Trinidad and Tobago




1899-1958


YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1899 1 january UK colony Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
1900 4 december Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney
1904 30 august Sir Henry Moore Jackson
1909 11 may Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
1916 1 june Sir John Robert Chancellor
1922 1 january Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson
1924 22 november Sir Horace Archer Byatt
1930 22 march Sir Alfred Claud Hollis
1936 17 september Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
1938 8 july Sir Hubert Winthrop Young
1942 8 june Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford
1947 7 march Sir John Valentine Wistar Shaw
1950 19 april Sir Hubert Elvin Rance
1955 23 june Sir Edward Betham Beetham

1958-1962


YEAR DATE EVENT PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR
1958 3 january State of West Indies Federation Eric Williams Sir Edward Betham Beetham
1960 4 july Sir Solomon Hochoy

1962-

YEAR DATE EVENT KING/PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER GENERAL GOVERNOR
1962 31 august Independent under Commonwealth queen Elisabeth II Eric Williams Sir Solomon Hochoy
1973 february Sir Ellis Clarke
1976 1 march Republic Ellis Clarke Eric Williams
1981 30 march Georges Chambers
1986 18 december Arthur N.R. Robinson
1987 13 march Noor Mohammad Hassanali
1991 17 december Patrick Manning (I)
1995 8 november Basdeo Panday
1997 19 march Arthur N.R. Robinson
2001 24 december Patrick Manning (II)
2003 17 march Maxwell Richards


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