British Windward Islands
The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 31 December 1959 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados (the seat of the governor until 1885, when it returned to its former status of a completely separate colony), Tobago (until 1889, when it was joined to Trinidad), and (from 1940) Dominica, previously included in the British Leeward Islands.
British Windward Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1833–1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto: I pede fausto (Latin: Go with a lucky foot) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the Queen/King" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Bridgetown, Barbados (1871–1885) St George's, Grenada (1885–1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | English English-based creole languages Dominican Creole French Saint Lucian Creole French | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican, Catholic, Methodist) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1833-1837 (first) | William IV | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1952–1959 (last) | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor-in-Chief | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1833–1836 (first) | Lionel Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1958–1959 (last) | Colville Deverell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Federation | 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Colony of Barbados left | 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Colony of Tobago left | 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Colony of Dominica joined | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• West Indies Federation | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Federation dissolved | 31 May 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling (official) Spanish dollar, Mexican peso also used | ||||||||||||||||||||
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