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Gentleman's
Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 27 by Isaac Kimber and Edward Kimber. "William Shirley is appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands in the room of John Tinker deceased - 6 November
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More
Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies by Vere Langford Oliver: "His Excellency John Tinker died 10 July 1758 aged 58. 18 years Governor and Commander-in-Chief over these Islands"
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65:, the Bahamas were briefly occupied by both American and Spanish forces. In 1964, the Bahamas achieved self-governance, and, in 1973, full independence.
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970:
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2156:
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246:
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1995:
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714:
195:
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2197:
1745:
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1914:
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2017:
1985:
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1471:
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155:
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62:
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207:
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58:) as chief magistrate in 1703. In 1717, the Bahamas became a British crown colony, and the pirates were driven out.
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1519:
1497:
1428:
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2269:
2225:
2215:
2114:
2099:
2005:
401:
1029:
446:
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516:
3082:
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2220:
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1587:
1179:
1112:
949:
147:
349:
3234:
2591:
2524:
2355:
2279:
2264:
2180:
1990:
1955:
1942:
1571:
632:
123:
82:
1149:
856:
763:
2980:
2765:
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2519:
2484:
1970:
1396:
1164:
1097:
431:
179:
416:
379:
3249:
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2785:
2708:
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1960:
1640:
1293:
530:
501:
135:
47:
43:
319:
3144:
3023:
2755:
2638:
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1761:
1412:
1134:
820:
486:
143:
648:
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2428:
2119:
1321:
1229:
183:
3137:
2601:
2027:
1480:
1450:
1330:
1845:
3169:
2735:
1975:
1846:"Appointment of John Pope Hennessy as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands"
1656:
1548:
1082:
229:
1511:
2596:
2259:
2202:
2022:
1442:
722:
690:
675:
39:
1193:
1126:
17:
3032:
2166:
2039:
1965:
1790:
1774:
570:
151:
139:
106:
393:
British rule temporarily disrupted due to joint
Spanish and French raid on Charlestown
3297:
1739:
592:
555:
297:
1868:
1249:
2044:
1353:
51:
1313:
787:
1930:
1632:
1556:
1221:
667:
462:
191:
3117:
704:
2948:
Senior
British representatives in the neighbouring Malayan protected states
2309:
111:
35:
46:, but the islands were left to themselves. The local pirates proclaimed a '
1345:
2421:
Governors, civil commissioners and administrators of
British dependencies
2720:
1899:
1794:
30:
1894:
2945:
Senior
British representatives in the constituent protected states
3020:
Senior
British representatives in neighbouring protected states
2552:
Governor of
Tristan da Cunha (Administrator of Tristan da Cunha)
1766:
1681:
1677:
1326:
2393:
1903:
1727:
Governors of the
Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands (1969–1973)
1789:
On 10 July 1973 the
Bahamas gained full independence from the
1770:
1685:
2542:
Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2612:
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
2457:
1631:
1547:
1510:
1441:
1387:
1344:
1312:
1248:
1220:
1192:
1125:
1028:
900:
786:
713:
666:
583:
546:
707:
of the Bahama Islands (during American occupation, 1776)
311:
Proprietary governors of the Bahama Islands (1670–1706):
3314:
Lists of British colonial governors and administrators
1875:. Natl Centre of Biography, Australian Natl University
34:. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on
3203:
3158:
3101:
2914:
2896:
Governor of Rhode-island and Providence Plantations
2692:
2565:
2500:
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory
2468:
2427:
2238:
2179:
2081:
2004:
1941:
2485:Governor of Ascension (Administrator of Ascension)
2826:Governor of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
811:Royal governors of the Bahama Islands (1783–1969)
736:Royal governors of the Bahama Islands (1776–1782)
540:Royal governors of the Bahama Islands (1718–1776)
3068:High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan
2941:High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States
2495:Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory
38:. In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the
2836:Governor-General of the West Indies Federation
2405:
1915:
247:
8:
3262:Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony
2952:General Adviser to the Government of Johore
2664:Governors of British South African colonies
3200:
2412:
2398:
2390:
2242:
2185:
2087:
2010:
1922:
1908:
1900:
254:
240:
67:
3195:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
2831:Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands
2746:Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo
3220:Government Resident of Central Australia
2990:Heads of the provinces of British India
2557:Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
1736:Sir Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce
1707:Sir Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce
270:
3123:High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
3083:Governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak
1818:
1038:Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Baronet
201:
173:
161:
129:
117:
100:
81:
70:
3230:Government Resident of North Australia
2597:Lieutenant Governor of Griqualand West
2444:Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
3304:British colonial heads of the Bahamas
2986:Viceroy and Governor-General of India
2962:Adviser to the Government of Kelantan
2659:High Commissioner for Southern Africa
2535:Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands
971:Lieutenant-General William Dowdeswell
7:
3180:Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
3093:Representative in the Trucial States
3078:Representative in the Raj of Sarawak
1535:Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas
1273:Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan
2967:Adviser to the Government of Perlis
289:Governors of Eleuthera (1648–1657):
1873:Australian Dictionary of Biography
1375:Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith
25:
3118:Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland
3043:Representative in Muscat and Oman
1472:Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux
1068:William MacBean George Colebrooke
3309:British governors of the Bahamas
3277:
3276:
2816:Governor of Prince Edward Island
2654:Governor-General of South Africa
2515:Governor of the Falkland Islands
223:
92:
3185:Governor of the Solomon Islands
3175:Governor-General of New Zealand
2776:Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
2761:Governor of the Leeward Islands
2439:Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
2957:Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah
2781:Lieutenant governors of Tobago
2721:Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice
2714:Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
2669:Governor of British Somaliland
2510:Governor of the Cayman Islands
2505:Governor of the Virgin Islands
1:
3255:Governor of Western Australia
3215:Governor-General of Australia
3128:Governor of the Isle of Wight
3053:Governor of the Malayan Union
2866:Governor of Massachusetts-Bay
2821:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
2627:Governor of Southern Rhodesia
2617:Governor of Northern Rhodesia
2582:Governor of British Cameroons
2577:Governor of British Mauritius
2449:Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1986:Capture of the Bahamas (1783)
1981:Capture of the Bahamas (1782)
1520:Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford
3150:Governor of Northern Ireland
3048:High Commissioner for Malaya
2801:Governor of British Columbia
2731:Governor of British Honduras
1451:Sir William Lamond Allardyce
796:Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid,
63:American War of Independence
3240:Governor of South Australia
3225:Governor of New South Wales
3133:Civil Commissioner of Malta
1869:"Gregory, John (1795–1853)"
1852:(8355): 165. 18 March 1873.
780:(during Spanish occupation)
208:Abaco Independence Movement
168:1783 Capture of the Bahamas
156:1782 Capture of the Bahamas
3330:
3063:Resident Minister in Nepal
3033:High Commissioner for Iraq
2901:Governor of South-Carolina
2886:Governor of North-Carolina
2796:Governor General of Canada
2726:Governor of British Guiana
2644:Governor of the Seychelles
1604:Robert Arthur Ross Neville
1572:Sir William Lindsay Murphy
188:Slavery Abolition Act 1833
3274:
2871:Governor of New Hampshire
2806:Governor of New Brunswick
2455:
2349:
2245:
2193:Agriculture and fisheries
2188:
2167:Security and intelligence
2090:
2013:
1787:
1725:
1498:Charles William James Orr
1429:George Basil Haddon-Smith
1397:Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter
1202:Sir George Cumine Strahan
809:
775:
734:
702:
538:
528:
391:
309:
287:
29:list of governors of the
3058:Governor of North Borneo
2891:Governor of Pennsylvania
2791:Governor of Newfoundland
2649:Governor of Sierra Leone
2607:Governor of Lagos Colony
2547:Governor of Saint Helena
1641:Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur
1294:Sir Charles Cameron Lees
18:Governors of the Bahamas
2841:Governor of Connecticut
2811:Governor of Nova-Scotia
2771:Governor of St. Vincent
2704:Governor of the Bahamas
1762:Sir John Warburton Paul
1588:George Ritchie Sandford
1135:Sir Alexander Bannerman
1098:George Benvenuto Mathew
1053:Blayney Townley Balfour
910:The 4th Earl of Dunmore
3235:Governor of Queensland
2876:Governor of New-Jersey
2674:Governor of Tanganyika
2592:Governor of Gold Coast
2587:Governor of the Gambia
2525:Governor of Montserrat
2462:
1956:Eleutheran Adventurers
1636:
1552:
1515:
1446:
1392:
1349:
1322:Sir Henry Arthur Blake
1317:
1253:
1230:Sir John Pope Hennessy
1225:
1197:
1130:
1033:
905:
791:
778:Governors of Louisiana
718:
671:
588:
551:
124:Eleutheran Adventurers
3088:Governor of Singapore
2981:Governor of Hong Kong
2766:Governor of St. Lucia
2622:Governor of Nyasaland
2520:Governor of Gibraltar
2461:
1971:Raid on Nassau (1720)
1850:The Edinburgh Gazette
1635:
1551:
1514:
1445:
1391:
1348:
1316:
1252:
1224:
1196:
1165:Rawson William Rawson
1129:
1032:
955:(Lieutenant-governor)
904:
862:(Lieutenant-governor)
790:
717:
670:
587:
550:
350:Charles Chillingworth
101:Pre-Columbian Bahamas
3250:Governor of Victoria
3245:Governor of Tasmania
2906:Governor of Virginia
2881:Governor of New-York
2861:Governor of Maryland
2846:Governor of Delaware
2786:Governor of Trinidad
2741:Governor of Dominica
2709:Governor of Barbados
2684:Resident in Zanzibar
2530:Governor of Pitcairn
2480:Governor of Anguilla
1961:Raid on Charles Town
1619:The Earl of Ranfurly
1258:Sir William Robinson
1083:Sir Francis Cockburn
531:Privateer's Republic
230:Caribbean portal
136:Raid on Charles Town
110:Columbus' voyage to
48:Privateers' Republic
44:Province of Carolina
3145:Governor of Minorca
3024:Resident of Gwalior
2856:Governor of Georgia
2851:Governor of Florida
2756:Governor of Jamaica
2751:Governor of Grenada
2639:Governor of Senegal
2634:Governor of Nigeria
2490:Governor of Bermuda
1557:The Duke of Windsor
1413:William Grey-Wilson
1150:Charles John Bayley
857:James Edward Powell
843:John Robert Maxwell
764:John Robert Maxwell
609:Richard Fitzwilliam
202:Independent Bahamas
180:1783 Peace of Paris
144:Republic of Pirates
3113:Governor of Cyprus
3073:Governor of Penang
3038:Governor of Labuan
3009:Governor of Madras
3004:Governor of Bombay
2999:Governor of Bengal
2972:Adviser, Trengganu
2936:Governor of Ceylon
2679:Governor of Uganda
2463:
1996:American Civil War
1867:Wettenhall, R. L.
1637:
1553:
1516:
1447:
1393:
1350:
1318:
1254:
1226:
1198:
1131:
1034:
906:
792:
719:
672:
589:
552:
196:American Civil War
184:Abaco Slave Revolt
3291:
3290:
3270:
3269:
3138:Governor of Malta
3014:Governor of Sindh
2931:Governor of Burma
2602:Governor of Kenya
2387:
2386:
2345:
2344:
2234:
2233:
2175:
2174:
2157:Political parties
2105:Foreign relations
2077:
2076:
1810:
1809:
1777:
1748:
1715:
1693:
1483:
1458:
1361:
1333:
1301:
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1209:
957:
931:
884:
864:
825:
749:
654:
614:
468:
417:Cadwallader Jones
264:
263:
216:COVID-19 pandemic
40:lords proprietors
16:(Redirected from
3321:
3280:
3279:
3201:
3170:Governor of Fiji
2994:Governor of Aden
2926:Governor of Aden
2736:Governor of Cuba
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2407:
2400:
2391:
2372:
2365:
2358:
2243:
2206:
2186:
2130:Local government
2110:Governor-General
2088:
2011:
1976:Battle of Nassau
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1917:
1910:
1901:
1884:
1882:
1880:
1854:
1853:
1842:
1836:
1832:
1826:
1823:
1806:
1803:Bahamian Monarch
1799:Governor-General
1765:
1744:
1728:
1711:
1676:
1657:Robert Stapledon
1623:21 December 1953
1475:
1454:
1417:29 November 1904
1357:
1354:Sir Ambrose Shea
1325:
1297:
1280:
1233:
1205:
1180:Sir James Walker
975:20 November 1797
960:14 February 1797
953:
941:14 February 1797
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380:Richard Lilburne
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148:Battle of Nassau
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2125:Law enforcement
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1718:1 November 1968
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1608:7 December 1950
1524:10 January 1932
1486:8 December 1920
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1453:
1433:29 October 1912
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1275:
1232:
1204:
1001:Charles Cameron
952:
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881:
859:
810:
798:Count of Gálvez
797:
776:
746:
735:
723:Samuel Nicholas
703:
691:Montfort Browne
676:William Shirley
651:
611:
539:
529:
502:Ellis Lightfoot
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288:
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174:British Bahamas
162:Spanish Bahamas
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130:British Bahamas
118:Spanish Bahamas
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