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This is a list of viceroys in Nevis from the island's settlement by English in 1628 until its union with
Saint Kitts and
Anguilla to form
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla in 1883.
Governors of Nevis (1628–1685)
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Anthony Hilton, 1628–1629
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George Hay, 1629–1630
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Anthony Hilton, 1630–1631, second time
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Thomas Littleton, 1631–1634
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Luke Stokes, 1634–1635, first time
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Thomas Sparrow, 1635–1637
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Henry Huncks, 1637–1638
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John Jennings, 1639
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Jenkin Lloyd, 1640
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John Meakem, 1640–1641
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John Kettleby, 1641
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Jacob Lake, 1641–1649
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Luke Stokes, 1649–1657, second time
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James Russell, 1657–1671
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Sir William Stapleton, 1672–1685
Deputy Governors of Nevis (1672–1737)
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Randall Russell, 1672–1676
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William Burt, 1685
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James Russell, 1685–1687
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John Netheway, 1687–1691
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Samuel Gardner, 1692–1699
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Roger Elrington, 1699–1702
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John Johnson, 1703–1706
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Walter Hamilton, 1706–1712
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Daniel Smith, 1712–1722
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Charles Sibourg, 1722–1732
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William Hanmer, 1733–1737
Presidents of Nevis (1737–1882)
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Michael Smith, 1731–1744
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James Symonds, 1745–1756
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William Maynard, 1756–1761
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James Johnston, 1761–1771
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Joseph Richardson Herbert, 1771–1782
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François Claude Amour, Marquis de Bouille, 1782–1783 Governor (French occupation)
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Joseph Richardson Herbert, 1784–1793, restored
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James Daniell, 1807–1840
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Josiah Webbe Maynard, 1840–1841
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Ralph Cleghorn, 1841–1842
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Lawrence Graeme, 1842–1844
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Willoughby J. Shortland, 1845–1854
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Frederick Seymour, 1854–1857
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Arthur Rumbold, 1857–1860
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George Cavell Webbe, 1860–1864
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James Watson Sheriff, 1864–1866
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Charles Monroe Eldridge, 1872–1873
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Alexander Augustus Melfort Campbell, 1873–1876
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Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1876–1877
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Arthur Elibank Havelock, 1877–1878
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Charles Spencer Salmon, 1879–1882
In 1883 Nevis formed part of
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, with a president on Saint Christopher (
Saint Kitts). For a list of viceroys in Nevis following this, see
List of colonial heads of Saint Christopher.