Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

Coat of Arms of Guernsey
Incumbent
Vice-Adm. Ian Corder
KBE CB
since 14 March 2016
Viceroy
Style His Excellency
Appointer British monarch
Term length At His/Her Majesty's pleasure
Website www.gov.gg
Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Guernsey 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 Guernsey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms.

History

The Crown appointed Wardens or Keepers to represent its interests in the Channel Islands. After 1473 separate Wardens were appointed for Guernsey and Jersey, the title of Captain or Governor also being used. Around the early 17th century the title of Governor was settled upon, although those appointed to the position of Governor adopted the practice of appointing a lieutenant to carry out their duties in their absence. By the 19th century the post of Governor of Guernsey had become a sinecure and the position was abolished in 1835. Since then Lieutenant Governors have continued to be appointed.[1]

In 2010 it was announced that the next Lieutenant-Governor would be recommended to the Crown by a Guernsey panel consisting of the Bailiff of Guernsey, the Seigneur of Sark, and the President of the States of Alderney, sitting with a human resources professional.[2] This new system replaced the previous system of the appointment being made by the Crown on the recommendation of UK ministers.[3] The first person selected by this process was former RAF officer Air Marshal Peter Walker, who was sworn in on 15 April 2011.

List of Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey

Sir Edmund Andros was Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1704 to 1708.

TitleAppointedName
Serving under Governor of Guernsey:1770Lt-Col. Paulus Aemilius Irving
 1784 Lt-Col. William Brown
 1793 Maj-Gen. Thomas Dundas
 1793 Col. James Henry Craig
 1793 Maj-Gen. John Small
 1796 Lt-Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple
 1803 Maj-Gen. Sir John Doyle, Bt, GCB, KC
 1816 Maj-Gen. Henry Bayly
 1821 Maj-Gen. Sir John Colborne, KCB
 1828 Maj-Gen. John Ross
Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff:1837 Gen. Sir James Douglas, KCB
 1842 Maj-Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB
 1848 Lt-Gen. Sir John Bell, KCB
 1854 Lt-Gen. William Thomas Knollys
 1856 Lt-Gen. Sir George Judd Harding, KCB
 1859 Maj-Gen. Marcus John Slade [4]
 1864 Maj-Gen. Charles Rochfort Scott
 1869 Lt-Gen. Edward Charles Frome
 1874 Lt-Gen. Hon. St George Gerald Foley, CB
 1879 Maj-Gen. Alexander Abercromby Nelson, CB
 1883 Maj-Gen. Henry Andrew Sarel, CB
 1885 Lt-Gen. John Henry Ford Elkington, CB
 1889 Gen. Sir Edward Gascoyne Bulwer, KCB
Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops:1894 Lt-Gen. Nathaniel Stevenson
 1899 Maj-Gen. Michael Henry Saward
 1903 Maj-Gen. Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell, CVO, CB
 1908 Maj-Gen. Robert Auld, CB
 1911 Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton, KCB
 1914 Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Merrick Lawson, KCB
 1914 Gen. Sir Reginald Clare Hart VC, GCB, KCVO
 1918 Lt-Gen. Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, KCB, KCMG
 1920 Maj-Gen. Sir John Edward Capper, KCB, KCVO
 1925 Maj-Gen. Sir Charles Sackville-West, KBE, CB, CMG
 1929 Maj-Gen. Lord Ruthven of Freeland, CB, CMG, DSO
 1934 Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Nicholson Broadbent,[5] KBE, CB, CMG, DSO
 1939 Maj-Gen. Alexander Telfer-Smollett, CB, CBE, DSO, MC
 1940 Maj-Gen. John Minshull-Ford, CB, DSO, MC (7 to 20 June 1940)
 1940–45German occupation of the Channel Islands – post vacated as part of demilitarisation of the island
Head of the British Military Government: 1945 Rear-Adm. Charles Gage Stuart, DSO, DSC
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief:1945 Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO
 1953 Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC
 1958 Vice-Adm. Sir Geoffrey Robson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC
 1964 Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Coleman, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE
 1969 Vice-Adm. Sir Charles Mills, KCB, CBE, DSC
 1974 Vice-Adm. Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, KCB, DSC
 1980 Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant, GBE, KCB, DFC
 1985 Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander Boswell, KCB, CBE
 1990 Lt-Gen. Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins, KCB, OBE
 1994 Vice-Adm. Sir John Francis Coward, KCB, DSO
 2000 Lt-Gen. Sir John Paul Foley, KCB, OBE, MC
 2005 Vice-Adm. Sir Fabian Malbon, KBE
 2011–15 Air Marshal Peter Walker, CB, CBE
 2016 Vice-Adm. Ian Corder, KBE, CB[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lieutenant Governors". Royal Court of Guernsey. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Sark and Alderney could choose the next Lieutenant Governor
  3. ↑ Guernsey will choose its next Lieutenant Governor
  4. ↑ "The London Gazette" (22245). p. 1369.
  5. ↑ "The London Gazette" (34053). p. 3353.
  6. ↑ "New Lt-Governor is a career Navy man". Guernsey Press. 16 February 2016.
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