Guernesey / Guernsey

 

 

933 - 1204                Part of Normandy

1187 - 1487               Lordship of the Isles

   Jun 1204               Part of England

       1279 -             Bailiwick of Guernsey

30 Jun 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation

 

Lords

       1198 - 31 Dec 1199 John Plantagenat, count of Mortian

01 Jan 1200 -    Jun 1204 Pierre de Preaux

1234 - 1240               Henry de Trubleville

1254 - 1271               Prince Edward

1277 - 1294               Sir Otto de Grandison

 

Lieutenant Governors

25 Aug 1945 - 1953        Philip Neame ................................. 1888-1978

1953 - 1958               Thomas Walker Elmhirst ....................... 1895-1982

1958 - 1964               Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Ronson ........... 1902-1989

1964 - 1969               Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman .......... 1903-1974

1969 - 1974               Sir Charles Piercy Mills ..................... 1914-2006

       1974 - 22 Apr 1980 Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin ............... 1918-2011

22 Apr 1980 - 1985        Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant

1985 - 1990               Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell

       1990 - 25 Apr 1994 Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins ......... 1933-1994

25 Apr 1994 - 2000        Sir John Francis Coward

   May 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Sir John Paul Foley

28 Sep      - 18 Oct 2005 Geoffrey Robert Rowland

                          (acting)

18 Oct 2005 - 15 Apr 2011 Sir Fabian Malbon

15 Apr 2011 -             AM. Peter Walker

 

Bailiffs

12 May 1945 - 1946        Sir Victor Gosselin Carey

1946 - 1959               Sir Ambrose James Sherwill

       1959 - 21 Jul 1973 Sir William Henry Arnold ..................... 1903-1973

27 Jul 1973 - 06 Aug 1982 Sir John Henry Loveridge ..................... 1912-1994

06 Aug 1982 - 1992        Sir Charles Keith Frossard

18 Feb 1992 - 28 Mar 1999 Graham Martyn Dorey

28 Mar 1999 - 15 Jun 2005 Sir de Vic Graham Carey

15 Jun 2005 -             Geoffrey Robert Rowland

 

Chief Ministers

01 May 2004 - 05 Mar 2007 Laurence Charles Morgan

05 Mar 2007 - 01 May 2008 Michael W. Torode

01 May 2008 - 01 May 2012 Lyndon Sean Trott

01 May 2012 -             Peter Harwood

 

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Aoeur'gny/Aurigny/Alderney

 

 

 

933                       Part of Normandy

1204                      English fiefdom

1236                      Part of the English Crown

1660 - 1825               Separated from Guernsey

23 Jun 1825 -             Subordinated to Guernsey

01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation

 

Lords

1182 - 1222               Wilhelmus Artifex

1222 - 1238               Peter L'Ingenieur

1290 - 1302               Raoul Eudes

Governor

1376 - 1379               Thomas Porteman

Lieutenant governors
1559 - 1584               George Chamberlayne, Baron of Guernsey
29 May 1584 - 30 Sep 1585 John Chamberlayne of Longcombe,
                           Baron Oxfordshire
30 Sep 1585 - 26 Mar 1590 Vacant
26 Mar 1590 - 25 Feb 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
25 Feb 1601 - 1604        Vacant
1604 - 1607               Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
1607 - 1608               William Chamberlain I
1608                      John Chamberlain I
1608 - 1639               William Chamberlain II
161. - 1618               John Chamberlain II
03 Mar 1639 - 1640        John Colles
1640 - 1642               William Colles
1642 - 1643               Mary Colles (f)
25 Nov 1643 - 1646        Peter Le Febvre, surier de L'Epine
                          (pretender)
25 Mar 1646 - 1648        Peter de Beauvoir de Bosq
11 Mar 1648 - 1651        Benjamin Lemprière
   Jun 1651 - 1651        George Mishaw (1st time)
       1651 - 1654        John Ring
23 Jun 1654 - 165.        George Mishaw (2nd time)
       165. - 1658        Sir William Essex
21 May 1658 - 1659        Nicholas Ling
13 Jul 1659 - 1660        William Andros

 

Judges

21 Jan 1803 - 11 Jan 1807 Jean Ollivier 
01 Aug 1807 - 02 Apr 1836 Pierre Gauvin
02 Apr 1836 - 11 Apr 1836 Jean Gauvain (acting)
11 Apr 1836 - 28 Apr 1836 Thomas Le Cocq (acting)
28 Apr 1836 - 26 Nov 1836 Nicholas Barbenson

                          (1st time, acting) 
26 Nov 1836 - 21 Sep 1856 Jean Gaudion
29 Nov 1836 - 15 Dec 1856 Nicholas Barbenson

                          (2nd time, acting)
15 Dec 1856 - 30 Apr 1876 Thomas Clucas
01 May 1876 - 09 Oct 1876 Jean Pezet (acting)
09 Oct 1876 - 02 Oct 1892 Thomas Nicholas Barbenson
02 Oct 1892 - 17 Dec 1892 Peter Herivel (acting)
17 Dec 1892 - 31 May 1897 John A. Le Cocq
05 Jun 1897 - 12 Apr 1912 Nicholas Peter Barbenson .................... 1838-1928
12 Apr 1913 - 15 Mar 1938 Robert Walter Mellish ....................... 1869-1938
15 Mar 1938 - 16 Jul 1938 A.C. Tourgis (acting)
16 Jul 1938 -    Nov 1947 Frederick G. French ......................... 1889-1963

                          (absent 1940 - 1945)
   Nov      - 15 Dec 1947 Daniel Le Cocq (acting)

15 Dec 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Sir Frank Henry Cafande Wiltshire ........... 1881-1948

Presidents of the States of Alderney

01 Jan 1949 - 26 Aug 1970 Sydney Peck Herivel ......................... 1890-1970

27 Aug 1970 - 1977        George William Baron

                          (1st Time)

1977 - 1994               Jon Kay-Mouat ............................... 1933-2010

                          (1st Time)

1994 - 1997               George William Baron (2nd Time)

       1997 - 19 Jan 2002 Jon Kay-Mouat (2nd Time)

19 Jan 2002 -             Sir Norman Browse

 

Jersey

 

 

1204                      Jersey an English fiefdom

1279 -                    Bailiwick of Jersey

01 May 1707               British Crown Colony

01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation

 

Governors

1660 - 1665               Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans
1665 - 1679               Sir Thomas Morgan
1679 - 1684               Sir John Lanier
1684 - 1688               Thomas, Lord Jermyn
1688 - 1703               John Legge
1703        - 18 Oct 1722 Henry Lumley
1723 - 1749               Richard Temple
1749 - 1761               John Huske
1761 - 1772               George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle
1772        - 09 Jul 1795 Henry Seymour Conway
1795        - 16 Jul 1796 Sir George Howard
1796        - 14 Sep 1807 George Townshend,
                           Marquess of Townshend
1807 - 1820               John Pitt, Earl of Chatham
1820        - 08 Jan 1854 William Carr Beresford, Viscount ........... 1768-1854
                           Beresford

 

Lieutenant Governors

07 Jul 1770 - 04 Apr 1771 Rudolph Bentinck
04 Apr 1771 - 1781        Moses Corbet
       1781 - 1797        Francis Pierson
05 Oct 1797 -    Apr 1806 Andrew M. Gordon
21 Jun 1806 -    Jul 1814 Sir George Don
08 Oct 1814 - 1816        Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner
09 May 1816 - 1821        Sir Hugh Mackay Gordon
23 Jul 1821 - 07 Aug 1830 Sir Colin Halkett
26 Nov 1830 - 01 Apr 1835 Sir William Thornton
22 Apr 1835 -    May 1838 Sir Archibald Campbell
14 Sep 1838 - 09 Jan 1847 Sir Edward Gibbs
16 Jan 1847 - 09 Apr 1852 Sir James Henry Reynett
30 Apr 1852 - 30 Jan 1857 Sir James Frederick Love
30 Jan 1857 - 10 Jul 1860 Godfrey Charles Mundy
18 Sep 1860 - 05 Oct 1862 Sir Robert Percy Douglas
05 Oct 1862 - 23 Oct 1863 B. Loch (acting)
23 Oct 1863 - 01 Oct 1869 Burke Douglas Cuppage
01 Oct 1869 - 01 Oct 1873 Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy
01 Oct 1873 - 30 Sep 1878 Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott 
01 Oct 1878 - 30 Sep 1883 Lothian Nicholson
01 Oct 1883 - 01 Nov 1887 Henry Wray
01 Nov 1887 - 1892        Charles Brisbane Ewart
02 Nov 1892 - 1895        Edwin Markham
10 May 1895 - 1900        Sir Edward Hopton
1900 - 1904               Henry Richard Abadie
1904 - 1910               Hugh Sutley Gough
       1910 - 05 Dec 1916 Sir Alexander Nelson Rochefort
05 Dec 1916 - 29 Oct 1920 Sir Alexander Wilson
29 Oct 1920 - 1924        Sir William Douglas Smith
1924 - 1929               Sir Francis Richard Bingham
1929 - 1934               Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven, Baron Ruthven 
1934 - 1939               Sir Horace de Courcey Martelli .............. 1877-1959
       1939 - 21 Jun 1940 James Murray Robert Harrison ................ 1880-1957

25 Aug 1945 - 1953        Sir Arthur Edward Grasset ................... 1888-1971

1953 - 1958               Sir Randolph Steward Gresham Nicholson ...... 1892-1975

       1958 -    Dec 1963 Sir George Eben James Erskine ............... 1899-1965

   Jan 1964 - 1969        Sir John Michael Villiers ................... 1907-1990

1969 - 1974               Sir John Gilbert Davis ...................... 1911-1989

1974 - 1979               Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick .... 1912-2002

1979 - 1984               Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley

1985 - 1990               Sir William Thomas Pillar ................... 1924-1999

1990 - 1995               Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton

   Sep 1995 - 12 Oct 2000 Sir Michael John Wilkes ..................... 1941-

12 Oct 2000 - 24 Jan 2001 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache

                          (1st Time)

24 Jan 2001 - 07 Apr 2006 Sir John Anthony Cheshire ................... 1942-

07 Apr      - 14 Jun 2006 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache (2nd Time)

14 Jun 2006 - 30 Jun 2011 Sir Andrew Pieter Ridgway ................... 1950-

25 Sep 2011 -             Sir John Chalmers McColl .................... 1952-

 

Bailiffs

1660 - 1661               Sir George Carteret
1661 - 1662               Sir Philip de Carteret
1662 - 1665               Philippe de Carteret of Grouville
1665 - 1682               Sir Édouard de Carteret
1682 - 1693               Sir Philip de Carteret
1694 - 1703               Édouard de Carteret
       1703 - 06 Jun 1715 Charles de Carteret
       1715 - 02 Jan 1763 John Carteret, Baron Carteret,
       1763 - 13 Sep 1776 Robert Carteret, Earl Granville
       1776 - 17 Jun 1826 Baron Henry Frederick Carteret,
1826 - 1831               Thomas Le Breton
1831 - 1848               Sir Jean de Veulle
1848 - 1857               Sir Thomas Le Breton
1858 - 1880               John Hammond
       1880 - 10 Nov 1884 Sir Robert Pipon Marett
1884 - 1898               Sir George Clement Bertram
1898                      Charles Edward Malet de Carteret
1899 - 1931               Sir William Henry Venables-Vernon ........... 1852-1934
1931 - 1935               Charles Edward Malet de Carteret

       1935 - 01 Jul 1940 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,

                           Baron Coutanche ............................ 1892-1973

25 Aug 1945 - 17 Nov 1961 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,

                           Baron Coutanche (2nd Time)

17 Nov 1961 - 14 Apr 1962 Cecil Stanley Harrison ...................... 1902-1962

                          (acting)

01 May 1962 - 31 Dec 1974 Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier ................. 1913-1996

01 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1985 Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut ............ 1919-1998

01 Jan 1986 - 02 Feb 1995 Sir Peter Leslie Crill ...................... 1925-2005

02 Feb 1995 - 09 Jul 2009 Philip Martin Bailhache

09 Jul 2009 -             Michael Cameron St. John Birt ............... 1948-

 

Chief Ministers

08 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2008 Frank Harrison Walker

12 Dec 2008 - 14 Nov 2011 Terrence Le Sueur

14 Nov 2011 -             Ian Gorst ................................... 1969-