
The Flag of the Lieutenant Governor of
Jersey

In this caricature of 1873, Bailiff of
Jersey Jean Hammond greets newly-arrived Lieutenant Governor
Norcott
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 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
duties are primarily diplomatic and ceremonial.
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 (Government House) in St.
Saviour
is depicted on the Jersey
£50 note.
List of Lieutenant Governors of Jersey
| Title |
Appointed |
Name |
| Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff: |
1857-01-30 |
Maj-Gen. Godfrey Charles
Mundy |
| |
1860-08-18 |
Sir Robert Percy
Douglas |
| |
1862 |
B. Loch [acting] |
| |
1863-10-23 |
Burke Douglas Cuppage |
| |
1868-10-01 |
Maj-Gen. Philip Melmoth
Nelson Guy, CB |
| |
1873-10-01 |
Lt-Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay
Norcott, KCB |
| |
1878-10-01 |
Lt-Gen. Lothian Nicholson,
CB |
| |
1883-10-01 |
Maj-Gen. Henry Wray, CMG |
| |
1887 |
Charles Brisbane
Ewart |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops: |
1892-11-01 |
Lt-Gen. Edwin
Markham |
| |
1895 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, CB |
| |
1900-11-01 |
Maj-Gen. Henry Richard
Abadie, CB |
| |
1904 |
Maj-Gen. Hugh Sutlej Gough,
CB, CMG |
| |
1910-06-16 |
Maj-Gen. Alexander Nelson
Rochfort, CB, CMG |
| |
1916-10-07 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander
Wilson, KCB |
| |
1920-10-29 |
Sir William Douglas
Smith |
| |
1924 |
Sir Francis Richard
Bingham |
| |
1929-05-28 |
Maj-Gen. Edward Henry
Willis, CB, CMG |
| |
1934-05-28 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Horace de
Courcy Martelli, KBE, CB, DSO |
| |
1939 |
James Murray Robert
Harrison |
| (German
Occupation 1940–1945) |
|
|
| Head of the British Military Government: |
1945-05-12 |
L.A. Freeman |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief: |
1945-08-25 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward
Grasett, KBE, CB, DSO, MC |
| |
1953-10-16 |
Adm. Sir Randolph
Stewart Gresham Nicholson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC |
| |
1958-11-15 |
Gen. Sir George Erskine, GCB,
KBE, DSO |
| |
1964-01-15 |
Vice-Adm. Sir John Michael
Villiers, KCB, OBE |
| |
1969-06-30 |
Air Chief Marshal Sir John
Gilbert Davis, GCB, OBE, MA |
| |
1974-09-02 |
Gen. Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond
Fitzpatrick, GCB, DSO, MBE, MC |
| |
1979-11-26 |
Gen. Sir Peter John
Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE |
| |
1985-01-09 |
Adm. Sir William Thomas
Pillar, GBE, KCB |
| |
1990 |
Air Marshal Sir John
Matthias Dobson Sutton, KCB |
| |
1995.09 |
Sir Michael John Wilkes, KCB,
OBE |
| |
2001-01-24 |
Sir John Cheshire, KBE, CB |
| |
2006-04-01 |
Lt-Gen. Andrew Ridgway, CB,
CBE |
See also
Regiments.org