List of governors of Danish West India
This list includes all the governors of Danish West India .
Governors of St. Thomas
The West India Guinea Company bought St. Thomas in 1672.
- Jørgen Iversen Dyppel (May 25, 1672 - July 4, 1680)
- Nicolai Esmit (July 4, 1680 - November 1682)
- Adolph Esmit (November 1682 - May 7, 1684)
Governors of St. Thomas and St. Jan
The West India Guinea Company had been claiming St. Jan since 1683 and colonized the island in 1718.
- Gabriel Milan , (May 7, 1684 - February 27, 1686)
- Mikkel Mikkelsen , interim (February 27, 1686 - June 29, 1686)
- Christopher Heins (June 29, 1686 - March 1687)
- Adolph Esmit, interim (March 1687 - October 1688)
- Christopher Heins (October 1688 - October 1689)
- Johan Lorensen (October 1689 - September 17, 1692)
- Frans de la Vigne (September 17, 1692 - April 7, 1693)
- Johan Lorensen (April 7, 1693 - February 19, 1702)
- Claus Hansen (February 19, 1702 - February 8, 1706)
- Joachim Melchior von Holten (February 8, 1706 - December 21, 1708)
- Diderich Mogensen , interim (December 21, 1708 - 1710)
- Mikkel Knudsen Crone , (1710 - August 8, 1716)
- Erich Bredal , (August 8, 1716 - April 1724)
- Otto Jacob Thambsen , (May 1, 1724 - September 18, 1724)
- Friderich Moth , (September 19, 1724 - May 1727)
- Hendrich von Suhm , (May 1727 - February 21, 1733)
- Philip Gardelin , (February 21, 1733 - February 21, 1736)
- Friderich Moth (February 21, 1736 - April 13, 1744) - also Governor of St. Croix
- Jacob Schönemann , (1740 - 1744)
- Christian von Schweder , (April 13, 1744 - April 25, 1747)
- Christian Suhm , (April 25, 1747 - 1758)
Governors of St. Croix
Saint Croix was bought by the French West India Company in 1733 .
- Friderich Moth , Governor of St. Croix (January 8, 1735 - May 15, 1747)
- Gregers Høg Nissen , interim manager for St. Croix (February 24, 1736 - April 16, 1744)
- Paul Lindemark , interim manager for St. Croix (April 16, 1744 - May 15, 1747)
- Jens Hansen , Governor of St. Croix (May 15, 1747 - December 1751)
- Peter Clausen , Governor of St. Croix (December 1751 - 1758)
In 1755 the Danish West Indies were sold to Frederick V by the West India Guinea Company and thus became a crown colony. St. Croix was then headed by the Governor General of Danish West India.
Crown Colony Governors
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Christian Leberecht von Prock , Governor General for St. Thomas and St. Jan (1756 - 1766), since 1758 also of St. Croix
- Harrien Felschauer , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1758 - 1760)
- Johan Georg von John , Governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (1760 - April 1764)
- Ditlev Wilhelm Wildthagen , governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (April 1764 - November 1764)
- Peter Gyntelberg , Governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (November 1764 - 1765)
- Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff , governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1765 - 1766)
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Peter Clausen , Governor General (1766 - 1771)
- Jens Nielsen Kragh , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1766 - 1773)
- Frederik Moth , Governor General (1770 - 1772)
- Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff , Governor General (1772 - 1773)
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Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schimmelmann , Governor General (July 1773 - October 1773)
- Thomas de Malleville , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1773-1796)
- Peter Clausen (Governor General) , Governor General (October 1773 - 1784)
- Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schimmelmann , Governor General (1784 - 1787)
- Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff , Governor General (1787 - 1794)
- Wilhelm Anton Lindemann , Governor General (1794 - 1796)
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Thomas de Malleville , Governor General (1796-1799)
- Balthazar Frederik Mühlenfels , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1796 - 1800)
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Wilhelm Anton Lindemann , Governor General (1799 - March 31, 1801)
- Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten , governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (1800 - March 1801)
- John Clayton Cowell , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (March 31, 1801 - March 27, 1802) - British occupation
- Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff , Governor General (February 16, 1802 - October 27, 1802)
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Balthazar Frederik Mühlenfels , Governor General (October 27, 1802-1807)
- Willum von Rømeling , Governor for St. Thomas and St. Jan (March 27, 1802-1803)
- Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten , governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (1803 - December 1807)
- Hans Christopher Lillienskjøld , Governor General (March 1807 - December 1807)
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Henry Bowyer , Governor General (December 1807-1808)
- Guvernør McLean , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (December 1807 - November 20, 1815) - British occupation
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Peter Lotharius of Oxholm , Governor General (1815-1816)
- Christian Ludvig von Holten , governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (November 20, 1815 - 1818)
- Johan Henrik von Stabel , Governor General (May 1816 - July 1816)
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Adrian Benjamin Bentzon , Governor General (1816-1820)
- Peter von Scholten , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1818-1820)
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Carl Adolph Rothe , Governor General (1820-1822)
- Christian Ludvig von Holten , governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (February 1920 - March 1820)
- Peter von Scholten , Governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (April 1820 - July 1820)
- Carl Gottlieb Fleischer , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1820 - 1822)
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Johan Frederik Bardenfleth , Governor General (1822-1827)
- Carl Vilhelm Jessen , governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1822 - 1823)
- Peter von Scholten , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1823 - 1826)
- Johannes Søbøtker , governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1826 - 1829)
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Peter von Scholten , Governor General (1827 - July 1848)
- Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz Rosenørn , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1830-1834)
- Frederik von Oxholm , Governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (1834-1836)
- Johannes Søbøtker , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1836 - 1848)
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Frederik von Oxholm , Acting Governor General (July 1848 - November 1848)
- Hans Hendrik Berg , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1848)
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Peter Hansen , Government Commissioner / Temporary Governor (November 1848-1851)
- Frederik von Oxholm , Governor on St. Thomas and St. Jan (1848-1852)
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Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen , Governor General (1851 - 1855)
- Hans Hendrik Berg , Governor of St. Thomas and St. Jan (1853 - 1862)
- Johan Frederik Schlegel , Governor General (1855 - 1861)
- Vilhelm Ludvig Birch , Governor General (1861 - 1871)
- John Christmas , Governor General (February 1871 - June 1871)
- Frantz Ernst Bille , Acting Governor General (June 1871 - July 1872)
- Johan August Stakeman , Acting Governor General (July 1872 - September 1872)
- Janus August Garde , Governor General (September 1872-1881)
- Christian Henrik Arendrup , Governor General ( 1881-1893 )
- Carl Emil Hedemann , Governor General (1893 - 1903)
- Herman August Jürs , Governor General (1903-1904)
- Frederik Theodor Martin Mortensen Nordlien , Governor General (1904-1905)
- Christian Magdalus Thestrup Cold , Governor General ( 1905-1908 )
- Peter Carl Limpricht , Governor General (1908-1911)
- Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen , Governor General (1911 - October 3, 1916)
- Henri Konow , Acting Governor General (October 3, 1916 - March 31, 1917)
Danish West Indies was sold to the United States on December 12, 1916 , and transferred to the United States on March 31, 1917. The first governor of the Americans was Edwin Taylor Pollock .
Web links
literature
- Bernhard von Petersen: En historisk Beretning om de dansk-vestindiske Öer St. Croix, St. Thomas og St. Jan , Copenhagen 1855.
Footnotes
- ↑ Petersen, p. 63