Governor of the Falkland Islands
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Nowadays, the Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands. Historically, Argentina, France and Spain have also had control and local representatives.
[edit] List of Governors
[edit] Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis
From | To | Name |
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1764 | 1767 | Antoine Louis de Bougainville |
[edit] Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont
From | To | Name |
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1767 | 1768 | Captain John McBride, HMS Jason |
1768 | 1769 | Capt. Rayner |
1769 | 1770 | Capt. Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar |
1770 | 1770 | Capt. George Farmer, HMS Favourite |
1771 | 1772 | Capt. John Burr, HMS Hound |
1773 | 1774 | Lt. Samuel Wittewrong Clayton |
[edit] Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Port Soledad
From | To | Name |
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1767 | 1773 | Felipe Ruíz Puente |
1773 | 1774 | Domingo Chauria |
1774 | 1777 | Francisco Gil Lemos |
1777 | 1779 | Ramón de Carassa |
1779 | 1781 | Salvador de Medina |
1781 | 1783 | Jacinto de Altolaguirre |
1783 | 1784 | Fulgencio Montemayor |
1784 | 1786 | Augustín Figueroa |
1786 | 1787 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto |
1787 | 1788 | Ramón Clairac |
1788 | 1789 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto (second time) |
1789 | 1790 | Ramón Clairac |
1790 | 1791 | Juan José de Elizalde |
1791 | 1792 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
1792 | 1793 | Juan José de Elizalde |
1793 | 1794 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
1794 | 1795 | José Aldana Ortega |
1795 | 1796 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto (second time) |
1796 | 1797 | José Aldana Ortega |
1797 | 1798 | Luis de Medina Torres |
1798 | 1799 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
1799 | 1800 | Luis de Medina Torres (second time) |
1800 | 1801 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
1801 | 1802 | Ramón Fernández Villegas |
1802 | 1803 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1803 | 1804 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
1804 | 1805 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1805 | 1806 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
1806 | 1809 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1809 | 1810 | Gerardo Bordas |
1810 | 1811 | Pablo Guillén |
[edit] Argentine Governors of Port Soledad
From | To | Name |
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1820 | 1821 | Daniel Jewitt |
1821 | 1822 | Guillermo Mason |
1823 | 1828 | Pablo Areguatyi |
1829 | 1831 | Luis Vernet |
1832 | 1832 | Juan Esteban Mestivier |
1832 | 1833 | Capt. Jose Maria Pinedo |
[edit] Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis
From | To | Name |
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1833 | 1833 | William Dickson (interim) |
1833 | 1838 | Lt. Henry Smith |
1838 | 1839 | Lt. Robert Lowcay |
1839 | 1839 | Lt. Robinson |
1839 | 1841 | Lt. John Tyssen |
[edit] Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour
From | To | Name | |
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1841 | 1843 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
[edit] Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
From | To | Name |
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1843 | 1848 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
1848 | 1855 | Lt. George Rennie |
1855 | 1862 | Capt. Thomas Edward Laws Moore |
1862 | 1866 | Capt. James George Mackenzie |
1866 | 1870 | William Cleaver Francis Robinson, CMG |
1870 | 1876 | Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy |
1876 | 1880 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan |
1880 | 1886 | Thomas Kerr, CMG |
1886 | 1887 | Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly |
1887 | 1891 | Thomas Kerr, CMG |
1891 | 1897 | Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, KCMG |
1897 | 1904 | Sir William Grey-Wilson, KCMG |
1904 | 1915 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce, KCMG |
1915 | 1920 | Sir William Douglas Young, KBE, CMG |
1920 | 1927 | Sir John Middleton, KBE, CMG |
1927 | 1931 | Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, KCMG |
1931 | 1934 | Sir James O'Grady, KCMG |
1935 | 1941 | Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton, KCMG |
1941 | 1946 | Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall, KBE, CMG |
1946 | 1954 | Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford, KBE, CMG, ED |
1954 | 1957 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur, KCMG, CVO |
1957 | 1964 | Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith, KCMG |
1964 | 1970 | Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard, KCMG, MBE |
1971 | 1975 | Sir Ernest Gordon Lewis, CMG, OBE |
1975 | 1977 | Sir Neville Arthur Irwin French, CMG, MVO |
1977 | 1980 | Sir James Roland Walter Parker, CMG, OBE |
1980 | 2 Apr 1982 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, CMG |
[edit] Argentine Military Commander at Puerto Argentino
From | To | Name |
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2 Apr 1982 | 3 Apr 1982 | General Oswaldo Jorge Garcia (interim) |
3 Apr 1982 | 14 Jun 1982 | Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez |
[edit] British Military Commander at Port Stanley
From | To | Name |
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14 Jun 1982 | 25 Jun 1982 | Brigadier John Jeremy Moore |
[edit] Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
From | To | Name |
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25 Jun 1982 | 16 Oct 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, CMG |
[edit] Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)
From | To | Name |
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1985 | 1988 | Gordon Wesley Jewkes, CMG |
1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton, CMG |
1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham, CMG |
1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph, CMG, CVO |
1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
2002 | 2002 | Russ Jarvis (acting) |
2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce, CMG |
2006 | 2006 | Harriet Hall (acting) |
2006 | present | Alan Huckle |
[edit] External links
Geography
Barren Island · Beaver Island · Beauchene Island · Bleaker Island · Carcass Island · East Falkland (Lafonia) · George Island · Jason Islands · Keppel Island · Lively Island · New Island · Pebble Island · Saunders Island · Sea Lion Island · Speedwell Island · Staats Island · Swan Islands · Weddell Island · West Falkland · West Point Island
Locations
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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