List of Governors of Guernsey
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Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished in 1835. Since then, only Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed (see Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey).
Contents
Earlier
- Julian de la Plaque,[1]
- Walter Duncker,[1]
- Peter Cornet,[1]
- George Ballizon,[1]
- Steven Wallard,[1]
- Sir Peter Cornet, [1] (who began to build Castle Cornet)
- Sir William Oethfinde,[1]
- Edmund Rose, [1]
- Otho de Grandison,[1]
- Sir John Tichefilde,[1]
- Sir William Weston, [1]
- Duarte Brandão, (1482-1485) [2]
- Edward Weston, (1486-1509)
16th century
- Sir Richard Weston (1509–1541)
- Sir Francis Weston, (1533–1536) (co-governor with his father, Richard Weston)
- Sir Richard Weston, reverted to sole governor until his death (1536 - 1541)
- Sir Richard Long,[1] (1541-1545)
- Sir Peter Mewtis,[1] (1545–1553)
- Sir Leonard Chamberlain,[1] (1553–1561)
- Sir Francis Chamberlain,[1] (1561–1570)
- Sir Thomas Leighton,[1] (1570–1609)
17th century
- George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes,[1] (1610-1621)
- Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby,[1] (1621-1644)
- Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1643-1644)
- Sir Peter Osborne,[1] (1644-1649)
- Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick (1649-1650)
- Colonel Alban Coxe,[1] (1649-1650)
- Colonel John Bingham,[1] (1651-1660)
- Major Henry Wanseye (1660)
- Sir Hugh Pollard (1660-1662)
- Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby (1662-1665)
- Colonel Sir Jonathan Atkins (1665-1670)
- Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton of Grendon (1670-1706)
18th century
- General Charles Churchill (1706–1714)
- Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey (1715–1732)
- The Rt Hon George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (1732–1733)
- Major-General Richard Sutton (1733–1737)
- Field Marshal François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montandre (1737–1739)
- Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret (1739–1742)
- Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1742–1750)
- Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier (1750–1752)
- General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1752–1766)
- Sir Richard Lyttelton (1766–1770)
- Field Marshal Sir Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1770–1797)
- General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (1797–1807)
19th century
- Lieutenant-General George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (1807–1827)
- Sir William Keppel (1827–1834)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Rosemary Horrox, ‘Brampton, Sir Edward (c.1440–1508)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
