Saint-Domingue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.dɔ.mɛ̃ɡ]) was a West Indian French colony from 1659 to 1804 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola; the island that now hosts two countries, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.The name was also used, at times, for the island of Hispaniola as a whole, all of it, nominally, being at times a French colony.

Governor-general. The governor-general was the representative of the monarch in Trinidad and Tobago and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The governor-general was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the governor-general was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of …