[7] This effectively brought an end to the cross-party "unity government" which was put in place following the 2021 Commission of Inquiry.
The first ever Executive Council was formed on 30 November 1773,[8] and consisted initially of twelve members, all nominated by the Governor (who at this time had regional responsibility for the Territory, but was based in St Kitts).
For a while these organs were successful, but they withered in line with other political institutions during the economic decline of the British Virgin Islands in the 1800s such that by 1867 the Legislature at least was no longer functional.
[12] Those terms did not exactly exist in their present form at the time: there were no Ministers before 1967, but certain members were appointed with Ministerial type responsibilities.
Similarly, there was no formal Attorney General until 1967 either, but Herman A. Besson filled that role under the slightly less grand title of Legal Assistant.
The members of the first-ever Executive Council of the British Virgin Islands were: Geoffrey Pole Allesbrook (Administrator), H.R.