Jersey
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- to 7 Apr 1981
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- Adopted 7 Apr 1981
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- Adopted 14 Aug
1997 State Ensign
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- Adopted 23 Jun
2010 Civil Ensign
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Map
of Jersey
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Hear National Anthem
"Dgieu sauve le Roi!
("God Save the
King")
("God Save the Queen
[Dgieu
sauve la Reine!]
1837-1901, 1952-2022) |
Hear
Local Anthem
"Isle de Siez
Nous"
(Island Home)
Adopted 28 Apr 2008
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Former
Local Anthem
"Ma Normandie"
(My Normandy) (1836-2008)
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Constitution
(unwritten)
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Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948
(15 Jan 1949)
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Capital:
Saint Helier
(Saint Hélier)
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Currency: British Pound (GBP);
and from 1840 Jersey
Pound
(JEP)
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National
Holiday: 9 May (1945)
Liberation Day
(Jour d'la Libéthâtion)
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Population:
99,602 (2018)
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GDP: $5.57
billion (2016)
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Exports:
$N/A
Imports: $N/A
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Ethnic groups:
Jersey (Norman-French descent) 46.4%,
British 32.7%,
Portuguese/Madeiran 8.2%, Polish 3.3%,
Irish 2.4%, French 0.9%, other
European/white 3.8%,
other 2.3% (2011)
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Total Police
Force: 189 (2019)
Defense is the
Responsibility of the U.K.
Merchant marine:
15 (2018)
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Religions:
Christian 86% (of which Anglican
44.1%,
Roman Catholic 14.6%,
Baptist, Congregational New
Church, Methodist,
Presbyterian 6.9%, unaffiliated
Christian 20.1%),
non-religious/atheist 13.4%,
other 0.6%, (2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: None |
Jersey
Index
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Chronology
c.56 BC - 464 AD
Part of
the Roman
Empire along with Northern Gaul
(from 27 BC, part of Gallia
Lugdunensis province).
Jersey is possibly named Caesarea.
Sep 260 - Feb/Mar 274
Part of the
breakaway Gallic Empire (Imperium
Galliarum).
464 -
486
Under Syagrius (b. 430 - d. 487),
who rules Northern
Gaul.
486
Part of Kingdom
of the Franks;
called Augia or Angia.
c.520
Christianity introduced to Jersey
by Saint Hellerius
(Hélier)(d. 555) and Saint Marcouf
(Marcoult,
Marculf, Marcou)(b. c.500 - d.
558).
c.582
By this time the island was called
alternately -
Gerseio, Gerseium, Gersoium,
Grisogium, Gersoio,
Gersui, or Gerse.
838/856
Islands
are sacked by the Vikings.
867 -
933
Part of the Duchy of Brittany
along with the
Cotentin
Peninsula (within
France).
Named variously
Gereseye,
Jerneseye, Jerseye, Jèrriais.
933
Channel Islands (in Norman: Îles
d'la Manche, French:
Îles Anglo-Normandes) part of
the Duchy of Normandy
along with the Cotentin Peninsula
(within France).
1025
Name Jersoi first
appears in a charter of Richard II.
25 Dec
1066
William II (b. c.1028 - d. 1087), Duke
of Normandy
(Dux Normanniae) since
1035, becomes king of
England. Normandy is separated from
the crown of
England 9 Sep 1087-28 Sep 1106 and 14
Jan 1144-
1150.
8 Feb 1198 - 13 Dec 1487
Lordship of the Isles (Guernsey,
Jersey, Alderney,
Sark, Brechou, Herm, and Jethou);
within the
Duchy of Normandy (until 24 Jun
1204).
1202
King Philip II of France declares
Normandy a
forfeited fief, and by Jun 1204 the
French army
had conquered it, except for the
Channel Islands.
1203 -
1413
Les Ecréhous granted to the
Cistercian Abbey of Val
Richer, near Lisieux, France by
Pierre de Préaux,
Warden of the Isles.
24 Jun
1204
Channel Islands remain English when
the fiefdom of
Normandy (including the Chausey
Islands south of
Jersey), return to French rule. The
English briefly
re-occupy Normandy in 1345-1360 and
1415-1450.
1204 - 1204
French occupation.
1214 - 1214
French led by Eustace "the Monk"
(Eustache Busket
"le
Moine")(b. c.1170 - d. 1217) seize
the islands.
c.1215
Rights and privileges are formally
granted to the
Islands by King John, according to
tradition.
20 Sep
1217
By Treaty of (Kingston) Lambeth,
France agreed to
restore English possessions as of
1202, this
provision included such of the Channel
Islands as
still remained in French hands.
1226
King Henry III confirms the Channel
Islands should
continue to enjoy the same liberties
as they had
done under Henry II and Richard
I.
4 Dec
1259
Treaty of Paris confirms the English
loss of
Normandy, but the retention of the
"islands (if
any) which the King of England should
hold" under
suzerainty of the King of France
(the islands are
not named).
1294
French under Jean d'Harcourt and
Matthieu de
Montmorency attack and pillage Jersey.
Mar 1338 - Sep
1338
French occupation of Jersey under Admiral
Nicolas
Béhuchet,
but Gourey (Mont Orgueil) Castle
remains
in
English hands.
12 Mar 1339 - Oct
1339 French
occupation of Jersey under Robert
Bertrand
de
Bricquebec, but Gourey (Mont
Orgueil) Castle
again remains in English hands.
10 Jul
1341
King Edward III confirms the
privileges, liberties,
and customs of the Islands (confirmed
again 1378,
Jun
1394, May 1400, 1414, 1442, 1469, Dec
1483, 10
Feb
1486, 6 Mar 1548, 1604, and 1627).
24 Oct
1360
Treaty of Brétigny (Calais)(signed 8
May 1360)
provided a clause that the King of
England shall
have
and hold al1 islands which he "now
holds"
(without naming them) and vassalage
requirements
for the lands are ended by France.
14 Jul 1373 - Aug
1373
French siege under Bertrand du
Guesclin, constable of
France (b. c.1320 - d. 1380),
a bribe for safety
is
paid by Jersey until 1376.
Mar 1380 -
1382
French occupation under
Admiral Jehan de Vienne
(b. 1341 - d. 1396).
Apr
1404
French raid under
Jean de Penhoët, Admiral
of
Brittany (b. c.1360 - d. 1434).
7 Oct 1406
Franco-Castilian force
led by Pero Nino, conde de
Buelna and Pierre de Pontbriand
invades Jersey,
landing at St Aubin's Bay, but failing
to capture
the
island.
May 1461 - Oct 1467
French occupation, under Pierre
de Brézé, grand
sénéchal de Normandie (the
Western parishes remain
in
opposition under Philippe de
Carteret to 146.)
28 Jun
1462
Queen Margaret (b. 1430 - d. 1468)
agrees to
surrender to the French Crown, Calais
along with
the Channel Islands, in exchange for
King Louis XI
supporting the Lancastrian cause, by
the Treaty of
Tours (confirming 23 Jun
1462 agreement of Chinon).
13 Jan
1473
Sir Richard Harleston (Harliston) is
appointed the
first separate governor of Jersey.
13 Dec
1487
Lady Anne de Beauchamp (b. 1429 - d.
1492) resigned
her claim to the islands to
the English Crown.
1497
The States of Jersey are first
mentioned.
1499
Chausey Islands abandoned to France by
Jersey
(surrender contested by England until
before 1764).
Aug 1549
French landing at Bouley Bay under
Jean du Breil,
seigneur de la Touche repulsed by
Jersey militia.
26 Aug 1643 - 24 Nov 1643
Parliamentary forces operate
from St. Helier during
the
English Civil War; while Royalist
forces hold
Mont Orgueil Castle.
24 Nov 1643 - 12 Dec
1651 Parliamentary authorities
control the island while
Royalist forces are besieged in Mont
Orgueil
Castle.
17 Feb
1649
Charles II proclaimed King in Jersey
at Market Place,
Charles II arrived 17 Sep 1649, left
13 Feb 1650.
19 May 1649 - 8 May
1660 Jersey part of the
Commonwealth of England.
1 May 1779
Failed Franco-Dutch
landing at St Ouen's under the
Charles Henri Othon, Prince de
Nassau-Siegen (b.
1743 - d. 1808).
6 Jan 1781
Failed French invasion
under Philippe Charles Félix
Macquart, sieur de Rullecourt (b. 1744
- d. 1781),
managing to capture the Lt. governor,
but not the
island, before being defeated in
battle.
31 Jul
1804
Loi (1804) au sujet des assemblées
paroissiales (Law
[1804] concerning parish
assemblies)(amended 17
Mar
1815 and 12 Mar 1905).
3 May 1850 - 1895
Philippe Pinel (b. 1820 - d. 1896) a
Jersey fisherman
who
was known as the 'King of the
Ecréhous' (Le Roi
des Ecréhous)
lives on Maître Île in the Ecréhous.
6 May
1884
Règlements Provisoires (by
Jersey Order in Council
2/1884 of 14 Apr 1884).
15 Dec 1886
Ecréhous Islands are claimed by France
as under its
sovereignty and as dependent territory
26 Jan 1888,
in fishing dispute with U.K.
27 Aug 1888
Minquiers Islets claimed
by France as part of its
'undoubted' maritime domain in U.K.
fishing
dispute.
20 Jun
1940
Demilitarization of the island
completed.
1 Jul 1940 - 9 May
1945 German occupation (Britische
Kanalinseln),
subordinated to occupied France (to 14
Aug 1944)
(see below).
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug
1945 British military
administration (see below).
15 Jan 1949
Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948 (amended
1951, 1960,
1967, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1990, 1991,
1993, 1996,
1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010,
2012, 2016,
2018).
17 Nov
1953
International Court of Justice
confirms British
sovereignty over the Minquiers and
Ecréhous Island
groups.
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Occupied
Channel Islands
(1940-1945)
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Lords of the Isles (Dominus [Domina]
insularum/Seigneur des îles)(Jersey and
Guernsey)
c.1111
Prince Julien du Pracle
8 Feb 1198 - 27 May 1199 Prince
John, Count of Mortain
(b. 1167 - d. 1216)
(from 27 May 1199, King John of
England)
14 Jan 1200 - 1206
Pierre de Préaux
(b. c.1129 - d. 1212)
(possibly acting for Prince John 1198-1199)
1206 - 23 Nov 1234
Vacant
23 Nov 1234 - 21 Dec 1239 Henry de
Trubleville (Turberville) (d.
1239)
21 Dec 1239 - 14 Apr
1254 Vacant
14 Apr 1254 - 20 Nov 1272 Prince Edward
of England
(b. 1239 - d. 1307)
(from 20 Nov 1272, King Edward I)
20 Nov 1272 - 25 Nov
1275 Vacant
25 Nov 1275 - May 1328 Sir Othon
de Grandison
(b. 1238 - d. 1328)
May
1328 - 30
Nov 1396
Vacant
30
Nov 1396 - 25 Oct 1415
Edward, Earl of
Rutland
(b. 1373 - d. 1415)
(1397-1399, Duke of Aumale; from
1 Aug 1402, Edward, Duke of York)
27 Nov 1415 - 14 Sep 1435 John, Earl of Kendal,
Earl of (b. 1389 - d. 1435)
Richmond and Duke of Bedford
14 Sep 1435 - 9 Apr 1437
Vacant
9 Apr 1437 - 23 Feb 1447 Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester (b.
1390 - d. 1447)
23 Feb 1447 - 3 Jun
1449 Anne de Beauchamp (f) -Lady
(b. 1444 - d. 1449)
23 Jul 1449 - 20 Nov 1459 Richard Neville,
Earl of Warwick (b. 1428 - d. 1471)
"the Kingmaker" (1st
time)
8 Aug 1460 -
14 Apr 1471 Richard Neville, Earl of
Warwick (s.a.)
"the Kingmaker" (2nd time)
May 1461 - 16 Jul
1465 Pierre de Brézé,
comte
de
(b. c.1408 - d. 1465)
Maulévrier (in dissidence)
16 Jul 1465 - Oct 1467
Jacques de Brézé,
comte de
(b. c.1440 - d. 1494)
Maulévrier (in dissidence)
14 Apr 1471 - 13 Dec
1487 Anne de Beauchamp,
Countess (b.
1429 - d. 1492)
of Warwick -Lady
(resigned claim to the English Crown)
Guardians/Wardens
of the Isles (Custos insularum/Gardien des
îles)
c.1117
Sire Brandin Henton
c.1180
Giselbert de la Hougue
1204 - Nov 1212
Hasculf du Suligny (Subligny)
(acting for Pierre
de
Préaux? to 1206)
Nov 1212
- 1219
Philippe d'Albini I (1st time)
(d. 1236)
(Philippe
d'Aubigné)
1219 -
1224
Philippe d'Albini II
(Philippe d'Aubigné)
1224 - May 1226
Geffroi de Lucy
May 1226 - 1226
Hugues de Saint
Philibert
(d. af.1272)
1226 -
1227
Richard de Grey of Codnor
(b. 1195 - d. 1271)
(1st time)
1227 - 27 Nov 1229
Guillaume de
Saint-Jean (1st time) (d. 1239)
27 Nov 1229 -
1230
Richard de Grey of Codnor
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
+ Jean de Grey
22 Jun 1230 - Jul? 1232 Henry de
Trubleville (Turberville) (s.a.)
(1st time)
28 Sep 1232 - 13 Jun 1234
Philippe d'Albini I (2nd time)
(s.a.)
+ Guillaume de Saint-Jean
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(to Oct 1232)
13 Jun 1234 - 23 Nov
1234 Henry de Trubleville (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(from 12 Nov 1234, Lord of
the Isles)
13 Jun 1234 - 18 Jan
1235 Nicolas de
Meules
(b. 1191 - d.
1271)
(lieutenant)
1235
Gérard de Lambersard
+ Guillaume de Dampierre
+ Guillaume Blom
(acting)
1235 - 1240
Drouet
de Barentin (1st time)
(Drogo [Dreux] de Barentin)
1240 - 1241
Guillaume de Boeles (Bouelles)
1241 -
1252
Drouet de Barentin (2nd time)
1252 - 1254
Richard de Grey of
Codnor
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
1254 -
1258
....
5 Jul 1258 - 1260?
Drouet de Barentin
(3rd time)
1260? -
1271
....
24 Jun 1271 - 14 Apr 1275 Arnaud Jean de
Cuntis
Nov 1274 - 1275
Jean Wyger (royal commissioner)
25 Nov 1275 -
1276
Raoul de Broughton
(lieutenant)
27 Jul 1276 - 1278
Philippe
Burnel
(b. 1240 - d. 1281)
(lieutenant)
c.1277 - 1289
Sir Philippe l'Evêque
(d. 1289)
(lieutenant)
30 Jan 1290 - 1292
Pierre d'Arcis
(lieutenant)
7 Feb 1294 - 18 Jun
1294 Sir Guillaume de Grandison
(b. c.1250 - d. 1335)
+ Henri, prieur de Wenlock
(lieutenants)
18 Jun 1294 -
1297 Sir
Henri de Cobham
(b. 1260 - d.
1339)
1297 - 13 Apr 1298
Sir Nicolas
de Cheney (Cheny)
(d.
c.1320)
(2nd time)
13 Apr 1298 - 1299
Henri, prieur de Wenlock
(lieutenant)
1299 - 13..
Denis de Tilbury
(lieutenant)
c.1302 -
c.1304
Jean de Newent
(lieutenant)
c.1306
- 1309
Jean de Ditton
(lieutenant)
1309
Pierre de Petitfeu
(lieutenant)
1309
-
1319
Drouet de
Barentin
(d. 1319)
(lieutenant)
c.1319
Pierre de
Balmes
(lieutenant)
11 Mar 1321 - 1328
Gérard d'Orons (Derous)
(d. 1334)
(Dorme, de Ourons, d'Oroms)
(lieutenant)
9
Jun 1323 - 1323 Henri de
Sully
(lieutenant)
(b. 1282 - d. 1323)
(did not take office)
1324 - Jul 1325
Jean de Clyvedon
(lieutenant)
25 Jul 1326 - 29 Mar 1327
Raoul Basset de Drayton
(b. 1279 - d. 1343)
+ Jean de Roches
(guardians)
29 Mar 1327 - 12 Jun 1328 Jean de
Roches
+ Robert de
Norton
(guardians)
12 Jun 1328 - 9 Sep 1330 Jean de Roches
9 Sep 1330 - 1331
Pierre Bernard de Pynsole
+ Laurens de Gaillard (du Galars)
Aug
1331
Sir Guillaume de Cheney
(b. c.1357 -
d. 1346)
1331 -
1333
Thomas Wake, Baron Wake of Liddell (b. 1297 - d. 1349)
Feb 1333 - May
1337 Henri de
Ferriers
(b. 1294? - d. 1349)
+ Guillaume, Baron de Mountagu
(b. 1302? - d. 1344)
(William, Baron Montacute)
(from 3 Mar 1334)
10
May 1337 -
1340
Thomas de Ferriers (1st time)
(b. c.1299 - d. 1353)
1337
- 1341?
Gautier de Weston (1st time)
(acting for Ferriers)
Mar 1338 - Sep
1338 Nicolas
Béhuchet -French
Commander (b. 1288 - d. 1340)
Mar 1339 - Oct 1339
Robert VIII Bertrand
de
(b. c.1273 - d. 1348)
Bricquebec, Baron de
Bricquebec -French Commander
20 Mar 1341 -
1343
Thomas de Hampton (Hamptonne)
1343 -
1347
Thomas de Ferriers (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1343 - 1347
Gautier de Weston (2nd
time)
(acting for Ferriers)
1348 - 26 May
1349 Robert
Wyvill
+ Thomas de Clifford
26 May 1349 - 1354?
Jean de Mautravers
(b. c.1290 - d. 13..)
2 Apr 1354 - Apr
1357 Guillaume Stury
Apr 1357 - 1358?
Sir Thomas de Holland, Earl
(b. 1314 - d. 1360)
of Kent
1359 -
1366
Sir Édmond de Cheney (Chaeney) (d.
1374/83)
1367 -
1373
Sir Gautier Hewet
(d.
1373)
1371 - 2 May
1372
Giefroy de Saint-Martin
(lieutenant)
2 May 1372
- 1374 Sir Edmund
Rose
(lieutenant
to 20 Nov 1373)
1374 -
1376
....
1376 - 23 Apr
1393 Sir
Hugh Calvilegh (Calveley) (b.
c.1320 - d. 1393)
Mar 1380 -
1382
Jehan de Vienne -French Commander
(b. 1341 - d. 1396)
1380 -
1382
Jean V d'Hangest et d'Avesnecourt (b. c.1350 - d.
1415)
(French governor)
1384 -
1385
Roger Walden
(d.
1406)
(lieutenant)
1393
- 30 Nov
1396 Sir
Jean de
Golafre
(b. c.1351 - d. 1396)
11 May 1405 - 1405
Jean Peraunt
+ Thomas Pykworth
1409 -
1412
Richard of Conisburgh
(b. 1375
- d. 1415)
(from 1414, Earl
of Cambridge)
1416
Henri Mulso
1436 - 1444?
Sir John Bernard (captain)
(b. 1394 - d.
1452)
24 Feb 1447 - 1448
Jean de
Beaumont, Viscount
(b. 1410 - d. 1460)
Beaumont
+ Ralph Boteler, Baron
(b. 1394 - d. 1473)
Sudeley
1448
Guillaume Bertram
1448 - 1450?
William de la Pole, Duke
(b. 1396 - d. 1450)
of Suffolk
24 Sep 1452 - 1457
John Nanfan (1st
time)
1457 - 1460
....
12 May 1460 -
1461
John Nanfan (2nd time)
French Commander
1461 - Oct 1467
Jean Carbonnel, seigneur de
Sourdeval
English Captain and Governor of Jersey
Oct 1467 - 13 Jan 1473 Sir
Richard Harleston (Harliston) (b. c.1425 - d.
c.1497)
Governor of Jersey
13 Jan 1473 - 5 Apr 1486 Sir
Richard Harleston (Harliston) (s.a.)
(continues in dissidence in Mont Orgueil to
... 1486)
Governors and Captains of Jersey and Guernsey
5 Apr 1486 - 23 Jul
1487 Matthew Baker
(b.
14.. - d. 1513)
+ David Phelip (Philips)
(d. c.1503/10)
Governors of
Jersey
23 Jul 1487 - 1496
Matthew
Baker
(s.a.)
7 Dec 1496 - 1506
Thomas Overay
(Overey)
(b. 1455 - d. 1506)
1506 - Aug 1532
Sir Hugh Vaughan
(b. c.1460 - d. 1534)
18 Sep 1515 - 19 Sep 1515
Royal Commissioners
- George Treneton
-
Reginald Meinours
Sep 1531 - 1531
Royal Commissioners
- Richard Foster
- Robert Kirke
- Jean Lemprière, seigneur de Rozel(d. 1534)
- Jean Dumaresq, seigneur de Bagot
Aug 1532 - 6 Oct
1534 Sir Anthony Ughtred
(Oughtred) (b. c.1478 - d. 1534)
6 Oct 1534 - 17 Jan 1536 Sir Arthur
Darcy
(b. c.1505 - d. 1561)
17 Jan 1536 - 7 Jul 1537 Thomas
Vaulx (Vaux),
Baron
(b. 1509 - d. 1556)
Harrowden
7 Jul 1537 - 1550
Sir Edward Seymor (Seymour),
(b. 1506 - d. 1552)
Viscount Beauchamp, (from 15 Oct
1537) Earl of Hertford, (from
16 Feb 1547) Duke of Somerset
20 Mar 1550 - 1571 Sir
Hugh
Paulet
(b. 1500 - d. 1573)
Captains, Guards and Governors of the Castle
and Isle of Jersey
(Cappitaines, Gardes et Gouverneurs des Chasteaulx et
Isle de Jersey)
1571 - 6 Dec
1573
Sir Hugh
Paulet
(s.a.)
Dec 1573 - 26 Sep 1588 Sir Amyas
Poulet (Amias Paulet)
(b. c.1532 - d. 1588)
4 Jul 1590 - 22 Jul 1600
Anthony Paulet
(b. 1562
- d. 1600)
(from c.1595, Sir Anthony Paulet)
20 Sep 1600 - 10 Sep 1603 Sir Walter
Raleigh
(b. 1552 - d. 1618)
10 Sep 1603 - 4 Nov 1630 Sir John
Peyton
(b. 1544 - d. 1630)
30 Apr 1617 - Jul 1617
Royal Commissioners
- Sir Edward
Conway
(b. 1564 - d. 1631)
- William
Bird
(b. 1560? - d. 1624)
4 Nov 1630 - 29 Aug 1643 Sir Thomas Jermyn
(1st time) (b. 1573
- d. 1645)
26 Aug 1643 - 1643
Parliamentary
Commissioners
- Henri
Dumaresq
- Michel Lemprière, seigneur
(b. 1606 - d. 1671)
de Maufant
- Abraham Hérault
29 Aug 1643 - 24 Nov 1643 Robert Rich,
Earl of Warwick
(b. 1587 - d. 1658)
(Warwicke)(for Parliament)
24 Nov 1643 - 7 Jan 1645 Sir
Thomas Jermyn (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(Royalist)
7 Jan 1645 - 13
Feb 1650 Henry Jermyn, Baron Jermyn of
(b. 1605 - d. 1684)
of Saint Edmundsbury
(1st time) (Royalist)
10 Apr 1645 - May 1645 Royal
Commissioners
- John Poley
- John Nicholas
Vaughan
- Henry Janson
13 Feb 1650 - 21 Aug 1650 James, Duke of
York
(b. 1633 - d. 1701)
(Royalist)
2
Jun 1651 - 12 Dec 1651 Henry Jermyn, Baron
Jermyn of (s.a.)
of Saint Edmundsbury
(2nd time) (Royalist)
12 Dec 1651 - 17 Dec 1651 James Heane (Hearne,
Haynes) (b.
1613? - d. 1655)
(for Parliament)
17 Dec 1651 - 19 Jan 1660 Robert
Gibbon
(b. 1613 - d. 1681)
(for Parliament)
19 Jan 1660 - 29 Feb 1660 John Mason
(for Parliament)
Commanders-in-Chief and Governors (Commandants-en-Chef
et Gouverneurs)
29 Feb 1660 - 22 Sep 1660 Carew Raleigh
(b. 1605 - d. 1666)
22 Sep 1660 - 12 Jan 1665 Henry
Jermyn, Baron Jermyn of
(s.a.)
Saint Edmundsbury (3rd time)
(from 27 Apr 1660, Earl of Saint Alban's)
12 Jan 1665 - 13 Apr 1679 Sir Thomas
Morgan
(b. 1604 - d. 1679)
13 May 1679 - 5 Aug 1684 Sir John
Lanier
(b. 1638 - d. 1692)
Governors and Captains of the Isle of Jersey (Gouverneurs
et Capitaines de l'Isle de Jersey)
5 Aug 1684 - 1 Apr 1703
Thomas Jermyn, Baron Jermyn, of (b.
1633 - d. 1703)
Saint
Edmundsbury
20 Apr 1704 - 18 Oct 1722 Henry Lumley
(b. 1658? - d. 1722)
24 Aug 1723 - 14 Sep 1749 Richard Temple,
Viscount Cobham (b. 1675 - d.
1749)
23 Jan 1750 - 18 Jan 1761 John
Huske
(b. 1689 - d. 1761)
18 Jul 1761 - 13 Oct 1772 George Keppel,
Earl of Albemarle (b. 1724 - d. 1772)
27 Nov 1772 - 9 Jul 1795 Henry
Seymour
Conway
(b. 1719 - d. 1795)
22 Sep 1795 - 16 Jul 1796 Sir George
Howard
(b. 1718 - d. 1796)
27 Aug 1796 - 14 Sep 1807 George
Townshend, Marquess
(b. 1724 - d. 1807)
Townshend
14 Oct 1807 - 5
Mar 1820 John Pitt, Earl of
Chatham
(b. 1756 - d. 1835)
12 Mar 1821 - 8 Jan 1854 William
Carr Beresford, Baron (b.
1768 - d. 1854)
Beresford (from 28 Mar 1823, William
Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford)
8 Jan
1854
Post abolished
Lieutenant-Governors (frequently
acting for the Governors to 1854)
1501 - 1502
Jean Lemprière, seigneur de
Rozel (d. 1534)
1503 - 1507
Roger Bouton
1508 - Feb 1509
Thomas Raoul
1531
Richard Castel
af.10 Jun 1535 -
1536 Thomas Handgatte
27 Apr 1536 -
1536 Matthew
Thompson
1536 - 1541
Robert Raymond
1541 - 1549
Henry Cornish
(Cornysshe)
1557 - 1559
Amyas Poulet (Amias Paulet)
(s.a.)
1561 -
1571
Georges Paulet, seigneur
de Saint- (b. 1534 - d. 1621)
Germain
c.1575
Gilles
Lemprière
17 Aug 1583 - 4 Jul 1590 Anthony
Paulet
(s.a.)
17 Dec 1593 - 1594?
Georges Paulet (1st
time)
(b. c.1533 - d. 1621)
24 Sep 1600 - 1601? Georges
Paulet (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
10 Sep 1603 - 1604?
Georges Paulet (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
5 Sep 1607 - 1607?
John Peyton, Jr. (1st
time) (b. 1579
- d. 1635)
20 May 1609 - 1 Jul 1609 Georges
Paulet (4th time)
(s.a.)
23 Dec 1613 - 161.
Aaron
Messervy
(b. 1565 - d. 1630)
25 Sep 1617 - 1618
Georges Paulet (5th time)
(s.a.)
23 Apr 1619 - 1623
John
Peyton, Jr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jan 1624 - 1625
Philippe de
Carteret II, (b. 1584
- d. 1643)
seigneur de St.
Ouen (1st time)
16 Jul 1625 - 1625
Élie de
Carteret
(b. 1585 - d. 1640)
(substitute)
Feb 1626 - 1627
John Peyton, Jr. (3rd
time) (s.a.)
1627 - 1628
Philippe de Carteret II,
(s.a.)
seigneur de St.
Ouen (2nd time)
22 Aug 1629 - 22 Oct 1629 Josué
de Carteret, seigneur
de (d. 1664)
la Trinité
22 Oct 1629 - Oct 1630 John Peyton, Jr.
(4th time) (s.a.)
28 Jan 1631 - 1633
Sir Francis Raynsford (Rainsford) (b.
1601 - d. 1635)
7 Sep 1633 - 1633
Philippe
Maret (Marett)
19 Jul 1634 -
1634
Elie de Carteret (deputy governor)
30 Jan 1640 - 1640 Philippe
de Carteret II, (3rd time)(s.a.)
seigneur de St. Ouen
1641 - 23 Aug 1643 Philippe
de Carteret II, (4th time)(s.a.)
seigneur de St.
Ouen
(from 1642, Royalist)
29 Aug 1643 - 21 Nov 1643 Leonard Lydcott
(b. c.1615 - d. 1682?)
(for Parliament)
24 Nov 1643 - 17 Dec 1651 Sir George de
Carteret, seigneur
(b. 1608 - d. 1680)
de
Méléches (Royalist)
19 Aug 1648 -
1649 Philippe de
Carteret
(acting for George Carteret)
21 Jun 1649 -
1650? Sir
Philippe de
Carteret,
(b. 1620 - d. 1662)
seigneur de Saint-Ouen
(acting for George Carteret)
c.1657 - 1658?
Austin Buckler
(deputy governor; for Parliament)
1658? - 19 Jan 1660
Richard Yardley
(deputy
governor; for
Parliament)
22 Sep 1660 - 1661 Thomas
Jermyn
(s.a.)
(deputy governor)
af.25 Apr 1661-12 Jan 1665 Sir Philippe de
Carteret,
(s.a.)
seigneur
de Saint-Ouen
(deputy governor)
2 Nov 1667 - 1675?
Sir Roger
Manley
(b. 1626 - d. 1688)
17 Jun 1675 - 1676?
Sir Herbert
Lunsford (1st time) (b. 1630 - d. 1680)
(deputy governor)
1 Aug 1679 -
1680? Sir
Herbert Lunsford (2nd time) (s.a.)
(deputy governor)
14 Feb 1680 - 1681
Henry Boade (1st time)
(deputy governor)
30 Apr 1685 - 1685
Henry Boade (2nd time)
(deputy governor)
Lieutenant-Governors of Jersey (Lieutenant-Gouverneurs
de Jersey)
10 Oct 1685 - 1686
Rowland
Watson
(d. 1693)
30 Oct 1686 - 1687
Dominick
Trant
(b. 1651 - d. ....)
(deputy governor)
8 Sep 1687 - 1687
John Sydenham
(commander-in-chief)
10 Sep 1687 - 1688
John Gwillym
(Guillims)
1688 - 2 Apr 1689
Sir Thomas Windham (Wyndham)
(b. 1647? - d. 1693)
(deputy governor) (1st time)
2 Apr
1689 - 19 Dec 1689 Sir Bevill Granville
(Greenville) (b. 1655 - d. 1706)
(deputy governor)
19 Dec 1689 - 1690
Sir Thomas Windham (Wyndham)
(s.a.)
(deputy governor)(2nd time)
19 Apr 1690 - 12 Dec 1691 Edward
Haris (Harris, Harrys)
12 Dec 1691 -
2 May 1695 Joseph Johnson
(deputy governor)
2 May
1695 - 2 Jul 1715 Thomas Collier
(b. 16.. - d. 1715)
7 Nov 1699 - 1699
Christopher Worthevale
(deputy governor, acting for Collier)
31 Oct 1703 - 1704
Louis Mordaunt
(b. 1665 - d. 1713)
(Lt. governor pro
tem, acting for Collier)
20 Dec 1707 -
1708
Nicolas de la Noë
(deputy governor, acting
for Collier)
11 May 1714 - 1714
George (Georges)
Dumaresq
(b. 1680 - d. 1719)
(deputy governor, acting
for Collier)
(1st time)
2 Jul 1715 - 5 Nov 1715 George
(Georges)
Dumaresq
(s.a.)
(deputy governor)(2nd
time)
5 Nov 1715 - 19 Nov 1715
Luke
Spicer
(b. 1666 - d. 1721)
(deputy governor)
19 Nov 1715 - 29 Aug 1722
Robert Wilson
30 Jul 1718 - 7 Aug 1718
Magnus Kempenfelt (Kempenfeld)
(b. 1665 - d. 1727)
(deputy governor, acting
for Wilson)
(1st time)
7 Aug 1718 - 2 Sep 1718
Henry Berkeley
(b. 168. - d. 1736)
(deputy governor, acting
for Wilson)
2 Sep 1718 - 22 Oct 1719
Magnus Kempenfelt (Kempenfeld)
(s.a.)
(deputy governor, acting
for Wilson)
(2nd time)
22 Oct 1719 - 1720 John
Crosbie
(Crosby)
(b. 167. - d. 1761?)
(deputy
governor, acting for
Wilson)
29 Aug 1722 - 2 Nov 1722 Richard
Jones
(b. 16.. - d. 1722)
(deputy
governor)
3 Nov 1722 -
4 Feb 1723 John
Broughton
(b. 168. - d. 1745?)
(deputy governor)
4 Feb
1723 - 24 Aug 1723
John Skeys (1st
time)
(b. 167. - d. 1757?)
(deputy
governor)
24 Aug 1723 - 17 Jul
1727 Magnus Kempenfelt (Kempenfeld)
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
17
Jul 1727 - 27 Jan 1728 John Skeys (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor)
27 Jan 1728 - 14
Nov 1730 George Howard
14 Nov 1730 - 4 Jul 1732
William Hargrave
(b. 1671 - d. 1751)
4 Jul 1732 - 13 Feb 1738 Peter
Bettesworth (Betsworth)
(b. 1676 - d. 1738)
6 Mar 1736 - 2 Feb 1738
Edmund Fielding
(b.
c.1676 - d. 1741)
(commander-in-chief)
2 Feb 1738 - 18 Aug 1738
John Charlton (1st time)
(deputy
governor)
18 Aug
1738 - 26 Jun 1740 Jean
Cavalier
(b. 1681 - d. 1740)
17 Mar 1740 - 1740
John Charlton
(2nd time)
(deputy
governor, acting
for Cavalier)
17 Sep 1741 - 15 Sep 1747
Francis Best
(b. 1669 - d.
1753)
(= Jean-François Besse)
15 Sep 1747 - 19 Jun 1749
Gregory Beake
(b.
168. - d. 1749)
8 May 1749 - 27 Sep 1749
Juan d'Arboleda (de
Arboleda) (b. 16.. - d.
1752)
(deputy governor)
27
Sep 1749 - 20 Nov 1753 William Deane
(b. 168. - d. 1775)
26
Oct 1752 - 1753
Jean
Dumaresq
(b. 1688 - d. 1757)
(deputy
governor, acting for Deane)
20
Nov 1753 - 12 Jan 1760 George
Collingwood
(b. 1692? - d. 1760)
21 Jul 1756 - Dec 1758
Thomas Burges (Burgess)
(b. 171. - d. 1760?)
(commander-in-chief)
2
Dec 1758 - 29 Jan 1762 James
Forrester
(b. 170. - d. 1764?)
(commander-in-chief)
29
Jan 1762 - 28 Jun 1762 John Barlow (deputy
governor)
(b. 1721 - d. 1778)
28
Jun 1762 - 1766?
John Campbell
(commander-in-chief)
(b. 1720 - d. 1773)
13
Sep 1766 - 4 Jul 1768
Pomeroy Gylbert (Gilbert)(1st time)(b. 1717 -
d. 1770)
(deputy
governor)
4
Jul 1768 - 6 Aug 1768 Henry Lee (deputy
governor)
(b. 173. - d. 1774)
6
Aug 1768 - 18 Oct 1768 Pomeroy Gylbert
(Gilbert)(2nd time)(s.a.)
(deputy
governor)
18
Oct 1768 - 2 Jun 1770 Thomas Ball
(b. 171. - d. 1770)
2 Jun 1770 - 15 Jun 1770 Chapple
Norton
(b. 1746 - d. 1818)
(deputy
governor)
15 Jun 1770 - 5 Jan 1771
Rudolph Bentinck (1st time)
(b. 1738 - d. 1820)
(deputy
governor to
7 Jul 1770, then interim)
5 Jan 1771 - 4 Apr 1771
Charles Terrott (deputy
governor)
(b. 1721? - d. 1793)
4
Apr 1771 - 17 Feb 1781 Moyse Corbet
(Moses Corbett) (b.
1728 - d. 181.)
(French prisoner on 6 Jan 1781,
then under U.K. arrest 25-30 Jan 1781)
6 Apr 1771 - 1771 Rudolph
Bentinck (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(commander-in-chief)
28
Jun 1777 - 1777
George Le Hunte
(b. 173. - d. 180.)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Corbet)
17
Feb 1781 - 6 Jul 1782
John Reid
(b. 1721 - d. 1807)
(commander-in-chief
and deputy
governor)
6
Jul
1782
Richard Whyte
(b. 17.. - d.
1807)
(commander-in-chief)
6
Jul 1782 - Mar 1797
Philip Fall (= Philippe Falle) (b. 1736 -
d. 1797)
(absent from 1795)
9 Nov 1784 - 1784
James Stewart
(b. 174. - d. 1815)
(deputy governor, acting for
Fall)
6
May 1790 - 1790
Peter
Aylward
(b. 173. - d.
1803)
(deputy governor, acting for
Fall)
17
Aug 1790 - 4 Sep 1790 Andrew Parke
(b. 174. -
d. 1803)
(deputy governor, acting for
Fall)
4
Sep 1790 - 1790
Philip Mercier
(b. 1738? - d. 1793)
(deputy governor, acting for
Fall)
31
Jan 1793 - 1793
James Henry Craig
(b. 1748 - d. 1812)
(commander-in-chief)
24
Oct 1793 - 1794
Alexander Lindsay,
Earl of (b. 1752 - d.
1825)
Balcarres (commander-in-chief)
15
Jun 1795 - 1795?
Andrew Gordon (1st time)
(b. 174.
- d. 1806)
(commander-in-chief)
5 Oct 1797 - 17 Apr 1806 Andrew
Gordon (2nd time)
(s.a.)
7 Sep 1799 -
1799
Charles Monson
(b. 1758 - d. 1800)
(deputy
governor, acting for Gordon)
19 Apr 1806 - 21 Jun 1806 William Johnstone
(deputy
governor)(b.
176. - d. 1815)
21 Jun 1806 - 23 Jul 1814 Sir George
Don
(b. 1754 - d. 1832)
17 Oct 1809 - 1810
Baldwin Leighton
(b. 1747 - d. 1828)
(deputy
governor, acting for Don)
23
Jul 1811 - 1811 John Hatton
(1st time)
(b. 176. - d. 1821)
(deputy governor,
acting for
Don)
16 Jul 1814 - 23 Jul 1814 Sir
Tomkyns Hilgrove
Turner (b.
1764 - d. 1843)
(deputy
governor, acting
for Don)
(1st time)
23 Jul 1814 - 8 Oct 1814 John
Hatton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy governor)
8 Oct 1814 -
9 May 1816 Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove
Turner (s.a.)
(2nd time)
17 Oct 1815 - 1816 Sir
William Williams (1st time) (b. 1776 - d.
1832)
(deputy
governor, acting for
Turner)
27 Jan 1816 -
1816
Andrew Coghlan
(b. 1766 - d. 1837)
(deputy
governor, acting for
Turner)
9
May 1816 - Sep 1821 Hugh Mackay
Gordon
(b. 1759 - d. 1823)
29 Jun 1816 -
1816 Sir
William Williams (2nd time) (s.a.)
(deputy
governor, acting for
Gordon)
1
Feb 1817 -
1817
Hélier Touzel (1st time)
(b. 1779 - d.
1865)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
14
Feb 1818 -
1818 Augustus De Butts (1st time)
(b. 1770 - d. 1853)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
13
Mar 1819 - 1819
Augustus De Butts (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
30
Mar 1820 -
1820 Augustus De Butts (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
12
Mar 1821 - 1821
Augustus De Butts
(4th time) (s.a.)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
4
Aug 1821 - 10 Sep 1821 Hélier Touzel
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor,
acting for
Gordon)
10
Sep 1821 - 7 Oct 1830 Sir Colin
Halkett
(b. 1774 - d. 1856)
7 Oct 1830 - 26 Nov 1830 Hélier
Touzel (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor)
26
Nov 1830 - 31 Mar 1835 Sir William
Thornton
(b. 1779 - d. 1840)
1 Apr 1835 - 22 Apr 1835 Hélier
Touzel (4th time)
(s.a.)
(deputy
governor)
22
Apr 1835 - 12 May 1838 Sir Archibald
Campbell
(b. 1774 - d. 1838)
12 May 1838 - 14 Sep 1838 John
Oldfield
(b. 1789 - d. 1863)
(deputy governor)
Lieutenant-Governors of the Island of Jersey (Lieutenant-Gouverneurs
de l'Île de Jersey)
14 Sep 1838 - 9 Jan 1847 Sir Edward
Gibbs
(b. 1777? - d. 1847)
9 Jan 1847 - 16 Jan 1847 Matthew
Charles Dixon
(b. 1791 - d. 1860)
(deputy governor)
16 Jan 1847 - 30 Apr 1852 Sir James Henry
Reynett
(b. 1784 - d. 1864)
30 Apr 1852 - 31 Jan 1857 Sir James
Frederick
Love
(b. 1784 - d. 1866)
4 Apr 1857 - 11 Jul 1860 Godfrey
Charles
Mundy
(b. 1804 - d. 1860)
12 Jul 1860 - 20 Sep 1860 William
Turnbull Renwick (b.
1802 - d. 1890)
(deputy governor)
20 Sep 1860 - 5 Oct 1863 Sir Robert
Percy
Douglas
(b. 1805 - d. 1891)
5 Oct 1863 - 28 Oct 1863 George
Augustus Frederick De Rinzy (b. 1814 - d. 1895)
(deputy governor)
28 Oct 1863 - 1 Oct 1868 Burke
Douglas
Cuppage
(b. 1794 - d. 1877)
3 Oct 1868 - 3 Sep 1873
Philip Melmoth Nelson
Guy
(b. 1804 - d. 1878)
(from 24 May 1873, Sir Philip
Melmoth Nelson Guy)
3 Sep 1873 - 13 Oct 1873 Samuel Stallard
(deputy governor) (b. 1824 - d. 1902)
13 Oct 1873 - 30 Sep 1878 Sir William Sherbrooke
Ramsay (b. 1804 - d. 1886)
Norcott (from 2 Jun 1877, William
Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott)
1 Oct 1878 - 30 Sep
1883 Lothian
Nicholson
(b. 1827 - d. 1893)
1 Oct 1883 - 1
Nov 1887 Henry
Wray
(b. 1826 - d. 1900)
1 Nov 1887 - 1
Nov 1892 Charles Brisbane
Ewart
(b. 1827 - d. 1903)
2 Nov 1892 - 10 May 1895 Edwin
Markham
(b. 1833 - d. 1918)
10 May 1895 - 9 Nov 1900 Edward
Hopton
(b. 1837 - d. 1912)
(from 24 May 1900, Sir Edward Hopton)
15 Nov 1900 - 1 Oct 1904 Henry
Richard
Abadie
(b. 1841 - d. 1915)
1 Oct 1904 - 16 Jun 1910 Hugh
Sutlej
Gough
(b. 1848 - d. 1920)
16 Jun 1910 - 7 Oct 1916 Sir
Alexander Nelson Rochfort (b.
1850 - d. 1916)
7 Oct 1916 - 29 Oct 1920 Sir Alexander
Andrew Wilson (b.
1858 - d. 1937)
29 Oct 1920 - 24 Mar 1924 Sir William
Douglas
Smith
(b. 1865 - d. 1939)
24 Mar 1924 - 26 May 1924 Sir William
Henry Venables Vernon (b. 1852 - d. 1934)
(acting)
26 May 1924 - 26 May 1929 Sir Francis Richard
Bingham (b.
1863 - d. 1935)
27 May 1929 - 28 May 1934 Sir Edward
Henry
Willis
(b. 1870 - d. 1961)
28 May 1934 - 1 Apr 1939 Horace de
Courcy Martelli
(b. 1877 - d. 1959)
(from 11 May 1937, Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli)
1 Apr 1939 - 29 Apr 1939 Alexander
Moncrieff Coutanche (b.
1892 - d. 1973)
(1st time)(acting)
29 May 1939 - 21 Jun 1940 James Murray Robert
Harrison (b. 1880 -
d. 1957)
(departed 21 Jun 1940, retired
1 Oct 1940)
21 Jun 1940 - 24 Jun 1940 Alexander Moncrieff
Coutanche (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting [for Harrison])
President of the Superior Council of the
States of Jersey
24 Jun 1940 - 25 Aug 1945 Alexander
Moncrieff Coutanche (s.a.)
Lieutenant Governors and
Commanders-in-chief
25 Aug 1945 -
1953 Sir
Arthur Edward Grassett
(b. 1888 - d.
1971)
16 Oct 1953 -
1958 Sir
Randolph Stewart
Gresham (b. 1892 -
d. 1975)
Nicholson
15 Nov 1958 -
1963 Sir
George Eben James Erskine
(b. 1899 - d. 1965)
15 Jan 1964 -
1969 Sir John
Michael
Villiers
(b. 1907 - d. 1990)
20 Jun 1969 -
1974 Sir
John Gilbert
Davis
(b. 1911 - d. 1989)
2 Sep 1974 -
1979 Sir
Geoffrey Richard
Desmond (b. 1912 -
d. 2002)
Fitzpatrick
4 Oct 1979 -
1984 Sir
Peter John Frederick Whiteley (b. 1920 - d. 2016)
21 Nov 1984 -
1990 Sir
William Thomas
Pillar
(b. 1924 - d. 1999)
14 Apr 1990 -
1995 Sir
John Matthias Dobson Sutton (b. 1932 -
d. 2014)
23 Aug 1995 - 12 Oct 2000 Sir Michael
John
Wilkes
(b. 1940 - d. 2013)
12 Oct 2000 - 24 Jan 2001 Sir
Philip Martin Bailhache (b.
1946)
(1st time) (acting)
24 Jan 2001 - 7 Apr 2006 Sir John
Anthony
Cheshire
(b. 1942)
7 Apr 2006 - 14 Jun
2006 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
14 Jun 2006 - 30 Jun 2011 Andrew Peter
Ridgway
(b. 1950)
(from 11 Jun 2011, Sir
Andrew Peter
Ridgway)
30 Jun 2011 - 26 Sep 2011 Michael
Cameron St. John Birt (b.
1948)
(acting)
26 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2016 Sir John Chalmers
McColl
(b. 1952)
30 Nov 2016 - 13 Mar 2017 William James Bailhache
(acting) (b. 1953)
13 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2022 Sir Stephen Gary George
Dalton (b. 1954)
30 Jun 2022 - 8 Oct 2022 Sir Timothy John Le
Cocq (acting) (b. 1957)
8 Oct 2022
-
Jeremy "Jerry" Paul Kyd
(b. 1967)
Bailiffs (Ballivus/Bailli
du Gardien)
c.1228
Richard de Grey of
Codnor
(s.a.)
+ Hugues de Saint
Philibert
(s.a.)
c.1229
Guillaume de St.
John
1259 - c.1267
Drouet de Barentin
c.1267 -
c.1268
Guillaume de Barentin
(d. bf.1295)
1271 - 1274
Jean de Carteret (1st time)
c.1275
Arnaud Jean
1277 -
1289
Sir Philippe l'Evêque
(1st time) (s.a.)
1290 - 1294
Pierre de Arcis (d'Arcis)
1294 - 1298
Jean de Carteret (2nd time)
c.1298
Nicolas Hasteyn (Hastein)
c.1299
Raoul Gautier
1299
Jean de Carteret (3rd time)
1299 - 13..
Sir Philippe l'Evêque (2nd
time) (s.a.)
c.1301
Pierre Vigoure
c.1307
Jean de Jersey
c.1315
Colin Hasteyn (Hastein)
c.1318
Henri de Saint-Martin
c.1324
Guillaume Longynnour
c.1324
Pierre Ugoun (Hugoun)(1st
time)
c.1324
Lucas de Espyard
c.1324
Pierre de la Haye (1st time)
c.1324
Philippe de Vyncheleys (Vincheleis)
(1st time)
c.1324
Guillaume Dryvaud (acting)
13.. - 13..
Galfrus de Hoga
c.1329
Pierre Ugoun
(Hugoun)(2nd time)
1329?
Geoffrey de
la Hougue
1332
Raoul Turgis
c.1332
Nicolas (or Colin) Hasteyn (Hastein)
c.1332
Philippe de Vyncheleys (Vincheleis)
(2nd time)
c.1332
Matthieu Le Loreour
c.1332
Pierre de la Haye (2nd time)
c.1331
Guillaume Brasdefer
c.1339
Geffroi de la Hogue
1348 - 1351
Guille Hastein (1st time)
(or Guillaume Hastein)
c.1351
Roger de Powderham
c.1352
Guille Hastein (2nd time)
c.1356
Jean Cocquerel (John Cockerell)
c.1357
Raoul Lemprière (1st time)
(d. bf.1378)
1362 -
1364
Raoul Lemprière (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1367 - 1368
Richard de Saint-Martin
1368 -
1369
Richard le Petit (1st time)
1370 -
1371
Jean de Saint-Martin (1st time)
1371 -
1372
Richard le Petit (2nd time)
12 Aug 1372 - 1374
Jean de Saint-Martin (2nd time)
1378 - 1380
Thomas Brasdefer (1st time)
1380
Giefroy
de Saint-Martin
(acting)
1380 -
1391
Thomas Brasdefer (2nd time)
1386
Thomas de Bethom
6 Nov 1395 - Sep
1401 Giefrey
(Godefroy) Brasdefer
Sep 1401 -
1403
Colin le Petit
1405 - 1406
Guillaume de Layc
1406 -
1425
Thomas Danyel
1432
Sir John Bernard (1st
time) (s.a.)
8 Nov 1435 - 1435
Thomas de la
Cour
1435 -
1436
Jean
Lemprière
(b. c.1390 - d. 14..)
1436 - 1442
Sir John Bernard (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1444
Jean Payn (1st time)
1446?
Jean Payn (2nd time)
1446 -
1451
Regnauld (Renaud) de Carteret,
(d. bf.1480)
seigneur
de Longueville
1452 -
1453
Jean Poingdestre
(b. 1375 - d. 1453)
5 Jun 1460 - 1468
Nicolas Morin
(Mourin) (b.
c.1405 - d. 1475)
(appointed by Maulévrier)
1468 - 1477
Jean Poingdestre, seigneur
de (b. 1411 - d. 1477)
Saint-Sauveur
1477
Nicolas
Morin (Mourin)(3rd time) (s.a.)
1479 -
1481
Guillaume Hareby (1st time)
1481 -
1484
Clément Le Hardy, seigneur
de (d. 1494?)
Longueville (1st time)
1484 -
1485
Guillaume Hareby (2nd time)
1485 - 1493
Clément Le Hardy, seigneur
de (s.a.)
Longueville (2nd time)
1494
Jean Nicolle
27 Mar 1495 -
1513
Thomas Lemprière, seigneur de (b.
1455 - d. 1521)
Saint-Jean la Hougue-Boëte
(1st time)
1513 - 1514
Hélier de Carteret, seigneur de (b.
1477 - d. 1561)
Saint-Germain (1st time)
(suspended 1514-1516)
1515 - 15 Dec 1521
Thomas Lemprière,
seigneur de (s.a.)
Saint-Jean la Hougue-Boëte
(2nd time)
15 Dec 1521 - 1523
Hélier de Carteret, seigneur de (s.a.)
Saint-Germain (2nd time)
(suspended 1516-1523)
1523 - 1524
Hélier de la Rocque, seigneur
(d. 1549?)
de Saval (1st time)
Aug 1524 - 1527
Jean Lemprière,
seigneur de Rozel (d. 1534)
(1st time)
+ Sir Richard Mabon
(d.
c.1543)
1527
Hélier de Carteret, seigneur
de (s.a.)
Saint-Germain (3rd time)
1527 - 1528
Jean Lemprière,
seigneur de Rozel (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1528 - 1529
Jasper Pen (Payn)
1529 - 1530
Hélier de la Rocque,
seigneur (s.a.)
de Saval (2nd time)
1529 - 1530
Clément Lemprière,
seigneur de (d. 1551)
Saint-Jean la Hougue Boëtte
(acting for suspended de la Rocque)
1530 - 18 Feb 1561
Hélier de Carteret, seigneur de (s.a.)
Saint-Germain (4th time)
8 Mar 1561 - Jun 1564
Hostes Nicolle, seigneur
(d. 1564)
de
Longueville
31 Oct 1564 - 1566
Édouard Dumaresq (acting)
(b. c.1511 - d. 1566)
1566 - 31 Aug
1583
Jean Dumaresq, seigneur
de (b. 1543 - d.
1603)
Vinchelez-de-Bas (1st time)
31 Aug 1583 -
1586
Georges Paulett, seigneur
de (b. 1534 - d.
1621)
Saint-Germain (1st time)
1586 - 28 May 1586
Gilles Lemprière,
seigneur de la (b.
1540 - d. 1601)
Trinité (acting)
28 May 1586 - 17 Oct 1587 Jean Dumaresq, seigneur
de (s.a.)
Vinchelez-de-Bas (2nd time)
17 Oct 1587 - 28 May 1591 Georges Paulett,
seigneur de
(s.a.)
Saint-Germain (2nd time)
28 May 1591 - 3 Jan 1596 Jean Dumaresq,
seigneur de
(s.a.)
Vinchelez-de-Bas (3rd
time)
3 Jan 1596 - 10 Jun 1614 Georges
Paulett, seigneur de
(s.a.)
Saint-Germain (3rd time)
10 Jun 1614 - 16 Sep 1615 Hugh
Lemprière, seigneur
de
(b. 1562 - d. 1624)
Diélament (1st time)
16 Sep 1615 - 27 Sep 1621 Jean Hérault,
seigneur de
Saint- (b. 1569 - d. 1626)
Sauveur (1st time)
27 Sep 1621 - 16 Aug 1622 Hugh
Lemprière, seigneur
de
(s.a.)
Diélament (2nd time)
16 Aug 1622 - 19 Aug 1624 Sir William
Parkhurst
(b. 1581 - d. 1667)
19 Aug 1624 - 11 Mar 1626 Jean
Hérault, seigneur
de Saint- (s.a.)
Sauveur (2nd time)
12 Mar 1626 - 23 Aug 1643
Sir Philippe de Carteret
II, (s.a.)
seigneur de St.
Ouen
(acting to 18 Jan 1627)
(from 1642, Royalist)
29 Aug 1643 - 21 Nov 1643 Michel
Lemprière, seigneur
(b. 1606 - d. 1671)
de Maufant (1st time)
(for Parliament)
19 Nov 1643 - 12 Dec 1651 Sir Georges
Carteret, seigneur (s.a.)
de Méléches (1st time)
(Royalist)
17 Dec 1651 - 28 Jul 1660 Michel
Lemprière, seigneur
(s.a.)
de Maufant (2nd time)
(for Parliament)
28 Jul 1660 - 26 Feb 1661 Sir Georges
Carteret, seigneur (s.a.)
de Méléches (2nd time)
26 Feb 1661 - 20 Nov 1662 Sir Philippe de
Carteret,
(b.
1620 - d. 1662)
seigneur de St. Ouen
5 Mar 1663 - 15 Sep 1665 Philippe
de Carteret de Grouville (b. 1620 - d. 1665)
23 Sep 1665 - 25 Nov 1665 François de
Carteret, seigneur de (b. 1601
- d. 1670)
La Hague (acting)
25 Nov 1665 - 3 Aug 1682 Sir Édouard de
Carteret
(b. 1620 - d. 1683)
3 Aug 1682 - 23 Oct 1693 Sir
Philippe de Carteret, seigneur
(b. 1650 - d. 1693)
de St. Ouen
28 Oct 1693 - 3 Sep 1694 Philippe Le
Geyt (acting) (b.
1655 - d. 1716)
3 Sep 1694 - 3 May 1703 Édouard de
Carteret
(b. 1671 - d. 1703)
3 May 1703 - 6 Jun 1715
Charles de Carteret, seigneur
(b. 1679 - d. 1715)
de St. Ouen
13 Jun 1715 - 20 Jul 1715 Élie
Dumaresq, seigneur
des Augrès (b. 1674 - d. 1754)
(acting)
20 Jul 1715 - 2 Jan 1763 John Carteret,
Baron Carteret, (b. 1690 - d.
1763)
(from 18 Oct 1744) Earl Granville,
seigneur
de St. Ouen
20 Jan 1763 - 31 Mar 1763 Charles Lemprière, seigneur
de (b. 1714 - d. 1806)
Rozel (1st time)(acting)
31 Mar 1763 - 13 Feb 1776 Robert Carteret, Earl
Granville, (b. 1721 - d. 1776)
seigneur de
St. Ouen
9 Mar 1776 - 11 May 1776
Charles Lemprière, seigneur
de (s.a.)
Rozel (2nd time)(acting)
11 May 1776 - 17 Jun 1826 Henry Frederick
(Thynne) Carteret, (b. 1735 - d. 1826)
(from 29 Jan 1784) Baron Carteret,
of
Hawnes in the County of Bedford
24 Jun 1826 - 7 Sep 1826 Philippe de
Carteret (acting) (b.
1765? - d. 1840)
7 Sep 1826 - 11 Mar 1831 Sir Thomas
Le
Breton
(b. 1763 - d. 1838)
12 Mar 1831 - 1 Jun 1848 Jean de
Veulle, seigneur des
(b. 1799 - d. 1848)
Augrès (from 2 Mar 1831, Sir Jean de
Veulle)
5 Jun 1848 - 6 Jul 1848 Édouard
Léonard Bisson (1st time) (b. 1807 - d. 1884)
(acting)
6 Jul 1848 - 24 Nov 1857 Sir Thomas Le
Breton
(b. 1791 - d. 1857)
28 Nov 1857 - 27 Feb 1858 Édouard
Léonard Bisson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
27 Feb 1858 - 14 Feb 1880 John Hammond
(b. 1801 - d. 1880)
17 Feb 1880 - 5 Apr 1880 Francis Marett
(acting)
(b. 18.. - d. 1890)
5 Apr 1880 - 10 Nov 1884 Robert
Pipon
Marett
(b. 1820 - d. 1884)
(from 3 May 1880, Sir Robert Pipon Marett)
11 Nov 1884 - 15 Dec 1884 Edward
Mourant (acting)
(b. 1834 - d. 1899)
29 Dec 1884 - 1 Oct 1898 George Clement
Bertram
(b. 1841 - d.
1915)
(from 1 Aug 1885, Sir George
Clement Bertram)
1 Oct 1898 - 2 May 1899
Edward Charles Malet de Carteret (b. 1869 - d.
1946)
(1st time)(acting)
2 May 1899 - 7 Mar 1931
William Henry Venables Vernon
(b. 1852 - d. 1934)
(from 18 Dec 1903, Sir William Henry Venables
Vernon)
18 Mar 1931 - 20 May 1931 Reginald Malet
de Carteret (acting)(b. 1865 - d. 1935)
20 May 1931 - 15 Jul 1935 Edward Charles
Malet de Carteret (s.a.)
(2nd time)
16 Jul 1935 - 27 Aug 1935 Philip de
Carteret Le
Cornu (b. 1861
- d. 1944)
(acting)
27 Aug 1935 - 17 Nov 1961
Alexander Moncrieff
Coutanche (s.a.)
(under German occupation 1 Jul
1940 - 9 May 1945)
(from 5 Dec 1945, Sir Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche;
from 10 Jun 1961, Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
Baron Coutanche)
17 Nov 1961 - 14 Apr 1962 Cecil Stanley
Harrison (b.
1902 - d. 1962)
(acting to 19 Jan 1962)
14 Apr 1962 - 31 Dec 1974 Robert Hugh Le
Masurier
(b. 1913 - d. 1996)
(from 25 Oct 1966, Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier)
(acting to 6 Jul 1962)
1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1985 Herbert Frank
Cobbold Ereaut (b.
1919 - d. 1998)
(from 23 Nov 1976, Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut)
(acting to 16 Jan 1975)
1 Jan 1986 - 1 Feb
1995 Peter Leslie
Crill
(b. 1925 - d. 2005)
(from 22 Jul 1987, Peter Leslie Crill)
(acting to 4 Jan 1986)
2 Feb 1995 - 9 Jul
2009 Philip Martin
Bailhache
(s.a.)
(from 15 Jun 1996, Sir Philip Martin Bailhache)
9 Jul 2009 - 29 Jan 2015 Michael
Cameron St. John Birt
(s.a.)
(from 16 Jun 2012, Sir Michael Cameron St.
John Birt)
29 Jan 2015 - 12 Oct 2019
William James
Bailhache
(s.a.)
(from 17 Jun 2017, Sir William James Bailhache)
12 Oct 2019
-
Timothy John Le
Cocq
(s.a.)
(from 2 Jun 2022, Sir Timothy John Le
Cocq)
(acting to 17 Oct 2019)
Chief Ministers
8 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2008
Frank Harrison
Walker
(b. 1943)
Ind
12 Dec 2008 - 18 Nov 2011 Terence
"Terry" Augustine Le Sueur (b. 1942)
Ind
18 Nov 2011 - 4 Jun 2018
Ian Joseph Gorst
(b. 1969)
Ind
4 Jun 2018 - 11 Jul 2022 John Alexander
Nicholas Le Fondré (b.
1966?)
Ind;7-2021 JA
11 Jul 2022 -
Kristina Louise Moore
(f)
(b.
1974?)
Ind
German Island Commandants
Jersey (Inselkommandanten
Jersey)
(subordinated to the Guernsey commander 1 Jul
- 26 Sep 1940; from 26 Sep 1940,
to the Commanders, Channel
Islands)
1 Jul 1940 (hours)
Albrecht Lanz (I/IR
396) (b.
1898 - d. 1942)
1 Jul 1940 - Aug 1940
Erich Gussek (I/IR
396)
Aug 1940 - 25 Sep
1940 ....
25 Sep 1940 - 22 Mar 1941 Georg Wilhelm Karl
Victor Prinz (b. 1902 - d. 1971)
zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
(Panzerjäger-Abteilung 652)
22 Mar 1941 - 15 Jun 1941 ....
15 Jun 1941-21/23 Jun 1941 Josef Haas (III/IR 584)
(b. 1897 - d. 1944)
21/23 Jun 1941-1 Sep 1943 Rudolf
Graf von
Schmettow
(b. 1891 - d. 1970)
(319 ID)
1 Sep 1943 - 5 Mar
1944 Siegfried Ludwig August
Friedrich (b. 1883 - d. 1975)
Johann Paul Heine (acting to Feb 1944)
(Grenadier Regt. 583)
Commandants
of Fortress
Jersey (Festungskommandanten Jersey)
(subordinated to the Commanders,
Channel Islands)
5 Mar 1944 - 15 Mar 1945 Siegfried
Ludwig August Friedrich (s.a.)
Johann Paul Heine
(Grenadier Regt. 583)
15 Mar 1945 - 9 May
1945 Hans Ludwig Rudolf Wulf
(b. 1905 - d. 1972)
(319 ID)
British Military Island Commander, Jersey
(subordinated to the officer
commanding the Armed Forces, Channel Islands)
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug
1945 William Parr Aldous Robinson
(b. 1896 - d. 1978)
(620 Regt Royal Artillery)
German Leaders of the Military Administration
Unit
9 Aug
1940 - 19 May
1944 the
Heads of Feldkommandantur
515
Commandants of Place Command 1 St. Hélier (Platzkommandanten
1 St. Helier)
19 May 1944 - 28 Feb 1945
Willi Heider (acting)
28 Feb 1945 - 9
May 1945 Kurt von Cleve
(b.
1891 - d. 1971)
Party abbreviations:
Ind = Independent; JA = Jersey Alliance
(conservative liberal, center-right, est.16 Jul 2021);
JLC = Jersey Liberal Conservatives
(liberal conservative, center-right, est.8 Jan 2022); PP
= Progress Party (centrist, est.29 Jan 2021); Ref
= Reform Jersey (social democratic, center-left, est.4
Jul 2014);
- Former parties: CP
= Centre Party (center-right, liberal conservative,
split from JDA, 2005-2007,
renamed Jersey Conservative Party); JDA
= Jersey Democratic Alliance (reformist, center-left,
2005-Oct 2011)
Military
Government of the British Channel Islands
-
- 1 Jul 1940 - 9 May 1945
|
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug 1945
|
1 Jul 1940
German occupation of Jersey and Guernsey.
2 Jul 1940
German occupation
of Alderney.
4 Jul 1940
German occupation
of Sark.
9 Aug
1940
Civil affairs unit (Feldkommandantur 515) arrives
in Jersey
(as a
sub-district of Militärverwaltungs-bezirk A
based at Saint-
Germain in département
de la Manche,
France to 14 Aug 1944).
26 Sep
1940
Befehlshaber Britische Kanalinseln (Commander,
British Channel
Islands)
post established.
1 Sep 1943
Headquarters relocated to Guernsey.
1 Oct 1944
Becomes a unified
command as Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Kanalinseln
(Commander, Armed Forces Channel Islands).
9 May 1945
Surrender to British
forces.
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug 1945 British military
administration (formally from 12 May 1945).
Commanders, British Channel Islands (from 1 Oct
1944, Commanders, Armed Forces Channel Islands)(Befehlshaber
Britischen Kanalinseln; from 1 Oct 1944,
Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Kanalinseln)
26 Sep 1940 - 31
May 1941 Rudolf Graf von
Schmettow
(b. 1891 - d. 1970)
(1st time)
1 Jun 1941 -
31 Aug 1943 Erich Reinhard Müller
(b. 1889 - d. 1960)
1 Sep 1943 -
26 Feb 1945 Rudolf Graf von
Schmettow
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
26 Feb 1945
- 9 May 1945 Friedrich
Hüffmeier
(b. 1898 - d. 1972)
British Military
Administrator of the Channel Islands
(Officer
Commanding the Armed Forces, Channel Islands)
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug 1945 Alfred Ernest Snow
(U.K.)
(b. 1898 - d. 1983)
Heads of the Military Administration Unit,
Commandants of Field Command
515
(Kommandanten der Feldkommandantur 515 to
19 May 1944, then Platzkommandant)
9 Aug 1940
- 18 Oct 1941 Friedrich Schumacher
(b.
1872 - d. 1946)
18 Oct 1941 - 19
May 1944 Carl Friedrich Knackfuss
(b. 1887 - d. 1945)
3 Mar 1944 - 19 May 1944 Willi
Heider
(acting for absent
Knackfuss)
19 May 1944 - 9 May
1945 the
Jersey
Platzkommandant
Head of the No. 20 Civil Affairs Unit
9 May 1945 - 24 Aug 1945 Herbert
Raphe Power (U.K.)
(b. 1895
- d. 1983)
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