<page_title> List of colonial governors of the Gambia </page_title> <section_title> Commandants of St Mary's Island (1816–1830) </section_title> <table> <cell> Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Grant (1775–1827) <col_header> Commandant </col_header> </cell> <cell> 23 April 1816 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 August 1826 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> </cell> </table>
Sir Alexander Grant served as the first Commandant of St Mary's Island from 1816 to 1826.