Lieutenant Governor of Jersey


The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown.
The Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Jersey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms. The Lieutenant Governor's official residence in St. Saviour was depicted on the Jersey £50 note 1989–2010.

Duties

The duties are primarily diplomatic and ceremonial. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Jersey. The Lieutenant Governor also liaises between the Governments of Jersey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Jersey but may not vote and, by convention, speaks in the Chamber only on appointment and on departure from post.
The Lieutenant Governor exercises certain executive functions relating broadly to citizenship. Jersey passports are British passports issued on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor, in the exercise of the royal prerogative, through the Passport Office which the States fund and from which the States retain any revenue generated. Deportation from Jersey is ordered by the Lieutenant Governor. Certificates of naturalization as a British citizen are issued by the Lieutenant Governor.

History

The office of Lieutenant Governor has its origins in the Norman administration of the Channel Islands. The functions of the bailiff and the official who was later to become known as Lieutenant Governor became separate in the aftermath of the division of Normandy in 1204. However, the respective responsibilities of the two officials were only clearly defined in the 17th century as a result of a power struggle between bailiff and governor. An Order in Council dated 18 February 1617 laid down that "the charge of military forces be wholly in the Governor, and the care of justice and civil affairs in the Bailiff"
When the monarchy was restored, King Charles II who had escaped to Jersey on his way to exile in France rewarded Jersey with the power to levy customs duties. This power, exercised by the Assembly of Governor, Bailiff and Jurats, was finally taken over by the States of Jersey in 1921, thereby enabling the States to control the budget independently of the Lieutenant Governor.
The post of Governor of Jersey became a titular sinecure, and a Lieutenant Governor was appointed to actually carry out the functions of the office. William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, was the last titular Governor of Jersey; since his death in 1856 the Crown has been formally and constitutionally represented in Jersey by the Lieutenant Governor.
The States of Jersey Law 2005 abolished any power of the Lieutenant Governor to veto a resolution of the States.
In 2010 it was announced that the next Lieutenant Governor would be recommended to the Crown by a Jersey panel, thus replacing the previous system of the appointment being made by the Crown on the recommendation of UK ministers.

List of Governors of Jersey

Governors have been:
DateGovernor
1204–1206Peter de Preaux
1470–1483 Richard Harliston
1486–1494 Matthew Baker
1494–1500 Thomas Overay
1500–1502 Jean Lempriere
1502–1531 Sir Hugh Vaughan
1532–1534 Sir Anthony Ughtred
1534–1536 Sir Arthur Darcy
1536–1537 Sir Thomas Vaux, Lord Vaux
1537–1550 Sir Edward Seymour
1550–1574 Sir Hugh Paulet
1547–1590 Sir Amyas Paulet
1590–1600 Sir Anthony Paulet
1600–1603 Sir Walter Raleigh
1603–1630 Sir John Peyton
1631–1643 Sir Thomas Jermyn
1644–1651Sir Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
1651–1654Colonel James Heane
1655–1659Colonel Robert Gibbon
1659–1660Colonel John Mason
1660Colonel Carew Raleigh
1660–1665Sir Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
1665–1679Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet
1679–1684Sir John Lanier
1684–1704Thomas Jermyn
1704–1722General Henry Lumley
1723–1749Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
1749–1761Lieutenant General John Huske
1761–1772George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
1772–1795Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway
1795–1796Field Marshal Sir George Howard
1796–1807George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
1807–1820John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
1820–1854William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

List of Lieutenant Governors of Jersey

Lieutenant Governors of Jersey have been:
TitleAppointedName
1634Sir Philippe de Carteret
26 August 1643Major Lydcott
24 November 1643Sir George Carteret
3 March 1695Col. Thomas Collier
29 July 1715Robert Wilson
1723Magnus Kempenfelt
23 October 1727Col. George Howard
1732Peter Bettesworth
1738Maj-Gen. Jean Cavalier
1741Francis Best
1747Gregory Beake
12 August 1749William Deane
26 June 1753George Colingwood
Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff:7 July 1770Lt-Col. Rudolph Bentinck
4 April 1771Major Moses Corbet
6 January 1781Major Francis Peirson
5 October 1797Lt-Gen. Andrew Gordon
21 June 1806Gen. Sir George Don, GCB, GCH
8 October 1814Gen. Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner, GCH
9 May 1816Lt-Gen. Hugh Mackay Gordon
23 July 1821Gen. Sir Colin Halkett, GCB, GCH, GCTE
26 November 1830Lt-Gen. Sir William Thornton, KCB
22 April 1835Maj-Gen. Archibald Campbell, CB
14 September 1838Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Gibbs, KCB
16 January 1847Maj-Gen. Sir James Henry Reynett, KCB, KCH
30 April 1852Gen. Sir James Frederick Love, GCB, KH
30 January 1857Maj-Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy
18 September 1860Maj-Gen. Sir Robert Percy Douglas
5 October 1862B. Loch
23 October 1863Lt-Gen. Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage, KCB
1 October 1868Maj-Gen. Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy, CB
1 October 1873Lt-Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott, KCB
1 October 1878Lt-Gen. Lothian Nicholson, CB
1 October 1883Maj-Gen. Henry Wray, CMG
1 November 1887Lt-Gen. Charles Brisbane Ewart, CB
Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops:1 November 1892Lt-Gen. Sir Edwin Markham, KCB
10 May 1895Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, KCB
1 November 1900Maj-Gen. Henry Richard Abadie, CB
1904Maj-Gen. Hugh Sutlej Gough, CB, CMG
16 June 1910Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort, KCB, CMG
7 October 1916Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Wilson, KCB
29 October 1920Maj-Gen. Sir William Douglas Smith, KCB, KCVO
1924Maj-Gen. Sir Francis Richard Bingham, KCB, KCMG, JP
28 May 1929Maj-Gen. Edward Henry Willis, CB, CMG
28 May 1934Maj-Gen. Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli, KBE, CB, DSO
1939Maj-Gen. James Murray Robert Harrison, CB DSO
Head of the British Military Government:12 May 1945L.A. Freeman
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief:25 August 1945Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward Grasett, KBE, CB, DSO, MC
16 October 1953Adm. Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC
15 November 1958Gen. Sir George Erskine, GCB, KBE, DSO
15 January 1964Vice-Adm. Sir John Michael Villiers, KCB, OBE
30 June 1969Air Chf Mshl Sir John Gilbert Davis, GCB, OBE, MA
2 September 1974Gen. Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, GCB, DSO, MBE, MC
26 November 1979Gen. Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE
9 January 1985Adm. Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB
1990Air Mshl Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton, KCB
September 1995Gen. Sir Michael John Wilkes, KCB, OBE
24 January 2001Air Chf Mshl Sir John Cheshire, KBE, CB
1 April 2006Lt-Gen Sir Andrew Ridgway, KBE, CB
26 September 2011Gen. Sir John McColl, KCB, CBE, DSO
13 March 2017Air Chf Mshl Sir Stephen Dalton, GCB