Kingdom until a new governor-general was appointed. The governor-generals had generally been considered the leaders of the island from 1609-1876, until the island became a dominion of the British Empire . Johnathan Malcolm Parker (1746-1754) George Rothwell (1754-1761) Breton Peterson (1761-1767) Martin Thompson (1767-1778) Frederick Cooke (1778-1785) Christien Woods (1785-1789) Alexander