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).

15th century

• Duarte Brandão, (1482-1485) ^[1]
• Edward Weston, (1486-1509)

16th century

• Sir Richard Weston (1509–1541)
• Sir Francis Weston (1533–1536) (co-governor with his father, Richard Weston)
• Sir Richard Weston, reverted to sole governor until his death (1536 - 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)

17th century

• George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1610-1621)
• Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby (1621-1644)
• Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1643-1644)
• Sir Peter Osborne (1644-1649)
• Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick (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)

18th century

• General Charles Churchill (1706–1714)
• Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey (1715–1732)
• The Rt Hon George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (1732–1733)
• Major-General Richard Sutton (1733–1737)
• Field Marshal François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montandre (1737–1739)
• Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret (1739–1742)
• Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1742–1750)
• Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier (1750–1752)
• General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1752–1766)
• Sir Richard Lyttelton (1766–1770)
• Field Marshal Sir Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1770–1797)
• General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (1797–1807)

19th century

• Lieutenant-General George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (1807–1827)
• Sir William Keppel (1827–1834)

See also

• List of Bailiffs of Guernsey
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey

References