Previous Lieutenant-Governors and Governors

List of Lieutenants-Governors

Find a list of previous Lieutenant-Governors in the table below.

Name

Term started

Term ended

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton

2017

2022

General Sir John McColl

2011

2016

Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Ridgway

2006

2011

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cheshire

2001

2006

General Sir Michael Wilkes

1995

2000

Air Marshal Sir John Sutton

1990

1995

Admiral Sir William Pillar

1985

1990

General Sir Peter Whiteley

1979

1985

General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick

1974

1979

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Davis

1969

1974

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Villiers

1964

1969

General Sir George Erskine

1958

1964

Admiral Sir Gresham Nicholson

1953

1958

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Grasett

1945

1953

Major-General J. M. R. Harrison

1939

1940

Major-General Sir Horace Martelli

1934

1939

Major-General H. E. Willis

1929

1934

Major-General Hon. Sir Francis Bingham

1924

1929

Major-General Sir William Douglas Smith

1920

1924

Major-General Sir A. A. Wilson

1916

1920

Major-General Sir A. N. Rochfort

1910

1916

Major-General H S. Gough

1904

1910

Major-General Henry Abadie

1900

1904

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hopton

1895

1900

Major-General E. Markham

1892

1895

Lieutenant-General Charles Ewart

1887

1892

Major-General H. Wray

1883

1887

Lieutenant-General L. Nicholson

1878

1883

Lieutenant-General Sir William Norcott

1873

1878

Major-General Sir Philip Guy

1868

1873

Major-General B. C. Cuppage

1863

1868

Major-General Sir Percy Douglas

1860

1863

Major-General G. C. Mundy

1857

1860

Major-General Sir James Love

1852

1857

Major-General Sir James Reynett

1847

1852

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Gibbs

1838

1846

Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell

1835

1838

Major-General Sir William Thornton

1830

1835

Major-General Sir Colin Halkett

1821

1830

Major-General Sir Hugh Gordon

1816

1821

Lieutenant-General Sir Hilgrove Turner

1814

1816

Lieutenant-General Sir George Don

1806

1814

List of Governors

Find a list of previous Governors of Jersey in the table below.

Name

Term started

Term ended

The Lord Beresford

1821

1854

The Earl of Chatham

1807

1821

The Marquis of Townshend

1796

1807

Field Marshal Sir George Howard

1795

1796

Field Marshal H. Seymour Conway

1772

1795

The Earl of Albemarle

1761

1772

Lieutenant General John Huske

1749

1761

The Viscount Cobham

1723

1749

General Henry Lumley

1704

1722

The Lord Jermyn

1684

1704

Sir John Lanier

1679

1684

Sir Thomas Morgan

1665

1679

Colonel Carew Raleigh

1660

1660

The Earl of St. Alban

1660

1665

Colonel John Mason

1659

1660

Colonel Robert Gibbon

1655

1659

Colonel Heane

1651

1654

The Lord Jermyn

1644

1651

The Earl of Warwick

1643

1643

Sir Thomas Jermyn

1643

1644

Sir Thomas Jermyn

1631

1643

Sir John Peyton

1603

1630

Sir Walter Ralegh

1600

1603

Anthony Poulet

1590

1600

Sir Amyas Poulet

1574

1590

Sir Hugh Poulet

1550

1574

The Duke of Somerset

1537

1550

The Lord Vaux

1534

1536

Sir Anthony Darcy

1532

1534

Sir Anthony Ughtred

1531

1532

Sir Hugh Vaughan

1502

1531

Jean Lempriere

1500

1502

Thomas Overay

1497

1500

Matthew Baker

1486

1494

Sir Richard Harliston

1470

1483

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