The superior official in the Danish West Indies was the commandant and later the governor(-general). The title changed through time and the same did the headquarters of the office – from St. Thomas to St. Croix and back again.
Commandants for St. Thomas including St. John and Governors (1666-1755 and 1871-1917) for all three islands
1666-1666 | Erik Nielsen Smidt | |
1666-1667 | Jesper Høyer | |
1672-1680 | Jørgen Iversen Dybbøl | |
1680-1682 | Nicolaj Esmit | |
1682-1684 | Adolph Esmit | |
1684-1686 | Gabriel Milan | |
1686-1686 | Michel Michelsen | |
1686-1688 | Christopher Heins | |
1688-1688 | Adolph Esmit | |
1688-1688 | Iver Hoppe | |
1688-1689 | Christopher Heins | |
1689-1692 | Johan Lorentz | |
1692-1694 | Frans Delavigne | |
1694-1702 | Johan Lorentz | |
1702-1706 | Claus Hansen | |
1706-1708 | Joachim Melchior von Holten | |
1708-1710 | Diderich Mogensen | |
1710-1716 | Michel Knudsen Crone | |
1716-1724 | Erik Bredal | |
1724-1724 | Otto Jacob Thambsen | |
1724-1727 | Frederik Moth | |
1727-1733 | Henrik Suhm | |
1733-1736 | Philip Gardelin | |
1736-1744 | Frederik Moth | |
1744-1747 | Christian von Schweder | |
1747-1758 | Christian Suhm | |
1758-1760 | Harrien Felchenhauer | |
1760-1764 | John Georg von John | |
1764-1764 | Ditlev Wildthagen | |
1764-1765 | Peter Gynthelberg | |
1765-1766 | Ulrik Wilhelm Roepstorff | |
1766-1773 | Jens Nielsen Kragh | |
1773-1773 | Georg Høst | |
1773-1796 | Thomas de Malleville | |
1796-1800 | Balthazar Frederik von Mühlenfels | |
1800-1801 | Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten | |
1801-1802 | John Clayton Cowell (English colonel) | |
1802-1803 | Wilhelm von Rømeling | |
1803-1807 | Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten | |
1807-1815 | Fitzroy J. Grafton McLean (English general) | |
1815-1818 | Christian Ludvig von Holten | |
1818-1820 | Peter von Scholten | |
1820-1820 | Christian Ludvig von Holten | |
1820-1820 | Peter von Scholten | |
1820-1822 | Carl Gottlieb Fleischer | |
1822-1823 | Carl Wilhelm Jessen | |
1823-1826 | Peter von Scholten | |
1826-1829 | Johannes Søbøtker | |
1829-1830 | Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz Rosenørn | |
1830-1830 | Levin Jørgen Rohde | |
1830-1831 | Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz Rosenørn | |
1831-1832 | Levin Jørgen Rohde | |
1832-1834 | Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz Rosenørn | |
1834-1836 | Frederik von Oxholm | |
1836-1848 | Johannes Søbøtker | |
1848-1848 | Hans Henrik Berg | |
1848-1852 | Frederik von Oxholm | |
1853-1862 | Hans Henrik Berg | |
1862-1871 | No commandant on St. Thomas / St. John | |
1871-1871 | Wilhelm Ludvig Birch | |
1871-1871 | John Christmas | |
1871-1872 | Frantz Ernst Bille | |
1872-1872 | Johan August Stakemann | |
1872-1876 | Janus August Garde | |
1876-1876 | Carl Anton Frederik Christian Hattensen | |
1876-1881 | Janus August Garde | |
1881-1881 | Carl Anton Frederik Christian Hattensen | |
1881-1884 | Christian Henrik Arendrup | |
1884-1885 | Peter Mathias Simonsen Andersen | |
1885-1888 | Christian Henrik Arendrup | |
1888-1889 | Peter Mathias Simonsen Andersen | |
1889-1893 | Christian Henrik Arendrup | |
1893-1903 | Carl Emil Hedemann | |
1903-1904 | Herman August Jürs | |
1904-1905 | Frederik T. M. M. Nordlien | |
1905-1908 | Christian Magdalus Thestrup Cold | |
1908-1911 | Peter Carl Limpricht | |
1911-1915 | Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen | |
1915-1915 | Reimund Baumann | |
1915-1916 | Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen | |
1916-1917 | Henri Konow |
Governors for St. Croix and Governors-General/Governors (1755-1871) for all three islands
1734-1736 | Frederik Moth |
1736-1744 | Gregers Høeg Nissen |
1744-1747 | Paul Lindemark |
1747-1751 | Jens Hansen |
1751-1755 | Peter Clausen |
1755-1766 | Christian Lebrecht von Prøck |
1766-1770 | Peter Clausen |
1770-1772 | Frederik Moth |
1772-1773 | Ulrik Wilhelm Roepstorff |
1773-1773 | Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schimmelmann |
1773-1784 | Peter Clausen |
1784-1787 | Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schimmelmann |
1787-1794 | Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff |
1794-1796 | Wilhelm Anton Lindemann |
1796-1798 | Thomas de Malleville |
1798-1801 | Wilhelm Anton Lindemann |
1801-1802 | Francis Fuller (English general) |
1802-1803 | Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff |
1803-1807 | Balthazar Frederik von Mühlenfels |
1807-1807 | Hans Christopher Lilienskjold |
1807-1815 | Henry Bowyer (English general) |
1815-1816 | Peter Lotharius Oxholm |
1816-1816 | Johan Henrik von Stabel |
1816-1819 | Adrian Benjamin Bentzon |
1819-1820 | Johan Henrik von Stabel |
1820-1822 | Carl Adolph Rothe |
1822-1827 | Johan Frederik Bardenfleth |
1827-1831 | Peter von Scholten |
1831-1832 | Johannes Søbøtker |
1832-1834 | Peter von Scholten |
1834-1835 | Johannes Søbøtker |
1835-1848 | Peter von Scholten |
1848-1848 | Frederik von Oxholm |
1848-1851 | Peter Hansen |
1851-1855 | Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen |
1855-1860 | Johan Frederik Schlegel |
1860-1871 | Wilhelm Ludvig Birch |