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List of resident commissioners and governors of the Solomon Islands

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879: 19: 474: 1698: 1240: 1001: 1733: 1532: 1428: 961: 1433: 1031: 1360: 107: 1170: 188:) separated from the BWPT. A separate High Commissioner for the Western Pacific was appointed. The High Commissioner remained temporarily based in Fiji, but moved to 1210: 1160: 831: 840: 1512: 1497: 504: 463: 1083: 919: 1462: 1245: 346: 204:. On 2 January 1976, after nearly all had been given separate statehood, the office of High Commissioner and the entity of the BWPT were abolished. 1487: 1088: 914: 403: 1413: 1345: 1255: 458: 196:, at the end of 1952, and from 1 January 1953, the role was combined with that of the Governor of the Solomon Islands. On 1 January 1972, the 687: 1681: 1320: 824: 692: 612: 1482: 1371: 1290: 1285: 1230: 1103: 1315: 1310: 1305: 1265: 755: 446: 201: 1728: 1614: 1260: 1250: 934: 653: 499: 69: 1703: 1639: 1594: 1295: 1006: 976: 1542: 1452: 817: 1649: 1634: 1423: 1418: 1325: 1280: 863: 765: 602: 524: 1381: 1275: 1270: 1078: 954: 534: 809: 1599: 1552: 570: 529: 396: 1386: 1350: 1215: 878: 606: 575: 473: 295: 231: 221: 73: 1405: 509: 494: 617: 300: 320: 1723: 1609: 1235: 1123: 1073: 482: 185: 1195: 1180: 1093: 858: 730: 682: 643: 580: 389: 1502: 1507: 1376: 1133: 929: 924: 585: 117: 1674: 1547: 1472: 1300: 1046: 1036: 996: 868: 23: 1569: 1467: 1220: 1150: 971: 889: 720: 702: 658: 592: 565: 519: 514: 18: 1659: 1644: 1355: 1098: 697: 597: 548: 1145: 1063: 789: 750: 735: 712: 631: 560: 421: 197: 167: 1225: 261: 1477: 1068: 1026: 966: 798: 770: 760: 451: 1190: 745: 429: 193: 147: 97: 47: 27: 1654: 1011: 944: 725: 648: 1400: 1185: 1041: 939: 904: 839: 740: 127: 43: 35: 1669: 1664: 1205: 1128: 949: 899: 251: 50: 8: 1564: 1443: 1175: 1058: 1053: 909: 137: 63: 54: 31: 1492: 1457: 1391: 1200: 1165: 848: 1557: 1021: 271: 1589: 1155: 77: 1016: 412: 157: 57: 181: 1717: 1368:
Senior British representatives in the neighbouring Malayan protected states
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Governors, civil commissioners and administrators of British dependencies
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Resident commissioners of the Solomon Islands Protectorate (1896–1953)
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Senior British representatives in the constituent protected states
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Senior British representatives in neighbouring protected states
972:
Governor of Tristan da Cunha (Administrator of Tristan da Cunha)
175: 962:
Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
1032:
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1734:
Lists of British colonial governors and administrators
459:
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
1316:
Governor of Rhode-island and Providence Plantations
920:
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory
68:The resident commissioners were subordinate to the 905:Governor of Ascension (Administrator of Ascension) 1246:Governor of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla 347:"Solomons, Once Battleground, Gains Independence" 1715: 1623: 1488:High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan 1361:High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States 915:Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory 1256:Governor-General of the West Indies Federation 825: 397: 1682:Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony 411: 176:Governors of the Solomon Islands (1953–1978) 1372:General Adviser to the Government of Johore 1084:Governors of British South African colonies 832: 818: 404: 390: 1615:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1251:Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands 1166:Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo 70:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1640:Government Resident of Central Australia 1410:Heads of the provinces of British India 977:Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands 17: 1543:High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands 1503:Governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak 76:(BWPT) who was, until 3 July 1952, the 1716: 1650:Government Resident of North Australia 1017:Lieutenant Governor of Griqualand West 864:Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 1406:Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1382:Adviser to the Government of Kelantan 1079:High Commissioner for Southern Africa 955:Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands 813: 385: 1600:Governor-General of Papua New Guinea 1513:Representative in the Trucial States 1498:Representative in the Raj of Sarawak 1387:Adviser to the Government of Perlis 464:Truth and Reconciliation Commission 296:Governor-General of Solomon Islands 74:British Western Pacific Territories 13: 877: 321:"Britain to Give Solomons Freedom" 14: 1745: 1538:Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland 1463:Representative in Muscat and Oman 369: 301:Prime Minister of Solomon Islands 1729:Governors of the Solomon Islands 1697: 1696: 1236:Governor of Prince Edward Island 1074:Governor-General of South Africa 935:Governor of the Falkland Islands 472: 1605:Governor of the Solomon Islands 1595:Governor-General of New Zealand 1196:Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1181:Governor of the Leeward Islands 859:Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey 72:, the executive officer of the 1377:Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah 1201:Lieutenant governors of Tobago 1141:Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice 1134:Lieutenant Governor of Grenada 1089:Governor of British Somaliland 930:Governor of the Cayman Islands 925:Governor of the Virgin Islands 339: 313: 118:Charles Rufus Marshall Workman 1: 1675:Governor of Western Australia 1635:Governor-General of Australia 1548:Governor of the Isle of Wight 1473:Governor of the Malayan Union 1286:Governor of Massachusetts-Bay 1241:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1047:Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1037:Governor of Northern Rhodesia 1002:Governor of British Cameroons 997:Governor of British Mauritius 869:Lieutenant Governor of Jersey 306: 1570:Governor of Northern Ireland 1468:High Commissioner for Malaya 1221:Governor of British Columbia 1151:Governor of British Honduras 7: 1660:Governor of South Australia 1645:Governor of New South Wales 1553:Civil Commissioner of Malta 289: 238:4 March 1961 – 16 June 1964 24:Solomon Islands archipelago 10: 1750: 1483:Resident Minister in Nepal 1453:High Commissioner for Iraq 1321:Governor of South-Carolina 1306:Governor of North-Carolina 1216:Governor General of Canada 1146:Governor of British Guiana 1064:Governor of the Seychelles 198:Gilbert and Ellice Islands 168:Henry Graham Gregory-Smith 1694: 1578: 1521: 1334: 1291:Governor of New Hampshire 1226:Governor of New Brunswick 1112: 985: 888: 875: 847: 783: 711: 678: 671: 639: 630: 556: 547: 490: 481: 470: 420: 1478:Governor of North Borneo 1311:Governor of Pennsylvania 1211:Governor of Newfoundland 1069:Governor of Sierra Leone 1027:Governor of Lagos Colony 967:Governor of Saint Helena 452:Solomon Islands campaign 252:Sir Robert Sidney Foster 228:July 1955 – 4 March 1961 108:Frederick Joshua Barnett 1724:Lists of office-holders 1261:Governor of Connecticut 1231:Governor of Nova-Scotia 1191:Governor of St. Vincent 1124:Governor of the Bahamas 430:British Solomon Islands 218:3 July 1952 – July 1955 194:British Solomon Islands 148:William Sydney Marchant 98:Charles Morris Woodford 48:British Solomon Islands 28:British Solomon Islands 1655:Governor of Queensland 1296:Governor of New-Jersey 1094:Governor of Tanganyika 1012:Governor of Gold Coast 1007:Governor of the Gambia 945:Governor of Montserrat 882: 726:Big man (anthropology) 353:. 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Index


Solomon Islands archipelago
British Solomon Islands
Bougainville Island
North Solomon Islands
resident commissioners
British Solomon Islands
protectorate
dependent
Solomon Islands
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
British Western Pacific Territories
Governor of Fiji
Charles Morris Woodford
Frederick Joshua Barnett
Charles Rufus Marshall Workman
Richard Rutledge Kane
Francis Noel Ashley
William Sydney Marchant
Owen Cyril Noel
Henry Graham Gregory-Smith
Fiji
Tonga
Honiara
British Solomon Islands
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
their own governor
Sir Robert Stanley
Sir John Gutch
Sir David Trench

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