Tenure
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Portrait
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Incumbent
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Notes
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French Suzerainty
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French colony, subordinated to Île de France (Mauritius)
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21 November 1742 |
Claimed for France by Lazare Picault, named Îles de La Bourdonnais, not settled
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1 November 1756 |
Annexed by France (Îles de Séchelles), not settled until 27 August 1770
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27 August 1770 to 1772 |
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Jean-Charles de Launay de La Perrière, Commandant |
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1772 to 1775 |
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Joseph François Eugène Benjamin Anselme, Commandant |
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1775 to 1777 |
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Jean-Baptiste Le Roux de Kermeseven, Commandant |
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1778 to 1781 |
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Charles Routier de Romainville, Commandant |
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1781 to 1783 |
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Louis François Claude Berthelot de la Coste, Commandant |
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1783 to 1786 |
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François, vicomte de Souillac, Commandant |
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1786 to 1789 |
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Augustin Motais de Narbonne, Commandant |
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1789 to 1792 |
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Louis Jean Baptiste Philogène de Malavois, Commandant |
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1792 to 1793 |
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Charles Joseph Esnouf, Commandant |
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9 September 1793 to 17 May 1810 |
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Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Governor |
Îles de Séchelles occupied by United Kingdom on 17 May 1794 (French administration continues to 17 May 1810)
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British Suzerainty
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British colony, subordinated to Mauritius
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17 May 1810 to 2 June 1811 |
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Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Commissioner |
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2 June 1811 to 1812 |
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Bartholomew Sullivan, Commissioner |
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1812 to 1815 |
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Bibye Lasage, Commissioner |
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1815 to 1822 |
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Edward Henry Madge, Commissioner |
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1822 to 1837 |
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George Harrison, Commissioner |
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1837 to 1839 |
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Arthur Wilson, Commissioner |
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1839 to 1850 |
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Charles Augustus Etienne Mylius, Commissioner |
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1850 to 1852 |
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Robert William Keate, Commissioner |
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1852 to 1862 |
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Charles William Bhering, Viscount Bhering, Commissioner |
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1862 to 1868 |
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Swinburne Ward, Commissioner |
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1868 to 1874 |
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William Hales Franklyn, Commissioner |
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1874 to 1879 |
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Charles Spencer Salmon, Commissioner |
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1879 to 1880 |
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Arthur Elibank Havelock, Commissioner |
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1880 to 1882 |
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Francis Theophilus Blunt, Commissioner |
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1882 to 1888 |
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Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly, Commissioner |
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1889 to 1895 |
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Thomas Risely Griffith, Administrator |
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1895 to August 1899 |
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Henry Cockburn Stewart, Administrator |
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August 1899 to 31 August 1903 |
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Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Administrator |
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British crown colony
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31 August 1903 to November 1903 |
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Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Administrator |
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November 1903 to 1904 |
Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Governor |
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1904 to 1912 |
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Walter Edward Davidson, Governor |
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1912 to 1918 |
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Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, Governor |
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1918 to 1922 |
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Sir Eustace Edward Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Governor |
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1922 to 1927 |
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Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne, Governor |
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May 1927 to November 1927 |
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Sir Malcolm Stevenson, Governor |
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November 1927 to March 1928 |
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Sir Justin Louis Devaux, Acting Governor[1] |
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March 1928 |
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Robert Vere de Vere, Acting Governor |
Sworn in on 22 March 1928 as Louis Devaux had refused to relinquish power[1]
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1928 to 1934 |
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Sir de Symons Montagu George Honey, Governor |
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1934 to 1936 |
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Sir Gordon James Lethem, Governor |
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1936 to 5 January 1942 |
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Arthur Francis Grimble, Governor |
From 1 January 1938, Sir Arthur Francis Grimble
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5 January 1942 to July 1947 |
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William Marston Logan, Governor |
From 8 June 1944, Sir William Marston Logan. John Woodman OBE (Chief Justice, 1943–47) acted as Governor in 1946.[2]
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July 1947 to 14 May 1951 |
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Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, Governor |
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14 May 1951 to 1953 |
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Frederick Crawford, Governor |
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31 May 1953 to January 1958 |
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William Addis, Governor |
From 9 June 1955, Sir William Addis
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January 1958 to 13 August 1961 |
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John Kingsmill Thorp, Governor |
From 13 June 1959, Sir John Kingsmill Thorp
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January 1962 to 1967 |
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The 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Governor |
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1967 to 1969 |
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Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Governor |
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1969 to 1973 |
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Sir Bruce Greatbatch, Governor |
Autonomy granted to the Seychelles on 12 November 1970
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1973 to 1 October 1975 |
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Colin Hamilton Allan, Governor |
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1 October 1975 to 28 June 1976 |
Colin Hamilton Allan, High Commissioner |
Self-rule granted to the Seychelles on 1 October 1975
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29 June 1976 |
Independence as Republic of Seychelles
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