List of council presidents of the Turks and Caicos Islands
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The council president of the Turks of Caicos was the administrator of the
Turks and Caicos
from 1848 to 1874.
From 1492 to 1678 it was in possession by the Spanish (under the viceroy of New Spain) and by French occupation from 1764 to 1783, but there was no formal government established by either colonial powers.
The islands was settled by Bermudian
governor of Jamaica with local administration by commissioners (1874–1959). A formal governor
was not added until 1959.
A list of council presidents:
- Frederick Henry Alexander Forth1848–1854
- William Robert Inglis (1823–1888) 1854–1862
- Alexander Wilson Moir 1862–1869
- Alexander Augustus Melfort Campbell1869–1873