List of Governor Generals of the Bahamas in Order
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Below is the List of Governor Generals of the Bahamas in Order
Sir John Paul
Sir Milo Butler
Doris Sands Johnson
Sir Gerald Cash
Sir Gerald Cash
Sir Henry Milton Taylor
Sir Henry Milton Taylor
Sir Clifford Darling
Sir Orville Turnquest
Dame Ivy Dumont
Dame Ivy Dumont
Paul Adderley
Arthur Dion Hanna
Sir Arthur Foulkes
Dame Marguerite Pindling
Sir Cornelius A. Smith
Who was the first proprietary governor of the Bahamas?
In 1717 the proprietors leased the island to Rogers for 21 years. On February 6, 1718, Rogers was o cially appointed Captain-General and Governor in Chief in and over the Bahama Islands by King George I. Thus he became the first Royal Governor of The Bahamas.
Who brought the first slaves to the Bahamas?
The earliest African inhabitants of the Bahamas came during the 1640s from Bermuda and England with the Eleutheran Adventurers, many were also brought from other parts of the West Indies. In the 1780s after the American Revolutionary War, many British loyalists resettled in the Bahamas.