Governor-General of the Federation of the West Indies

Governor-General of the Federation of the West Indies

The Federation of the West Indies (consisting of Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands), less commonly referred to as the British Caribbean Federation, had a single Governor-General during its short existence, 3 January 1958–31 May 1962: Governor-general Lord Hailes (1901-1974); alongside him was a Prime Minister (Sir Grantley Herbert Adams) after 18 April 1958.

The federation sat in Port of Spain, Trinidad.


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