Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
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The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey. The Lieutenant Governor also liases between the Governments of Guernsey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Guernsey 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 current Lieutenant Governor is Vice-Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon.
The Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Guernsey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms.
Serving under Governor of Guernsey:
- 1770: Lieut-Col. Paulus Aemilius Irving
- 1784: Lieut-Col. William Brown
- 1793: Maj-Gen. Thomas Dundas
- 1793: Colonel James Henry Craig
- 1793: Maj-Gen. John Small
- 1796: Lieut-Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple
- 1803: Maj-Gen. Sir John Doyle, Bart, GCB, KC
- 1816: Maj-Gen. Henry Bailey
- 1821: Maj-Gen. Sir John Colborne, KCB
- 1828: Maj-Gen. John Dawes Ross
Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff:
- 1837: General Sir James Douglas, KCB
- 1842: Maj-Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB
- 1848: Lieut-Gen. Sir John Bell, KCB
- 1854: Lieut-Gen. William Thomas Knollys
- 1856: Lieut-Gen. George Judd Harding, CB
- 1859: Maj-Gen. Marcus John Slade
- 1864: Maj-Gen. Charles Rochfort Scott
- 1869: Lt-Gen. Edward Charles Frome
- 1874 Lt-Gen. Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, CB
- 1879 Maj-Gen. Alexander Abercromby Nelson, CB
- 1883 Maj-Gen. Henry Andrew Sarel, CB
- 1885 John Henry Ford Elkington
- 1889 Edward Gascoyne Bulwer
Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops:
- 1894 Lt-Gen. Nathaniel Stevenson
- 1899 Maj-Gen. Michael Henry Saward
- 1903 Maj-Gen. Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell, CVO, CB
- 1908 Robert Auld
- 1911 Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton
- 1914 Maj-Gen. Henry Merrick Lawson, CB
- 1914 Sir Reginald Clare Hart VC, GCB, KCVO
- 1918 Launcelot Edward Kiggell
- 1920 Maj-Gen. Sir John Edward Capper, KCB, KCVO
- 1925 Charles John Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville
- 1929 Maj-Gen. Walter Hore-Ruthven, 9th Baron Ruthven, CB, CMG, DSO
- 1934 Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Nicholson Broadbent, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO
- 1939 Maj-Gen. Alexander Telfer-Smollett, CB, CBE, DSO, MC
- 1940 Maj-Gen. John Minshull-Ford, CB, DSO, MC (7th to 20th June 1940)
- (German Occupation 1940-45)
Head of the British Military Government:
- 1945 Charles Gage Stuart
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief:
- 1945 Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO
- 1953 Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC
- 1958 Vice-Adm. Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, KBE, CB, DSO, MC
- 1964 Lt-Gen. Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE
- 1969 Vice-Adm. Sir Charles Piercy Mills, KCB, CBE, DSC
- 1974 Vice-Adm. Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, KCB, DSC, FNI
- 1980 Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant, GBE, KCB, DFC
- 1985 Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell, KCB, CBE
- 1990 Lt-Gen. Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins
- 1994 Vice-Adm. Sir John Francis Coward, KCB, DSO
- 2000 Lt-Gen. Sir John Paul Foley, KCB, OBE, MC
- 2005 Vice-Adm. Sir Fabian Malbon, KBE
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
