British Windward Islands

British Windward Islands
1833–1958
Motto: I pede fausto
(Latin: Go with a lucky foot)
Anthem: "God Save the King"
StatusBritish colony
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Christianity (Anglican, Catholic, Methodist)
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Monarch 
 1833–1837 (first)
William IV
 1952–1958 (last)
Elizabeth II
Governor-in-chief 
 1833–1836 (first)
Lionel Smith
 1955–1960 (last)
Colville Deverell
History 
 Established
1833
 Federation
1871
 Barbados left
1885
 Tobago left
1889
 Dominica joined
1940
1956
3 January 1958
CurrencyPound sterling (official)
Spanish dollar, Mexican peso also used
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Grenadines
Tobago
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
West Indies Federation

The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 3 January 1958 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.