Governor of Saint Helena
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The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena. 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 executive council, who advises the Governor on the running of the territory. The Governor takes sole responsibility for the administration of the territories two dependencies, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
The Governor has his own flag in Saint Helena, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms.
The current Governor is Michael Clancy, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office advertised in British newspapers from March 2007 that a new Governor would be required to take up the post in October 2007. Recruitment company Odgers list the appointment on their website.
[edit] List of Governors of Saint Helena
The first Governor was appointed in 1836. Previously, the territory was administered by the East India Company.
- 1836 Major General George Middlemore
- 1842 Colonel Hamelin Trelawney
- 1846 Major General Sir Patrick Ross
- 1851 Colonel Sir Thomas Gore Browne
- 1856 Sir Edward Hay Drummond Hay
- 1863 Admiral Sir Charles Elliot
- 1870 Vice Admiral Charles George Edward Patey
- 1873 Hudson Ralph Janisch
- 1890 W. Grey Wilson
- 1897 Robert Armitage Sterndale
- 1903 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Galway
- 1912 Major Sir Harry Cordeaux
- 1920 Colonel Sir Robert Peel
- 1925 Sir Charles Harper
- 1932 Sir Spencer Davis
- 1938 Sir Guy Pilling
- 1941 Major William Bain Gray
- 1947 Sir George Joy
- 1954 Sir James Harford
- 1958 Sir Robert Alford
- 1962 Sir John Field
- 1968 Sir Dermod Murphy
- 1971 Sir Thomas Oates
- 1976 Sir Geoffrey Guy
- 1981 Sir John Dudley Massingham
- 1984 Francis Eustace Baker
- 1988 Robert F Stimson
- 1991 Alan Hoole
- 1995 David Leslie Smallman
- 1999 David Hollamby
- 2004 Michael Clancy
[edit] External links
- Saint Helena Government- "Office of the Governor
- editor: Ben Cahoon. Saint Helena. World Statesmen. Retrieved on 2006-04-23.
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
