Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
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The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Jersey. The Lieutenant Governor also liases between the Governments of Jersey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Jersey but may not vote and, by convention, speaks in the Chamber only on appointment and on departure from post. The duties are primarily diplomatic and ceremonial.
The Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Jersey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms. The Lieutenant Governor's official residence (Government House) in St. Saviour is depicted on the Jersey £50 note.
[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors of Jersey
| Title | Appointed | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff: | 1857.01.30 | Maj-Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy |
| 1860.08.18 | Sir Robert Percy Douglas | |
| 1862 | B. Loch [acting] | |
| 1863.10.23 | Burke Douglas Cuppage | |
| 1868.10.01 | Maj-Gen. Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy, CB | |
| 1873.10.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott, KCB | |
| 1878.10.01 | Lt-Gen. Lothian Nicholson, CB | |
| 1883.10.01 | Maj-Gen. Henry Wray, CMG | |
| 1887 | Charles Brisbane Ewart | |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops: | 1892.11.01 | Lt-Gen. Edwin Markham (Lieutenant Governor of Jersey) |
| 1895 | Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, CB | |
| 1900.11.01 | Maj-Gen. Henry Richard Abadie, CB | |
| 1904 | Maj-Gen. Hugh Sutlej Gough, CB, CMG | |
| 1910.06.16 | Maj-Gen. Alexander Nelson Rochfort, CB, CMG | |
| 1916.10.07 | Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Wilson, KCB | |
| 1920.10.29 | Sir William Douglas Smith | |
| 1924 | Sir Francis Richard Bingham | |
| 1929.05.28 | Maj-Gen. Edward Henry Willis, CB, CMG | |
| 1934.05.28 | Maj-Gen. Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli, KBE, CB, DSO | |
| 1939 | James Murray Robert Harrison | |
| (German Occupation 1940 — 45 | ||
| Head of the British Military Government: | 1945.05.12 | L.A. Freeman |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief: | 1945.08.25 | Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward Grasett, KBE, CB, DSO, MC |
| 1953.10.16 | Adm. Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC | |
| 1958.11.15 | Gen. Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine, GCB, KBE, DSO | |
| 1964.01.15 | Vice-Adm. Sir John Michael Villiers, KCB, OBE | |
| 1969.06.30 | Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gilbert Davis, GCB, OBE, MA | |
| 1974.09.02 | Gen. Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, GCB, DSO, MBE, MC | |
| 1979.11.26 | Gen. Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE | |
| 1985.01.09 | Adm. Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB | |
| 1990 | Air Marshal Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton, KCB | |
| 1995.09 | Sir Michael John Wilkes, KCB, OBE | |
| 2001.01.24 | Sir John Cheshire, KBE, CB | |
| 2006.04.01 | Lt-Gen. Andrew Ridgway, CB, CBE |
Overseas territories: Governor of Anguilla | Governor of Bermuda | Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory | Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory | Governor of the British Virgin Islands | Governor of the Cayman Islands | Governor of the Falkland Islands | Governor of Gibraltar | Governor of Montserrat | Governor of the Pitcairn Islands | Governor of Saint Helena | Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Administrator of Tristan da Cunha | Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown dependencies: Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
