<page_title> List of governors of the Bahamas </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Sir Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (succeeded as The 8th Baron Thurlow in 1971), KCMG <col_header> Governor </col_header> <col_header> Governors of Eleuthera (1648–1657): </col_header> <col_header> Proprietary Governors of the Bahama Islands (1670–1706): </col_header> <col_header> British rule temporarily disrupted due to joint Spanish and French raid on Charlestown </col_header> <col_header> Privateer's Republic (1706–1718) </col_header> <col_header> Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1718–1776) </col_header> <col_header> Commandant of the Bahama Islands (during American occupation, 1776) </col_header> <col_header> Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1776–1782) </col_header> <col_header> Governors of Louisiana (during Spanish occupation) </col_header> <col_header> Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1783–1969) </col_header> <col_header> Governors of the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands (1969–1973) </col_header> </cell> </table>
The eighth Baron Thurlow was Governor of the Bahamas.