List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Seychelles

List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles

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Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Seychelles

Term	Incumbent	Notes

French Suzerainty

Claimed for France by Lazare Picault, named Îles de La Bourdonnais

Subordinated to Île de France (Mauritius)

1744 to 1 November 1756	None

Annexed by France (Îles de Séchelles), not settled until 27 August 1770

1 November 1756 to 27 August 1770	None

27 August 1770 to 1772	Jean-Charles de Launay de La Perrière, Commandant

1772 to 1775	Joseph François Eugène Benjamin Anselme, Commandant

1775 to 1777	Jean-Baptiste Le Roux de Kermeseven, Commandant

1778 to 1781	Charles Routier de Romainville, Commandant

1781 to 1783	Louis François Claude Berthelot de la Coste, Commandant

1783 to 1786	François, vicomte de Souillac, Commandant

1786 to 1789	Augustin Motais de Narbonne, Commandant

1789 to 1792	Louis Jean Baptiste Philogène de Malavois, Commandant

1792 to 1793	Charles Joseph Esnouf, Commandant

9 September 1793 to 17 May 1794	Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Governor

Îles de Séchelles occupied by United Kingdom (French administration continues to 17 May 1810)

17 May 1794 to 17 May 1810	Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Governor

British Suzerainty

British colony (subordinated to Mauritius)

17 May 1810 to 2 June 1811	Jean-Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, Commissioner

2 June 1811 to 1812	Bartholomew Sullivan, Commissioner

1812 to 1815	Bibye Lasage, Commissioner

1815 to 1822	Edward Henry Madge, Commissioner

1822 to 1837	George Harrison, Commissioner

1837 to 1839	Arthur Wilson, Commissioner

1839 to 1850	Charles Augustus Etienne Mylius, Commissioner

1850 to 1852	Robert William Keate, Commissioner

1852 to 1862	Charles William Bhering, Viscount Bhering, Commissioner

1862 to 1868	Swinburne Ward, Commissioner

1868 to 1874	William Hales Franklyn, Commissioner

1874 to 1879	Charles Spencer Salmon, Commissioner

1879 to 1880	Arthur Elibank Havelock, Commissioner

1880 to 1882	Francis Theophilus Blunt, Commissioner

1882 to 1888	Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly, Commissioner

1889 to 1895	Thomas Risely Griffith, Administrator

1895 to August 1899	Henry Cockburn Stewart, Administrator

August 1899 to 31 August 1903	Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Administrator

British crown colony

31 August 1903 to November 1903	Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Administrator

November 1903 to 1904	Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, Governor

1904 to 1912	Walter Edward Davidson, Governor

1912 to 1918	Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, Governor

1918 to 1922	Sir Eustace Edward Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Governor

1922 to 1927	Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne, Governor

May 1927 to November 1927	Sir Malcolm Stevenson, Governor

November 1927 to March 1928	Sir Justin Louis Devaux, Acting Governor

March 1928	Robert Vere de Vere, Acting Governor	sworn in 22 March 1928 as Louis Devaux had refused to relinquish power

1928 to 1934	Sir de Symons Montagu George Honey, Governor

1934 to 1936	Sir Gordon James Lethem, Governor

1936 to 5 January 1942	Arthur Francis Grimble, Governor	From 1 January 1938, Sir Arthur Francis Grimble

5 January 1942 to July 1947	William Marston Logan, Governor	From 8 June 1944, Sir William Marston Logan. John Woodman OBE (Chief Justice, 1943-47) acted as Governor in 1946.

July 1947 to 14 May 1951	Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, Governor

14 May 1951 to 1953	Frederick Crawford, Governor

31 May 1953 to January 1958	William Addis, Governor	From 9 June 1955, Sir William Addis

January 1958 to 13 August 1961	John Kingsmill Thorp, Governor	From 13 June 1959, Sir John Kingsmill Thorp

January 1962 to 1967	The 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Governor

1967 to 1969	Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Governor

1969 to 12 November 1970	Sir Bruce Greatbatch, Governor

Autonomy granted to the Seychelles

12 November 1970 to 1973	Sir Bruce Greatbatch, Governor

1973 to 1 October 1975	Colin Hamilton Allan, Governor

Self-rule granted to the Seychelles

1 October 1975 to 28 June 1976	Colin Hamilton Allan, High Commissioner

29 June 1976	Independence as Republic of Seychelles

Sentence(s)

Sweet-Escott became administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and then Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.
Sweet-Escott was the administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.
Sweet-Escott was the administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and the Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.

final_sentence: Sweet-Escott became administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and then Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.
final_sentence: Sweet-Escott was the administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.
final_sentence: Sweet-Escott was the administrator of the Seychelles in 1899 and the Governor of the Seychelles from 1903 to 1904.