 Jun 1996 - Sir Clifford Husbands (b. 1926)

Premiers
1 Feb 1954 - 17 Apr 1958 Grantley Herbert Adams (from
1957, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams) (b. 1898 -
d. 1971)
17 Apr 1958 - 8 Dec 1961 Hugh G. Cummins (b. 1891)
8 Dec 1961 - 18 Nov 1966 Errol Barrow (b. 1920 -
d. 1987)
Prime ministers
18 Nov 1966 - 8 Sep 1976 Errol Barrow (1st time) (s.a.)
8 Sep 1976 - 11 Mar 1985 J.M.G. Adams (b. 1931 -
d. 1985)
11 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1986 Bernard St. John (b. 1931)
29 May 1986 - 1 Jun 1987 Errol Barrow (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1987 - 7 Sep 1994 Erskine Sandiford (b. 1937)
7 Sep 1994 - Owen Arthur (b. 1949)