List of Governors of Guernsey
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The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France.
Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished in 1835. Since then, only Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed (see Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey).
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[edit] 15th century
[edit] 16th century
- Sir Richard Weston (1509-1522)
- Sir Francis Weston (1533-1541)
- Sir Richard Long (1541-1545)
- Sir Peter Mewtis (1545-1553)
- Sir Leonard Chamberlain (1553-1561)
- Sir Francis Chamberlain (1561-1570)
- Sir Thomas Leighton (1570-1609)
[edit] 17th century
- George, Lord Carew of Clopton, Earl of Totnes (1610-1621)
- Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby (1621-1644)
- Robert, Earl of Warwick (1643-1644)
- Sir Peter Osborne (1644-1649)
- Henry, Lord Percy (1649-1650)
- Colonel Alban Coxe (1649-1650)
- Colonel John Bingham (1651-1660)
- Major Henry Wanseye (1660)
- Sir Hugh Pollard (1660-1662)
- Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby (1662-1665)
- Colonel Sir Jonathan Atkins (1665-1670)
- Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton of Grendon (1670-1706)
[edit] 18th century
- General Charles Churchill (1706-1711)
- Lieutenant-General Daniel, Lord Harvey (1715-1732)
- The Rt Hon George, Earl of Cholmondley (1732)
- Major-General Richard Sutton (1735-1737)
- Field Marshal François de la Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandré
- Algernon, Lord Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Duke of Somerset - (1742)
- Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier (1750-1752)
- General John, Earl de la Warr (1752-1766)
- Sir Richard Lyttleton (1766)
- Field Marshal Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1770-1794)
- General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey of Howick (1797)
[edit] 19th century
- Lieutenant-General George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (1807–1827)
- Sir William Keppel (1827–1834)
