Governor of the British Virgin Islands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| British Virgin Islands |
 This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Other countries • Politics Portal |
The Governor of the British Virgin Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of British Virgin Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and he or she is responsible for appointing the Chief Minister and the Executive Council.
The current Governor is David Pearey.
The Governor has his own flag, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms.
[edit] History
The first colonial administration on the Islands was the Dutch. England annexed the Islands in 1672. An Administrator was appointed to the Islands from 1887, and replaced by a Governor in 1971 when the Islands were created a distinct territory.
[edit] List of Administrators of the British Virgin Islands
- Edward John Cameron (1887-1894)
- Alexander R. Mackay (1894-1896)
- Nathaniel George Cookman (1896-1903)
- Robert Stephen Earl (1903-1910)
- Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis (1910-1919)
- Herbert Walter Peebles (1919-1922)
- R. Hargrove (1922-1923)
- Otho Lewis Hancock (1923-1926)
- Frank Cecil Clarkson (1926-1934)
- Donald Percy Wailling (1934-1946)
- John Augustus Cockburn Cruikshank (1946-1954)
- Henry Anthony Camilio Howard (1954-1956)
- Geoffrey Pole Allesbrook (1956-1959)
- Gerald Jackson Bryan (1959-1962)
- Martin Samuel Staveley (1962-1967)
- John Sutherland Thomson (1967-1971)
[edit] List of Governors of the British Virgin Islands
- Derek George Cudmore (1971-1974)
- Walter Wilkinson Wallace (1974-1978)
- James Alfred Davidson (1978-1982)
- David Robert Barwick (1982-1986)
- J. Mark A. Herdman (1986-1991)
- Peter Alfred Penfold (1991-1995)
- David Mackilligin (1995-1998)
- Frank Savage (1998-2002)
- Elton Georges (2002), acting
- Tom Macan (2002-2006)
- Dancia Penn (2006), acting
- David Pearey (2006-present)
Overseas territories: Governor of Anguilla | Governor of Bermuda | Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory | Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory | Governor of the British Virgin Islands | Governor of the Cayman Islands | Governor of the Falkland Islands | Governor of Gibraltar | Governor of Montserrat | Governor of the Pitcairn Islands | Governor of Saint Helena | Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Administrator of Tristan da Cunha | Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown dependencies: Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
