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Guernsey
 
[banner of duchy of Normandy]
  to c.1863
 
[Flag of 1863]
                           c.1863 - 1907?
 
[Guernsey, 1907-1985]
                    1907 - 30 Apr 1985 
 
[Guernsey]
                   Adopted 30 Apr 1985
 
[Civil ensign of Guernsey]
          Adopted 30 Apr 1985  Merchant Ensign


 Map of Guernsey
 Hear National Anthem
 "God Save the Queen"
 Hear Local Anthem
"Sarnia Cherie"
(Guernsey Dear); from 1911
Constitution
(unwritten)
Capital: Saint Peter Port
Currencies: Guernsey Pound
 (GGP), British Pound (GBP)
National Holiday: 9 May (1945)
Liberation Day
Population: 65,726 (2008)
GDP: $2.74 billion (2005)
Exports: $86.4 million (1999)
Imports: $N/A
Ethnic groups: British and Norman-French descent 64.3%,
 British 27.4%, Portuguese 1.9%, Irish 0.7%, other
European 3.2%, other 1.5% (2001)
Total Police and Customs Officers: 179 (2000)
Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K.
Merchant marine: None (2008) 
Religions: Anglican 44.1%, other Christian 20.1%,
Roman Catholic 14.6%, nonreligious 12.4%,
other 1.9% (2000)
International Organizations/Treaties: UPU
Guernsey
Index
Chronology

933                        Part of the Duchy of Normandy.
1198 - 1487                Lordship of the Isles (Guernsey, Jersey,
                             Alderney, Brechou, Herm, Jethou and Sark)
                             within Duchy of Normandy (nominally after 1204).
Jun 1204                   English fiefdom. 
1204 - Sep 1205            French occupation.
Dec 1205 - Apr 1206        French occupation.
1279                       Bailiwick of Guernsey (including Alderney,
                             Sark, Herm, Jethou and Brechou).
1338 - 1340                French occupation.
1642 - 1660                Guernsey declares for Parliament during
                             English civil war.
30 Jun 1940 -  9 May 1945  German occupation (Britische Kanalinseln),
                             subordinated to occupied France (see Jersey for
                             central Channel Islands administration).
12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945  British military administration. 

Alderney
Sark
Brechou
Herm
Jethou
 
 

Lords of the Isles
1198 - 1199                John Plantagenet,                  (b. 1166 - d. 1216)
                             Count of Mortian 
 1 Jan 1200 - Jun 1204     Pierre de Preaux                   (b. c.1129 - d. bf.1213)
Wardens 
1203 - 1206                Gregory Balizan -Lieutenant
1206 - 1207                Geoffrey de Lucy (1st time)
1207 - 1220                Philippe d'Aubigny I
1220 - 1223                Philippe d'Aubigny II
1223 - 1226                Geoffrey de Lucy (2nd time)
1226 - 1227                Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor
                             (1st time)
1227 - 1229                Guillaume de St. Jean
1229 - 1230                Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor
                             (2nd time)
                           + John de Grey
1230 - 1232                Henry de Trubleville
1232 - 1234                Philip de Carteret
                           + Amaury de St. Amand
1232 - 1234                Guillaume de St. Jean -Sub-warden
                           + Philippe de'Aubigny -Sub-warden
Lord
1234 - 1240                Henry de Trubleville 
Sub-wardens
1234 - 1235                Nicholas de Meules
1235                       Gerard de Lampersand
                           + Guillaume de Dampierre
                           + William Blom
1235 - 1240                Drew de Baretin
Wardens
1240 - 1241                William Boeles
1241 - 1252                Drew de Baretin (1st time)
1252 - 1254                Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor
Lord
1254 - 1271                Prince Edward                      (b. 1239 - d. 1307)
1258 - 1260                Drew de Baretin (2nd time) -Warden
- Subwardens -
1262 - 1267                Sir Gilbert Talbot
                           + Thomas Boulton
1267 - 1269                William de Baretin
1269 - 1270                Hugh de Trubleville
1270 - 1274                Richard -Warden
1271 - 1274                Arnaud Jean de Contivo
1274                       Jean Wyger
Warden
1275 - 1277                Sir Otto de Grandison              (b. 1238 - d. 1328)
- Subwardens -
1275 - 1276                Raoul de Broughton
1276 - 1278                Philippe Burnel
Lord 
1277 - 1294                Sir Otto de Grandison              (s.a.)
- Subwardens -
1278 - 1281                Guillaume de St. Remi (1st time)
                           + Denis de Tilbury
1282 - 1288                Renaut d'Ashwell
1288 - 1290                Sir Stephen Wallard
1290 - 1293                Guillaume de St. Remi (2nd time) 
1294                       Sir William Grandison
                           + Henri de Bonvillars
1294 - 1297                Henry de Cobham -Warden            (b. 1260 - d. 1339) 
1297 - 1298                Sir Nicholas de Cheney -Warden
Lord 
1298 - 1328                Otto de Grandison (2nd time)       (s.a.)
- Subwardens -
1298                       Henri de Bonvillars
1299 - 1302                Denis de Tilbury
                           + Guillaume de Cosignton
1302 - 1307                John Newent
1306 - 1309                John de Ditton
1309                       Massey de la Court
1309 - 1319                Drew Barentin
                           + Sir Pierre de Petitfeu
1319 - 1321                Pierre de Balmes
1321 - 1324                Sir Gerard d'Oron
1324 - 1326                Jean de Clyvedon
1326 - 1327                Raoul Basset de Drayton
                           + Jean de Roches
Wardens
1328 - 1330                Jean de Roches 
1330 - 1331                Pierre Bernard de Pynesole
                           + Laurens de Gaillard
Aug 1331                   Sir William Cheney
1331 - 1333                Thomas, Baron Wake of Liddell      (b. c.1297 - d. 1349)
1333 - 1337                Thomas Ferrers (1st time)          (b. c.1299 - d. 1353)
                           + William, Baron Montacute         (b. 1301 - d. 1344)
1337 - 1340                Thomas Ferrers (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1334 - 1336                Walter de Weston -Subwarden 
                             (1st time)
1338                       Walter de Weston -Subwarden
                             (2nd time)
1338 - 1340                Nicholas                           (d. 1340)
                             Béluchet -French Commander
1340                       Walter de Weston -Subwarden
                             (3rd time)
1341 - 1343                Thomas de Hampton
1343 - 1348                Thomas Ferrers (3rd time)          (s.a.)
1343 - 1347                Walter de Weston -Subwarden
                             (4th time)
1347 - 1348                Sir Ralph de Harmesthorpe -Subwarden
1348 - 1349                Robert Wyville
                           + Thomas Clifford
1349 - 1354                John, Baron Mautravers
1354 - 1356                William Stury 
1356 - 1357                Sir Thomas de Holland
1356 - 1358                Sir Otto de Holland
                             (sub-warden to 1357)
1357                       Thomas de Langhurst -Subwarden
1358 - 1366                Sir Edmund de Cheney
- Subwardens -
1363                       William de Birketon 
1364                       John Le Marchant 
1365                       Nicholas de Cheney 
1367 - 1372                Walter Hewet -Warden
1368 - 1371                William de Asthorp 
1371                       John Coke (1st time)
Wardens
1372 - 1374                Sir Edmund Rose
1372 - 1373                Ralph de Harmesthrope -Subwarden
1374                       William de Asthorp
1374                       John Coke -Subwarden (2nd time)
1374 - 1376                Thomas de Beauchamp,               (b. 1338/39 - d. 1401) 
                             Earl of Warwick
1376 - 1393                Sir Hugh de Calverley              (d. 1393)
- Subwardens -
1378                       Jacques de Calverley
1378 - 1382                Henry Ryther
1384 - 1385                Roger Walden
1393                       Jacques de Golafre
Wardens
1393 - 1396                Sir John de Golafre of Langley     (d. 1396)
1396 - 1405                Edward, Earl of Rutland (1st time) (d. 1415)
                             (from 1401 Edward, Duke or York)
1405                       Sir John Lisle
1405                       John Peraunt -Subwarden
1407 - 1415                Edward, Duke of York (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1409 - 1412                Richard, Earl of Cambridge -Subwarden
Lords
1415 - 1435                John, Duke of Bedford              (b. 1389 - d. 1435)
1416                       Henry Mulso -Subwarden
1436 - 1442                Sir John Bernard -Warden
1437 - 23 Feb 1447         Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester       (b. 1390 - d. 1447)
1444                       Sir John Bernard -Subwarden
1447 - 1449                Anne de Beauchamp -Lady            (b. c.1446 - d. 1449)
1447                       John, Viscount Beaumont -Warden
                           + Ralph Botiller, 
                             Lord Sudeley -Warden
1448                       William de la Pole,                (b. 1396 - d. 1450)
                             Duke of Suffolk -Warden
1448                       William Bertram -Subwarden
1449 - 1459                Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick   (b. 1428 - d. 1471)
                             "the King Maker" (1st time)
1452 - 1456                John Nanfan -Subwarden (1st time)
1456                       Colin Otis -Subwarden
1457                       John Nanfan -Subwarden (2nd time)
1460 - 1461                John Nanfan -Warden
1460                       Druet Le Marcahnt -Warden
1461 - 14 Apr 1471         Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
1466                       Thomad de la Court -Subwarden
1468                       Geoffrey Wallish -Subwarden
1471 - 1487                Anne Beauchamp, -Lady
                             Countess of Warwick
Governors
1478 - 1482                Sir John Ditchfield
1482 - 1484                Sir Edward Brampton                (b. 1444 - d. 1508)
1484 - 1485                Thomas Rydley
1485 - 1509                Edmund Weston
1509 - 1522                Sir Richard Weston                 (b. c.1465 - d. 1541)
1522 - 1533                Thomas Oglander 
1533 - 1541                Sir Francis Weston
1541 - 1545                Sir Richard Long                   (b. 1474 - d. 1546)
1545 - 1553                Sir Peter Mewtis (Mewtas)          (d. 1562)
25 Sep 1553 - 22 May 1560  Sir Leonard Chamberlain            (b. c.1520 - d. 1560)
1561 - 1570                Sir Francis Chamberlain            (b. c.1542 - d. 1570)
1570 - 1609                Sir Thomas Leighton                (b. 1528 - d. 1610)
1610 - 1621                George, Lord Carew of Clopton,     (b. 1555 - d. 1629) 
                             Earl of Totnes
1621 - 1643                Henry, Lord Danvers, Earl of Danby (b. 1573 - d. 1644)
1643 - 1649                Robert, Earl of Warwick            (b. 1587 - d. 1658)
                             (appointed by parliament)
1644 - 1649                Sir Peter Osborne 
                             (appointed by royalists)
1649 - 1651                Henry, Lord Percy          
                             (appointed by royalists)
1649 - 1650                Alban Coxe
                             (appointed by parliament)
1651 - 1660                John Bingham
                             (appointed by parliament)
1660                       Henry Wanseye
                             (appointed by parliament)
1660 - 1662                Sir Hugh Pollard                   (b. 1603 - d. 1666)
1662 - 1665                Christopher Lord Hatton of Kirby   (b. 1605 - d. 1670)
1665 - 1670                Sir Jonathan Atkins
1670 - Sep 1706            Christopher Hatton,                (b. 1632 - d. 1706)
                             Viscount Hatton of Gretton
1706 - 1711                Charles Churchill                  (b. 1656 - d. 1714)
1715 -  6 Sep 1732         Daniel, Lord Harvey                (b. 1664 - d. 1732)
1732 -  7 May 1733         George Cholmondeley,               (b. 1666 - d. 1733)
                             Earl of Cholmondeley
1733 - 1735                Vacant
1735 - Jul 1737            Richard Sutton                     (b. 1674 - d. 1737)
1737 - 1739                François de La Rochefoucauld,      (b. 1672 - d. 1739)
                             marquis de Montandré      
1739 - 1742                Vacant
1742 -  7 Feb 1750         Algernon Seymour, Lord Percy,      (b. 1684 - d. 1750) 
                             Duke of Somerset
1750 - 1752                Sir John Louis Ligonier            (b. 1680 - d. 1770)
1752 - 1766                John West, Earl de la Warr         (b. 1693 - d. 1766)
1766 -  1 Oct 1770         Sir Richard Lyttelton              (b. 1718 - d. 1770)
1770 -  3 Aug 1797         Sir Jeffrey Amherst                (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
                             (from 20 May 1776, Jeffrey Amherst,
                              Baron Amherst of Holmesdale
)
1797 - 14 Nov 1807         Charles Grey, Earl Grey of Howick  (b. 1729 - d. 1807)
1807 - 26 Oct 1827         George Augustus Herbert Pembroke,  (b. 1759 - d. 1827)
                             Earl of Pembroke
1827 - 11 Dec 1834         Sir William Keppell                (b. 17.. - d. 1834)
Lieutenant governors (acting for the governors to 1834)
1488 - 1490                John Apris
1503                       David Philip
1509 - 1522                Oliver Oglander
1522 - 1533                Thomas Oglander
1551 - 1570                Thomas Compton
1580 - 1588                Thomas Wigmore
1591                       George Paulet
1600                       Lord Zouche 
1605 - 1608                Peter Carey
1610 - 1620                Sir Amice de Carteret              (b. 1559 - d. 1631)
1620                       Thomas Andros
1621 - 1644                Sir Peter Osborne
1643 - 1649                Robert Russell
                             (appointed by parliament)
1644 - 1646                Nathaniel Darrell
                             (appointed by royalists)
1646 - 1649                Sir Baldwin Drake
                             (appointed by royalists)
1647 - 1651                James Harrison 
                             (appointed by parliament)
1649 - 1651                Sir Roger Burgess
                             (appointed by royalists)
1650                       Henry Sharp
                             (appointed by parliament)
1654 - 1658                Charles Waterhouse
                             (appointed by parliament)
1659                       John Weaver
1660                       Sharp
1661 - 1664                Nathaniel Darrell II
1664 - 1680                William Sheldon
1681                       George Lyttleton
1684                       Charles Hatton
1685                       Charles Macarty
1687 - 1688                John Legge
1688                       Godolphin
1689 - 1703                Bernard Ellis
1704 - 1706                Sir Edmund Andros                  (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
1707                       Oliver Hetherington
1711 - 1726                Giles Spicer                       (b. 1647 - d. 17..)
1726 - 1735                Louis Dollon
1735 - 1745                John Graham
1745 - 1756                Charles Strahan
1756 - 1776                Sir John Mylne
1776 - 1783                Paulus Aemilius Irving             (b. 1751 - d. 1828)
1784 - 1793                William Brown
1793                       Thomas Dundas                      (b. 1741 - d. 1820)
1793                       James Henry Craig                  (b. 1748 - d. 1812)
1793 - 17 Mar 1796         John Small                         (b. 1726 - d. 1796)
1796 - 1802                Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple       (b. 1750 - d. 1830)
1803 - 1816                Sir John Doyle                     (b. 1750 - d. 1834)
1816 - 1821                Henry Bailey
1821 - 1828                John Colborne, Baron Seaton        (b. 1778 - d. 1863)
1828 - 1837                John Dawes Ross
1837 - 1842                Sir James Dawes Douglas            (b. 1785 - d. 1862)
Feb 1842 - Dec 1847        Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (b. 1785 - d. 1860)
24 Jan 1848 - 30 Jun 1854  Sir John Bell                      (b. 1782 - d. 1876)
 1 Aug 1854 - 10 May 1856  William Thomas Knollys             (b. 1797 - d. 1883)
1856 -  1 Apr 1859         George Judd Harding                (b. 1788? - d. 1860)
 1 Apr 1859 -  1 Apr 1864  Marcus John Slade                  (b. 1801 - d. 1872)
 1 Apr 1864 -  1 May 1869  Charles Rochfort Scott             (b. 179. - d. 1872)
 1 May 1869 -  1 May 1874  Edward Charles Frome               (b. 1802 - d. 1890)
 1 May 1874 - 30 Apr 1879  St. George Gerald Foley            (b. 1814 - d. 1897)
 1 May 1879 - 10 Oct 1883  Alexander Abercromby Nelson        (b. 1816 - d. 1893)
10 Oct 1883 -  1 Nov 1885  Henry Andrew Sarel                 (b. 1823 - d. 1887)
 1 Nov 1885 - 21 Feb 1889  John Henry Ford Elkington          (b. 1830 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1894                Edward Gascoyne Bulwer             (b. 1829 - d. 1910)
1894 - 1899                Nathaniel Stevenson                (b. 1840 - d. 1911)
1899 - 1903                Michael Henry Saward               (b. 1840 - d. 1928)
1903 - 1908                Barrington Bulkeley Douglas        (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
                             Campbell 
1908 - 1911                Robert Auld                        (b. 1848 - d. 1911)
1911 - 1914                Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton        (b. 1854 - d. 1944)
1914                       Henry Merrick Lawson               (b. 1859 - d. 1933)
1914 - 1918                Reginald Clare Hart                (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
1918 - 1920                Launcelot Edward Kiggell           (b. 1862 - d. 1954)
1920 - 1925                John Edward Capper                 (b. 1861 - d. 1955)
1925 - 1929                Sir Charles John Sackville-West    (b. 1870 - d. 1962)
                             (from 28 Jan 1928, Charles John Sackville-
                             West, Baron Sackville)
1929 - 1934                Sir Edward Henry Willis            (b. 1870 - d. 1961)
1934 - 1939                Edward Nicholson Broadbent         (b. 1875 - d. 1944)
1939 - 1940                Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer- (b. 1884 - d. 1954)
                             Smollet
1940 - 21 Jun 1940         John Randle Minshull-Ford          (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
21 Jun 1940 - 25 Jun 1940  Victor Gosselin Carey (acting)     (b. 1871 - d. 1957)
Presidents of the Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey
25 Jun 1940 - Oct 1940     Ambrose James Sherwill             (b. 1890 - d. 1968)
Oct 1940 - 25 Aug 1945     John Leale (acting to Jan 1941)    (b. 1892 - d. 1969)
Provisional Military Administrator 
30 Jun 1940 -  9 Aug 1940  Albrecht Lanz
Commandants
 9 Aug 1940 - 1940         Wilhelm Kratzer
1940 - 1945                Brosch
1945 -  9 May 1945         von Reich
Head of the British Military Government of Guernsey
12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945  Charles Gage Stuart                (b. 1887 - d. 1970)
Lieutenant governors
25 Aug 1945 - 1953         Philip Neame                       (b. 1888 - d. 1978)
1953 - 1958                Thomas Walker Elmhirst             (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
1958 - 1964                Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson (b. 1902 - d. 1989)
1964 - 1969                Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman(b. 1903 - d. 1974)
1969 - 1974                Sir Charles Piercy Mills           (b. 1914 - d. 2006)
1974 - 1980                Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin     (b. 1918)
22 Apr 1980 - 1985         Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant    (b. 1920)
1985 - 1990                Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson     (b. 1928)
                             Boswell 
1990 - 25 Apr 1994         Sir Michael Compton Lockwood       (b. 1933 - d. 1994)
                             Wilkins
1994 - 2000                Sir John Francis Coward            (b. 1937)
May 2000 - 28 Sep 2005     Sir John Paul Foley                (b. 1939)
28 Sep 2005 - 18 Oct 2005  Geoffrey Robert Rowland (acting)   (b. 1948)
18 Oct 2005 -              Sir Fabian Malbon                  (b. 1946)

Bailiffs
1270 - 1278                Hugh de Trubleville
1278 - 1282                Guillaume de St. Remi (1st time)   (d. 1295)
1282 - 1288/89             Renaut de Ashwell
1288/89 - 1297             Guillaume de St. Remi (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1297 - 1298                Sir Nicholas de Cheney
1298 - 1299                Pierre Le Marchant
1299 - 1300                Radulphus De Gand
1300 - 1301                Robert Comberwell
1301 - 1302                Radulph de Haverland
1302 - 1303                John de Newent
1303 - 1304                Radulphus Gaultier
1304 - 1305                Pierre Le Marchant (1st time)
1305 - 1310                Massey de la Court (1st time)
1310 - 1311                James de Vinchelez (1st time)
1311 - 1313                Robert Le Gay (1st time)
1313 - 1315                Gaultier de la Hogue
1315 - 1317                Massey de la Court (2nd time)
1317 - 1318                Pierre Le Marchant (2nd time)
1318 - 1319                Massey de la Court (3rd time)
1319 - 1320                Robert Le Gay (2nd time)
1320 - 1321                Radulphus Gaultier
1321 - 1322                John Le Marchant (1st time)
1322 - 1323                James de Vinchelez (2nd time)
1323 - 1324                William Le Petit (1st time)
1324 - 1325                Guillaume de Souslemont
1325 - 1325/26             William Le Petit (2nd time)
1325/26 - 1327             Pierre de Garis
1327 - 1328                Henry de St. Martin
1328 - 1329                Radulphus Le Gay (1st time)
1329 - 1330                Radulphus Cokerel
1330 - 1331                Geoffrey de la Hogue
1331 - 1331/32             Thomas d'Esterfield
1331/32 - 1340             Radulphus Le Gay (2nd time)
1340 - 1357?               Jean de la Lande 
1357 - 1383/84             John Le Marchant
1384 - 1387                John Nicholas (or Nicolle)
1387 - 1412                Gervais de Clermont
1412 - 1433                James Coquerel
1433 - 1446                Thomas de la Court (1st time)
1446 - 1447                John Henry
1447 - 1466                Guillaume Cartier
1466 - 1470                Thomas de la Court (2nd time)
1470 - 1480                Pierre de Beauvoir
1480 - 1481                Edmund de Cheney
1481 - 1483                Nicholas Fouaschin (Fashion)
1483 - 1499                John Blondel
1499 - 1511                John Martin
1511 - 1535                James Guille
1538 - 1545                Thomas Compton (1st time)
1545 - 1549                John Haryvell
1549 - 1562                Helier Gosselin                    (b. 1517 - d. 1579)
1562 - 1570                Thomas Compton (2nd time)
1571 - 1581                Guillaume de Beauvoir
1581 - 1588                Thomas Wigmore
1588 - 1601                Louis de Vic                       (b. c.1540 - d. 1607)
1601 - 1631                Sir Amice de Carteret              (s.a.)
1631 - 1644                John de Quetteville                (d. c.1648)
                             (1643 suspended as a royalist by the States;
                             in opposition Feb-Dec 1647)
24 Dec 1644 - 1651         Pierre de Beauvoir (1st time)      (b. 1599 - d. 1678)
1652 - 1653                Pierre de Beauvior (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1653 - 1656                the Jurats (for one month each)
1656 - 1660                Pierre de Beauvoir (3rd time)      (s.a.)
1660 - 1661                Josué Gosselin (acting)
1661 - 1674                Amias Andros                       (b. 1610 - d. 1674)
1674 - 24 Feb 1714         Sir Edmund Andros                  (s.a.)
1714 - 1728                Jean de Sausmarez
1728 - 13 Sep 1751         Josué Le Marchant                  (b. c.1678 - d. 1751)
1752 - 1758                Eleazar Le Marchant                (b. 1680/87 - d. 17..)
1758 - 1771                Samuel Bonamy
1771 - 1800                William Le Marchant                (b. 1721 - d. 1809)
1800 - 1810                Robert Porrett Le Marchant         (b. c.1739 - d. 18..)
1810 - 1821                Sir Peter de Havilland             (b. 1747 - d. 1821)
1821 - 1843                Daniel de Lisle Brock              (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
1843 - 1845                Jean Guille                        (b. 1788 - d. 1845)
1845 - 1883                Sir Peter Stafford Carey           (b. 1803 - d. 1886)
1883 - 1884                John de Havilland Utermarck        (b. 1818 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1895                Edgar MacCulloch                   (b. 1808 - d. 1896)
                             (from 8 May 1886, Sir Edgar MacCulloch) 
1895 - 1902                Thomas Godfrey Carey               (b. 1832 - d. 1906)
                             (from 27 Jun 1900, Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey) 
1902 - 1908                Sir Henry Alexander Giffard        (b. 1838 - d. 1927)
1908 - 27 Jul 1915         William Carey                      (b. 1853 - d. 1915)
                             (from 1 Jan 1915, Sir William Carey) 
1915 - 1922                Sir Edward Chepmell Ozanne         (b. 1852 - d. 1929)
1922 - 1929                Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez  (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
1929 - 1935                Arthur William Bell                (b. 1868 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1946                Victor Gosselin Carey              (s.a.)
                             (Aug 1940 - May 1945 under German occupation)
                             (from 11 Dec 1945, Sir Victor Gosselin Carey) 
1946 - 1959                Ambrose James Sherwill             (s.a.)
                             (from 12 Jul 1949, Sir Ambrose James Sherwill) 
1959 - 21 Jul 1973         William Henry Arnold               (b. 1903 - d. 1973)
                             (from 1963, Sir William Henry Arnold) 
27 Jul 1973 -  6 Aug 1982  Sir John Henry Loveridge           (b. 1912 - d. 1994)
 6 Aug 1982 - 1992         Charles Keith Frossard             (b. 1922)
                             (from 20 Jul 1983, Sir Charles Keith Frossard) 
18 Feb 1992 - 28 Mar 1999  Graham Martyn Dorey                (b. 1932)
                             (from 28 Oct 1992, Sir Graham Martyn Dorey) 
28 Mar 1999 - 15 Jun 2005  de Vic Graham Carey                (b. 1940)
                             (from 1 Jan 2002, Sir de Vic Carey) 
16 Jun 2005 -              Geoffrey Robert Rowland            (s.a.)

Chief ministers
 1 May 2004 -  5 Mar 2004  Laurence "Laurie" Charles Morgan                       Non-party
 5 Mar 2007 -  1 May 2008  Michael "Mike" W. Torode
                               Non-party
 1 May 2008 -              Lyndon Sean Trott                  (b. 1964?)          Non-party

No Political Parties Exist



Alderney
[Alderney]
                          Adopted Dec 1906
Map of Alderny
Capital: Saint Anne's
Local Holiday:
15 Dec (1945)
Homecoming Day
Population: 2,027 (2008)

933                        Part of the Duchy of Normandy.
1042                       Possession granted to the Abbey of Mont Saint
                             Michel.
1057                       Possession granted to the bishops of Coutances.
Jun 1204                   English fiefdom.
1204 - Sep 1205            French occupation.
Dec 1205 - Apr 1206        French occupation. 
c.1236                     Divided between the bishops and the kings of England.
1338                       French occupation, the bishops are deprived of
                             their rights by the English king.
1360                       Treaty of Brétigny: the island is neutralized the
                             rights of the bishops are formally restored. War
                             goes on between France and England for the possession 
                             of the island until 1480.
1558  (two weeks)          Occupied by French under Capt. Malesarde.
30 Sep 1585 - 1646         Leased to the Earls of Essex. 
1660                       Alderney separated from Guernsey.
1660 - 1682                Granted to George Carteret.
13 Apr 1825                Subordinated to Guernsey. 
23 Jun 1940 - 15 Dec 1945  Most of the island population is evacuated.
 2 Jul 1940 - 16 May 1945  German occupation.

 1 Jan 1949                New constitution granted.

Lords of Alderney
1182 - c.1222              Wilhelmus Artifex (William L'Ingenieur)
                             (Dominus Alrenon)
c.1222 - 1238              Peter L'Ingenieur
                           + Mayn (Magnerus) L'Ingenieur
1238 - 1546                Vacant
1290 - af.1302             Raoul Eudes -Guardian
Governor
1376 - 1379                Thomas Porteman
Marshal 
1546 - 15..                Robert de Turberville
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        (b. 1566 - d. 1601)
25 Feb 1601 - 1604         Vacant
1604 - 1607                Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex        (b. 1590 - d. 1646)
1607 - 1608                William Chamberlain I                 (d. 1608) 
1608                       John Chamberlain I
1608 - 1639                William Chamberlain II                (d. 1640) 
161. - c.Mar 1618          John Chamberlain II
 3 Mar 1639 - 1640         John Colles                           (d. 1640)
1640 - 1642
                William Colles                        (d. 1642)    
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             (d. 1648)
11 Mar 1648 - 1651         Benjamin Lemprière
Jun 1651 - 1651            George Mishaw (or Michau)(1st time) 
1651 - 1654                John Ring (or King?)
23 Jun 1654 - 165.         George Mishaw (2nd time)
165. - 1658                Sir William Essex
21 May 1658 - 1659         Nicholas Ling                         (b. 1599 - d. 1679)
13 Jul 1659 - 1660         William Andros
Governors
29 Aug 1660 - 1660         Edward de Carteret
                           + James de Carteret
                           + Clement Le Couteur
1660 - 14 Jan 1679         Sir George Carteret                   (b. 1609 - d. 1679)
16 Aug 1661 -  6 Jan 1679  Nicholas Ling (acting for Carteret)   (s.a.)
 6 Jan 1679 - 14 Jan 1680  George Mishaw (acting for Carteret) 
14 Jan 1680 - 1682         Elizabeth de Carteret (f)             (b. c.1602 - d. 16..)
1682 - 29 Aug 1683         Edward Le Breton (1st time)
                             (acting [for de Haynes to 1682])
129 Aug 1683 - 24 Feb 1714 Sir Edmund Andros                     (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
                             (lease confirmed 29 Aug 1683) 
29 Aug 1683 -  3 Mar 1684  Edward Le Breton (2nd time)
                             (acting for Andros)
31 Mar 1684 -  1 Sep 1690  Thomas Le Mesurier (1st time)         (b. 1648 - d. 1718)
                             (acting for Andros)
 1 Sep 1690 -  1 Sep 1696  Thomas Le Marchant                    (b. 1644 - d. ....)
                             (acting for Andros)
 1 Sep 1696 - 21 Jul 1703  Charles Le Marchant
                             (acting for Andros)
21 Jul 1703 - 1714         Thomas Le Mesurier (2nd time)         (s.a.)

                             (acting for Andros)
1714                       George Andros                         (b. 1677 - d. 1714)
1713 - 22 Jul 1714         Thomas Le Mesurier (acting)(3rd time) (s.a.)
22 Jul 1714 - 1714         John Le Mesurier I (acting)(1st time) (b. 1684 - d. 1722) 
Feb 1714 - 1721            Ann Andros (f)                        (b. 1684 - d. 1721)
1714 - 1722                John Le Mesurier I (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                             (acting [for Andros to 1721])
1722 - 1729                Anne Le Mesurier (f)                  (d. 1729)
17 Feb 1728 - 1729         Nicholas Reserson
                            (acting for Ann Le Mesurier;
                             not recognized by Le Cocq)
26 Mar 1726 - 1730         Thomas Le Cocq (1st time)             (b. 1680 - d. 1760)
                             (in opposition)
 6 Feb 1730 - 1744         Henry Le Mesurier                     (b. 1713 - d. 1779)
20 Feb 1730 - 21 Dec 1738  Thomas Le Cocq (2nd time)             (s.a.)
                             (in opposition)
1744 - 12 Mar 1793         John Le Mesurier II                   (b. 1717 - d. 1793)
 2 Nov 1745 - 1763         John Le Cocq (acting for Le Mesurier)
16 Mar 1793 -  9 Jan 1803  Peter Le Mesurier                     (b. 1753 - d. 1803)
                             (3 Dec 1770 - 16 Mar 1793 acting for John Le Mesurier)
21 Jan 1803 - 13 Apr 1825  John Le Mesurier III                  (b. 1781 - d. 1843)
Judges
21 Jan 1803 - 11 Jan 1807  Jean Ollivier                         (d. 1807)
 1 Aug 1807 -  2 Apr 1836  Pierre Gauvin                         (d. 1836)

 2 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                          (d. 1856)
29 Nov 1836 - 15 Dec 1856  Nicholas Barbenson (2nd time)(acting)
15 Dec 1856 - 30 Apr 1876  Thomas Clucas                         (b. 1810 - d. 1876)
 1 May 1876 -  9 Oct 1876  Jean Pezet (acting)
 9 Oct 1876 - Oct 1892     Thomas Nicholas Barbenson             (b. c.1809 - d. 1892)
Oct 1892 - 17 Dec 1892     Peter Herivel (acting)
17 Dec 1892 - May 1897     John A. Le Cocq
 5 Jun 1897 - 1912         Nicholas Peter Barbenson              (b. 1838 - d. 1928)
12 Apr 1913 - 15 Mar 1938  Robert Walter Mellish                 (b. 1869 - d. 1938)
Mar 1938 - 16 Jul 1938     A.C. Tourgis (acting)
16 Jul 1938 - Nov 1947     Frederick G. French                   (b. 1889 - d. 1963)
German Administrators of Alderney (Sonderführer)
(subordinated to the German Commandant of Guernsey)
 2 Jul 1940 - 1940         Schmidt 
1940 - 1941                Koch
1941 - Apr 1942            Heinz Herzog

Apr 1942 - Mar 1944        Hans Spann
Mar 1944 - 16 May 1945     Wilhelm Richter                       (b. 1892 - d. 1971)

Juges
Nov 1947 - 15 Dec 1947     Daniel Le Cocq (acting)
15 Dec 1947 - 31 Dec 1948  Sir Frank Henry Cafande Wiltshire     (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
Presidents of the States of Alderney
 1 Jan 1949 - 26 Aug 1970  Sydney Peck Herivel                   (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
1970 - 1977                George William Baron (1st time)
1977 - 1994                Jon Kay-Mouat (1st time)              (b. 1933?)
1994 - 1997                George William Baron (2nd time)
1997 - 19 Jan 2002         Jon Kay-Mouat (2nd time)              (s.a.)
19 Jan 2002 -              Sir Norman Browse                     (b. 1931)

No Political Parties Exist



Sark
[Flag of Seigneur of Sark]
                From 1938, Adopted 19 Nov 1980
Map of Sark
Capital: Sark
Local Holiday:
10 May (1945)
Liberation Day

Population: 680 (2008) 

933                        Part of the Duchy of Normandy.
Jun 1204                   English possession.
1204 - Sep 1205            French occupation.
Dec 1205 - Apr 1206        French occupation. 
1212 - 1214                French occupation. 
1343 - 1347                French occupation. 
1373                       Sark temporarily abandoned after devastation
                             by Bertrand de Guesclin. 
31 Jul 1549 -  7 Sep 1553  Attempted French occupation.
1560 - 1562                French occupation by Seigneur of Glatigny.
 6 Aug 1565                Seigneury of Sark founded as an English 
                             fiefdom; subordinate to Guernsey.
1643 - Aug 1660            Sark confiscated by Parliament.
 4 Jul 1940 - 10 May 1945  German occupation.

Seigneurs 
 6 Aug 1565 - 1581         Hélier de Carteret                    (b. 1532 - d. 1584)
1581 - 1594                Philippe de Carteret I                (b. 1552 - d. 1594)
1594 - 22 Aug 1643         Sir Philippe de Carteret II           (b. 1584 - d. 1643)
22 Aug 1643 - 1643         Philippe de Carteret III (1st time)   (b. c.1609 - d. 1662)
Governors 
1643 - 1657                Nicholas Ling                         (b. 1599 - d. 1679)
1657 - Apr 1659            Richard Winne
Apr 1659 - Aug 1660        Jean Le Gros                          (b. 1616 - d. 1677) 
Seigneurs 
Aug 1660 - 1662            Philippe de Carteret III (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1662 - 1693                Sir Philippe de Carteret VI           (b. 1650 - d. 1693)
1662 - 1671                Nicholas Richardson -Regent
1693 - 1715                Sir Charles de Carteret               (b. 1679 - d. 1715)
1715 - 1720                John Carteret, Baron Carteret         (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
1720 - 1723                John Johnson                          (d. 1723)
1723 - 1730                James Milner                          (d. 1730)
1730                       Joseph Wilcock, Bishop of Gloucester  (b. 1673 - d. 1756)
                             (Milner heir, but did not claim the title)
28 Aug 1730 - 24 Jun 1733  Susanne Le Pelley (f) -Dame           (b. 1668 - d. 1733)

1733 - 1742                Nicolas Le Pelley                     (b. 1692 - d. 1742)
1742 - 1752                Daniel Le Pelley                      (d. 1752)
1752 - 1778                Pierre Le Pelley I                    (b. 1736 - d. 1778)
1778 - 1820                Pierre Le Pelley II
1820 -  1 Mar 1839         Pierre Le Pelley III                  (b. 1799 - d. 1839)
 1 Mar 1839 - 26 Oct 1849  Ernest Le Pelley                      (b. 1801 - d. 1849)
1849 - 1852                Pierre Carey Le Pelley
1852 - 1853                Marie Allaire Collings (f) -Dame      (b. 1791 - d. 1853)
1853 -  7 Mar 1882         William Thomas Collings               (b. 1824 - d. 1882)
 7 Mar 1882 - 14 Jun 1927  William Frederick Collings            (b. 1852 - d. 1927)
14 Jun 1927 - 14 Jul 1974  Sybil Mary Collings Beaumont (f)-Dame (b. 1884 - d. 1974)
                             (from 1929, Sybil Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway) 
                           - jointly with - 
1929 - 15 Dec 1954         Robert Hathaway¹                      (b. 1888 - d. 1954)
14 Jul 1974 -              Michael Beaumont                      (b. 1927)

Seneschals of the Court and Presidents of Chief Pleas 
1576 - 1601                Jean de Carteret                      (d. 1601)
15 Jul 1675 - 1680         Pierre Gibault
1680 - 1683                Thomas de Beauvoir 
1683 - 1702                Phillipe Dumeresq
1702 - 1707                Jean Payne
1707 - 1744                Philippe de Carteret
1744 - 1752                Henri de Carteret
1752 - 1777                Phillipe Le Masurier
1777 - 1785                Henri Le Masurier
1785 - 1808                Amice Le Couteur
1808 - 1812                Jean Le Couteur
1812 - 1830                Jean Falle
1830 - 1841                Elie Le Masurier
1841 - 1821                Philippe Guille 
1851 - 1876                Thomas Godfray
1876 - 1881                William de Carteret
1881 - 1891                Abraham Baker
1891 - 1920                Thomas Godfray
1920 - 1922                Kenneth Campbell
1922 - 1925                Ashby Taylor
1925 - 1937                Frederick de Carteret
1937 - 1945                William Carré
1945 - 1969                William Baker
1969 - 1979                Bernard Jones
1979 - 1985                Hilary Carré
1985 - 2000                Lawrence Philip de Carteret 
2000 -                     Reginald "Reg" J. Guille              (b. 1942?) 

German Representatives
(subordinated to the German Commandant of Guernsey)
 4 Jul 1940 - 1942         Herdt
1942 - 1945                Johann Hinkel                         (d. 1945) 

No Political Parties Exist

  ¹Robert Hathaway (s.a.) was the legal Seigneur of Sark from the date of his marriage
to Sibyl Beaumont until his death.  In fact they sat as a pair in Chief Pleas but he did 
the speaking. 


Brechou (Brecqhou)
 
[Flag of the Tenants' of Brechou, to 2009]
Flag of Tenant of Brechou  23 Nov 1967 - 2009
[Flag of Tenant of Brechou, from 2009]
     Flag of Tenant of Brechou Adopted 2009

Tenants
1966 -  6 Oct 1987          Leonard Joseph Matchan             (b. 1911 - d. 1987)
1993 -                      David Barclay                      (b. 1934)
                              (from 31 Oct 2000, Sir David Barclay) 

Herm

[Herm, 1950-1951]
                       1950 - 1953
[Herm]
               From 1953, Adopted 1984 
Capital: Herm
Population: 94 (2008)
(includes Jethou)

Tenants
1717 - 1737                Charles Nowall
1737 - 1766                Peter Carey I
1766 - 1770                Peter Carey II
1770 - 1774                Caroline Carey (f)
1774 - 1779                Peter John 
                           + Thomas de Jersey
1779 - 1800                John de Jersey
1800 - 1815                Pierre Mauger
1815 - 1826                John Lindsay
1826 - 1830                the States of Guernsey
1830 - 1836                Jonathan Duncan
1836 - 1842                the British Commercial Assurance Co.
1842 - 1854                Ebenezer Fernie
1854 - 1860                John Henry
                           + Steven Touzeau-Martin
1860 - 1862                Thomas Bartlett
1862 - 1867                Thomas Hyde
1867 - 1877                M.J. Fielden
1877 - 1878                James Considine (1st time)
1878 - 1881                Arthur Maxwell
1881 - 1882                James Considine (2nd time)
1882 - 1884                the Carthusian Order
1884 - 1889                the West Bank Liegnitz of Silesia
1889 - 1914                Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt (b. 1836 - d. 1916)
1917 - 1920                Wheadon and Company
1920 - 1923                Sir Edward Montague Compton         (b. 1883 - d. 1972) 
                             Mackenzie
1923 - 1939                Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry     (b. 1878 - d. 1956)
1948 - 1949                Alfred Graham Jefferies
1949 - 1998                Alexander Gough "Peter" Wood        (d. 1998)
1998 -  1 Oct 2008         Adrian Heyworth 
                           + Pennie Wood Heyworth (f)
 1 Oct 2008 -              John Singer                         (b. 1944?)


Jethou

Capital: Jethou
Population: see under Herm
Tenants 
1028 - 1055                Restauld                           (b. c.995 - d. c.1060) 
1055 - 1414                Mont Saint-Michel Abbey 
1717 - 1737                Charles Nowall
1737 - 1758                Charles Mauger                     (d. 1758)
1758 - 1779                Thomas Guille 
                           + Thomas Le Marchant
1779 - 1781                Henry de Jersey                    (d. 1781)
1781 - 1800                Henry de Jersey II
1800 - 1821                Phillip de Quesnel
1821 - 1822                Edward Falla
                           + Peter Le Cocq
                           + Nicholas Le Feuvre
                           + Peter de Lisle
1822 - 1846                Jean Allaire                       (b. 1763 - d. 1846)
1846 - 1852                Marie Allaire Collings             (b. 1791 - d. 1853)
1852 - 1856                the States of Guernsey
                            (island was used for quarrying)
1856 - 1863                George Charles Gee
1863 - 1867                Perry
                           + Lindell 
                           + Giffard
1867 - 1877                Montague Fielden
1877 - 1880                Caretakers
1880 - 1885                W.H.B. Moullin
1885 - 1890                Caretakers
1890 -  7 Nov 1918         Henry Austin Lee                   (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
                            (from 1902, Sir Henry Austin Lee) 
1899 - 1910                F.J. Guy -Subtenant
1919 - 1920                John Drillot -Caretaker
1920 - 1934                Sir Edward Montague Compton        (b. 1883 - d. 1972) 
                             Mackenzie 
1934 - 1944                Harold Fortington                  (d. 1944)
1940 - 1945                George MacDonald -Subtenant
1944 - 1948                Fortington (f) 
1948 - 1955                William Gill Withycombe
1955 - 1957                Philip Steer Watkins
1957 - 1958                Herman Stockey
Dec 1958 - 1964            William Hedley Cliff               (b. 1913?)
29 Sep 1964 -  6 Dec 1971  Susan Faed Summers (f)             (b. 1933)
Dec 1971 -  3 Feb 1983     Charles William Hayward            (b. 1892 - d. 1983)
                             (from 1974, Sir Charles William Hayward) 
1984 - 1991                Anthony Duckworth-Chad             (b. 1942)
1991 - 1995                Peter Ogden                        (b. 1947)
                           + Philip W. Hulme                  (b. 1948)
1995 -                     the States of Guernsey
1995 -                     Subtenants 
                           - Peter Ogden                      (s.a.)
                               (from 9 Feb 2005, Sir Peter Ogden)  
 
                           - Philip W. Hulme                  (s.a.) 






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