Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (French: Lieutenant-Gouverneur de Jersey, Jèrriais: Gouvèrneux d'Jèrri) is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown.
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 Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Government House |
| Appointer | Monarchy of the United Kingdom |
| Term length | Five years[1] |
| Formation | 1502 |
| First holder | Sir Hugh Vaughan (as Governor of Jersey) |
| Website | www |
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List of lieutenant governors of Jersey
Lieutenant Governors of Jersey have been:
| Title | Appointed | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1634 | Sir Philippe de Carteret (Royalist) | |
| 26 August 1643 | Major Lydcott (Parliament) | |
| 24 November 1643 | Sir George Carteret (Royalist) | |
| at least by 1689 | Edward Harris[2]:164 | |
| 3 March 1695[3] | Col. Thomas Collier[4] | |
| 29 July 1715 | Robert Wilson[5] | |
| 1723 | Magnus Kempenfelt [6] | |
| 23 October 1727 | Col. George Howard[7] | |
| 1732 | Peter Bettesworth[6] | |
| 1738 | Maj-Gen. Jean Cavalier | |
| 1741 | Francis Best[6] | |
| 1747 | Gregory Beake[6] | |
| 12 August 1749 | William Deane[8] | |
| 26 June 1753 | George Colingwood[9] | |
| Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff: | 7 July 1770 | Lt-Col. Rudolph Bentinck (acting) |
| 4 April 1771 | Major Moses Corbet | |
| 6 January 1781 | Major Francis Peirson | |
| 5 October 1797 | Lt-Gen. Andrew Gordon | |
| 21 June 1806 | Gen. Sir George Don, GCB, GCH[10] | |
| 8 October 1814 | Gen. Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner, GCH | |
| 9 May 1816 | Lt-Gen. Hugh Mackay Gordon | |
| 23 July 1821 | Gen. Sir Colin Halkett, GCB, GCH, GCTE | |
| 26 November 1830 | Lt-Gen. Sir William Thornton, KCB | |
| 22 April 1835 | Maj-Gen. Archibald Campbell, CB | |
| 14 September 1838 | Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Gibbs, KCB | |
| 16 January 1847 | Maj-Gen. Sir James Henry Reynett, KCB, KCH | |
| 30 April 1852 | Gen. Sir James Frederick Love, GCB, KH | |
| 30 January 1857 | Maj-Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy | |
| 18 September 1860 | Maj-Gen. Sir Robert Percy Douglas | |
| 5 October 1862 | B. Loch (acting) | |
| 23 October 1863 | Lt-Gen. Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage, KCB | |
| 1 October 1868 | Maj-Gen. Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy, CB | |
| 1 October 1873 | Lt-Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott, KCB | |
| 1 October 1878 | Lt-Gen. Lothian Nicholson, CB | |
| 1 October 1883 | Maj-Gen. Henry Wray, CMG | |
| 1 November 1887 | Lt-Gen. Charles Brisbane Ewart, CB | |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops: | 1 November 1892 | Lt-Gen. Sir Edwin Markham, KCB |
| 10 May 1895 | Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, KCB | |
| 1 November 1900 | Maj-Gen. Henry Richard Abadie, CB | |
| 1904 | Maj-Gen. Hugh Sutlej Gough, CB, CMG | |
| 16 June 1910 | Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort, KCB, CMG | |
| 7 October 1916 | Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Wilson, KCB | |
| 29 October 1920 | Maj-Gen. Sir William Douglas Smith, KCB, KCVO | |
| 1924 | Maj-Gen. Sir Francis Richard Bingham, KCB, KCMG, JP | |
| 28 May 1929 | Maj-Gen. Edward Henry Willis, CB, CMG | |
| 28 May 1934 | Maj-Gen. Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli, KBE, CB, DSO | |
| 1939 | Maj-Gen. James Murray Robert Harrison, CB DSO | |
| (German Occupation 1940–1945) | ||
| Head of the British Military Government: | 12 May 1945 | L.A. Freeman |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief: | 25 August 1945 | Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward Grasett, KBE, CB, DSO, MC |
| 16 October 1953 | Adm. Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC | |
| 15 November 1958 | Gen. Sir George Erskine, GCB, KBE, DSO | |
| 15 January 1964 | Vice-Adm. Sir John Michael Villiers, KCB, OBE | |
| 30 June 1969 | Air Chf Mshl Sir John Gilbert Davis, GCB, OBE, MA | |
| 2 September 1974 | Gen. Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, GCB, DSO, MBE, MC | |
| 26 November 1979 | Gen. Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE | |
| 9 January 1985 | Adm. Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB | |
| 1990 | Air Mshl Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton, KCB | |
| September 1995 | Gen. Sir Michael John Wilkes, KCB, OBE | |
| 24 January 2001 | Air Chf Mshl Sir John Cheshire, KBE, CB | |
| 1 April 2006 | Lt-Gen Sir Andrew Ridgway, KBE, CB | |
| 26 September 2011 | Gen. Sir John McColl, KCB, CBE, DSO | |
| 13 March 2017 | Air Chf Mshl Sir Stephen Dalton, GCB |
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The Bailiff greeting Lt Governor Andrew Ridgway in the Royal Square of St Helier on Liberation Day, 2010.
Lt Governor Ridgway on Liberation Day, 2010
References
- ↑ "Government House". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ↑ Syvret, Marguerite (2011). Balleine's History of Jersey. The History Press. ISBN 978-1860776502.
- ↑ cahoon, ben. "Jersey". www.worldstatesmen.org.
- ↑ Bertrand, J (1859) Armorial of Jersey : being an account, heraldic and antiquarian, of its chief native families, with pedigrees, biographical notices, and illustrative data; to which are added, a brief history of heraldry, and remarks on the mediæval antiquities of the island. Boston Public Library. p. 19
- ↑ No. 5350. 26 July 1715. p. 5. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/5350/page/5
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Jersey". World Statesmen.
- ↑ No. 6617. 21 October 1727. p. 1.a. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/6617/page/1
- ↑ No. 8874. 8 August 1749. p. 1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/8874/page/1
- ↑ No. 9279. 23 June 1753. p. 2. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/9279/page/2
- ↑ No. 15912. 22 April 1806. p. 512. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15912/page/512
