Governor-General of the West Indies Federation

The governor-general of the West Indies Federation was a post in the government of the West Indies. The federation, also known as the British Caribbean Federation, consisted of Antigua (with Barbuda), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands. The federation was formed on 3 January 1958, and was formally dissolved on 31 May 1962.

Governor-General of the West Indies Federation
Coat of arms of the West Indies
Flag of the governor-general
Only officeholder The Lord Hailes 3 January 1958 – 31 May 1962
Style	His Excellency The Right Honourable
Residence	Governor's House, Port of Spain, Windward Islands
Appointer	Monarch of the United Kingdom
Formation	3 January 1958
First holder	The Baron Hailes
Final holder	The Baron Hailes
Abolished	31 May 1962

The governor-general was constitutionally required to take advice from the prime minister of the West Indies Federation, but was by far the more powerful and prestigious of the two positions, containing almost all executive authority within the government and containing powers far beyond that of governors-general in the Dominions.^[1]

Governor-general of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Monarch	Prime Minister
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes (1901–1974)	3 January 1958	31 May 1962	4 years, 148 days	Elizabeth II	Adams