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 and as liaison 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 Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Guernsey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms.
In 2010 it was announced that the next Lieutenant-Governor would be recommended to the Crown by a Guernsey panel consisting of the Bailiff of Guernsey, the Seigneur of Sark, and the President of the States of Alderney, sitting with a human resources professional.[1] This new system replaced the previous system of the appointment being made by the Crown on the recommendation of UK ministers.[2] The person selected by this process was former RAF officer Air Marshal Peter Walker, who was sworn in on 15 April 2011.
| Title | Appointed | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Serving under Governor of Guernsey: | 1770 | Lt-Col. Paulus Aemilius Irving |
| 1784 | Lt-Col. William Brown | |
| 1793 | Maj-Gen. Thomas Dundas | |
| 1793 | Col. James Henry Craig | |
| 1793 | Maj-Gen. John Small | |
| 1796 | Lt-Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple | |
| 1803 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Doyle, Bt, GCB, KC | |
| 1816 | Maj-Gen. Henry Bayly | |
| 1821 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Colborne, KCB | |
| 1828 | Maj-Gen. John Ross | |
| Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff: | 1837 | Gen. Sir James Douglas, KCB |
| 1842 | Maj-Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB | |
| 1848 | Lt-Gen. Sir John Bell, KCB | |
| 1854 | Lt-Gen. William Thomas Knollys | |
| 1856 | Lt-Gen. Sir George Judd Harding, KCB | |
| 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 | Lt-Gen. John Henry Ford Elkington, CB | |
| 1889 | Gen. Sir Edward Gascoyne Bulwer, KCB | |
| 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 | Maj-Gen. Robert Auld, CB | |
| 1911 | Maj-Gen. Sir Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton, KCB | |
| 1914 | Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Merrick Lawson, KCB | |
| 1914 | Gen. Sir Reginald Clare Hart VC, GCB, KCVO | |
| 1918 | Lt-Gen. Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, KCB, KCMG | |
| 1920 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Edward Capper, KCB, KCVO | |
| 1925 | Maj-Gen. Sir Charles Sackville-West, KBE, CB, CMG | |
| 1929 | Maj-Gen. Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 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 (7 to 20 June 1940) | |
| 1940-1945 | German Occupation of the Channel Islands - post vacated as part of demilitarisation of the island | |
| Head of the British Military Government: | 1945 | Rear-Adm. Charles Gage Stuart, DSO, DSC |
| Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief: | 1945 | Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO |
| 1953 | Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC | |
| 1958 | Vice-Adm. Sir Geoffrey Robson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC | |
| 1964 | Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Coleman, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE | |
| 1969 | Vice-Adm. Sir Charles Mills, KCB, CBE, DSC | |
| 1974 | Vice-Adm. Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, KCB, DSC | |
| 1980 | Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant, GBE, KCB, DFC | |
| 1985 | Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander Boswell, KCB, CBE | |
| 1990 | Lt-Gen. Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins, KCB, OBE | |
| 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 | |
| 15 April 2011 | Air Marshal Peter Walker, CB, CBE |