Channel Islands / Îles Anglo-Normandes / Îles d'la Manche
933 - 1204 Part of the Duchy of Normandy
1187 - 1487 Lordship of the Isles, Jersey, Guernsey,
Alderney, Brechou, Herm, Jethou and Sark
Jun 1204 The channel islands an English fiefdom
04 Dec 1259 France recognises the Channel Islands an
English possesio at the Treaty of Paris
30 Oct 1360 By the Treaty of Calais, the French Crown
suzerainty is terminated
13 Dec 1487 Jersey and Guernsey separate Crown possessions of England
30 Jun 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation, Britische Kanalinseln (Bristish Channel Islands)
12 May - 25 Aug 1945 Under British military administration
Lords of the Isles
1198 - 31 Dec 1199 John Plantagenat, count of Mortian
01 Jan 1200 - Jun 1204 Pierre de Preaux
1234 - 1240 Henry de Trubleville
1254 - 1271 Prince Edward of England
1277 - 1328 Sir Otton de Grandison ....................... 1238-1328
27 Nov 1415 - 14 Sep 1435 John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford
09 Feb 1437 - 23 Feb 1447 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
23 Feb 1447 - 1449 Anne de Beauchamp
23 Jul 1449 - 07 May 1459 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (1st Time)
1461 - 14 Apr 1471 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (2nd Time)
14 Apr 1471 - 13 Dec 1487 Anne de Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick
Wardens
1203 - 1206 Gregory Balizan
1206 - 1207 Geoffrey de Lucy (1st Time)
1207 - 1220 Philippe d'Aubigny I
1220 - 1223 Philippe d'Aubigny II
1223 - 1226 Geoffrey de Lucy (2nd Time)
1226 Hugues de Saint Philibert
1226 - 1227 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (1st Time)
1227 - 1229 Guillaume de St. Jean
1229 - 1230 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (2nd Time)
22 Jun 1230 - 1232 Henri de Trubleville
1232 - 1234 Philippe de Carenet
- Amaury de St. Amand
- Guillaume de St. Jean
- Philippe d'Aubigny
1240 Guillaume de Bouelles
1240 - 1252 Drouet de Barentin
1252 - 1254 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (3rd Time)
1373 - 1374 Sir Edward Rose
20 Apr 1373 - 12 Aug 1374 Sir William de Asthorp
12 Aug 1373 - 1376 Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
1376 - 23 Apr 1393 Sir Hugh de Calverley
1393 - 30 Nov 1396 Sir John de Golafre of Langley
30 Nov 1396 - 22 Mar 1405 Edward, Earl of Rutland (1st Time)
1405 Sir John Lisle
1407 - 25 Oct 1415 Edward, Duke of York (2nd Time)
1409 - 1412 Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge
1416 Henry Mulso
1436 - 1442 Sir John Bernard
24 Jan 1447 - 1448 John de Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont
1448 Ralph Boteler, Baron Sudeley
1448 William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
1452 - 1457 John Nanfan (1st Time)
12 May 1460 - 1461 John Nanfan (2nd Time)
1460 Druet Le Marcahnt
1466 - 1468 Thomas de la Court
(subwarden)
1468 - 1469 Geoffrey Wallish
(subwarden)
05 Apr 1486 - 23 Jul 1487 Matthew Baker
+ David P
Wehmachtbefehlshaber Kanalinseln (German Military Commanders)
01 Jul - 06 Sep 1940 Albrecht Lanz ................................ 1898-1942
06 Sep 1940 - 31 May 1941 Rudolf Graf von Schmettow (1st Time) ......... 1891-1970
01 Jun 1941 - 31 Aug 1943 Erich Müller ................................. 1889-1960
01 Sep 1943 - 27 Feb 1945 Rudolf Graf von Schmettow (2nd Time)
27 Feb - 09 May 1945 Friedrich Hüffmeier .......................... 1898-1972
British Military Administrator
12 May - 25 Aug 1945 Alfred Ernest Snow ........................... 1898-1983
Feldkommandant (Chief of Civil Adminisration)
09 Aug 1940 - 18 Oct 1941 Friedrich Schumacher ......................... 1872-1946
18 Oct 1941 - 19 May 1944 Friedrich Knackfuss .......................... 1887-1945
02 Mar - 19 May 1944 Wilhelm Heider
(acting)
19 May 1944 - 09 May 1945 Kurt von Cleve ............................... 1891-19..
Head of the No.20 Civil Affairs Unit
09 May - 24 Aug 1945 Herbert Raphe Power .......................... 1895-1983
Guernsey
933 - 1204 Part of Normandy
1187 - 1487 Part of the Lordship of the Isles
Jun 1204 Part of England
1279 - Bailiwick of Guernsey
30 Jun 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
Governors
1478 - 1482 Sir John Ditchfield
1482 - 1484 Sir Edward Brampton .......................... 1444-1508
1484 - 1485 Thomas Ridley
28 Nov 1485 - 1509 Edmund Weston
- Thomas de St. Martin
22 May 1509 - 1522 Sir Richard Weston ........................... 1465-1541
1522 - 1533 Thomas Oglander
1533 - 1541 Sir Francis Weston
1541 - 1545 Sir Richard Long ............................. 1474-1546
1545 - 1553 Sir Peter Mewtis
25 Sep 1553 - 22 May 1560 Sir Leonard Chamberlain
1561 - 1570 Sir Francis Chamberlain
14 Apr 1560 - 1609 Sir Thomas Leighton
1610 - 1621 George, Lord Carew of Clopton,
Lord of Totnes .............................. 1555-1629
01 Jul 1621 - 20 Jan 1644 Henry Danvers, Earl of Derby ................. 1573-1644
20 Jan 1644 - 1649 Sir Peter Osborne ............................ 1584-1653
(Royalist governor)
1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Henry Percy, Baron of Alnwick ................ 1604-1659
(Royalist governor)
1644 - 1649 Earl Robert of Warwick ....................... 1587-1658
(Parliament governor)
22 Oct 1649 - 1650 Alban Coxe
(Parliament governor)
1650 - 28 Feb 1660 John Bingham
(Parliament governor)
28 Feb - May 1660 Henry Wanseye
(Parliament governor)
1660 - 1662 Sir Hugh Pollard ............................. 1603-1666
1662 - 1665 Lord Christopher Hatton of Kirby ............. 1605-1670
1665 - 1670 Sir Jonathan Atkins
1670 - 1706 Christopher Hatton,
Viscount Hatton of Gretton .................. 1632-1706
1706 - 1711 Charles Churchill ............................ 1656-1714
1715 - 06 Sep 1732 Lord Daniel Harvey ........................... 1664-1732
1732 - 07 May 1733 George Cholmondeley
Earl of Cholmondeley ........................ 1666-1733
1735 - 1737 Richard Sutton ............................... 1674-1737
1737 - 1739 Francis de la Rochefoucauld,
marquis de Montandre ........................ 1672-1739
1742 - 07 Feb 1750 Algernon Seymour, Lord Percy,
Duke of Somerset ............................ 1680-1770
1750 - 1752 Sir John Louis Ligonier
1752 - 1766 John West, Earl de la Warr ................... 1693-1766
1766 - 01 Oct 1770 Sir Richard Lyttelton ........................ 1718-1770
1770 - 03 Aug 1797 Sir Jeffery Amherst,
Baron Amherst of Holmesdale ................. 1717-1797
1797 - 14 Nov 1807 Charles Grey, Earl Grey of Howick ............ 1729-1807
1807 - 26 Oct 1827 George Augustus Herbert Pembroke,
Earl of Pembroke ............................ 1759-1827
1827 - 11 Dec 1834 Sir William Keppell .......................... 1752-1834
Lieutenant Governors (Taking on the role of Governor from 1834)
1488 - 1490 John Apris
1503 David Philip
1509 - 1522 Oliver Oglander
1522 - 1533 Thomas Oglander
1551 - 1570 Thomas Compton
1580 - 1588 Thomas Wigmore
1591 George Paulet
1600 Lord Zouche
1605 - 1608 Peter Carey
1610 - 1620 Sir Amice de Carteret
1620 Thomas Andros
1621 - 20 Jan 1644 Sir Peter Osborne
1644 - 1646 Nathaniel Darrell
(Royalists governor)
1643 - 1649 Robert Russell
(Parliament governor)
29 May 1646 - May 1649 Sir Baldwin Wake
(Royalists governor)
26 Oct 1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Sir Roger Burgess
1647 - 1651 James Harrison
(Parliament governor)
1650 Henry Sharp
(Parliament governor)
1654 - 1658 Charles Waterhouse
(Parliament governor)
1659 John Weaver
28 Feb 1660 - 24 Apr 1660 Henry Wanseye
24 Apr 1660 - 24 Jul 1661 Sharp
1661 - 1664 Nathaniel Darrell, Jr.
1664 - Dec 1680 William Sheldon .............................. 1609-1680
1681 George Lyttleton
1684 Charles Hatton
1685 Charles Macarty
1687 - 1688 John Legge
1688 Sidney Godolphin ............................. 1652-1732
1689 - 1703 Bernard Ellis ................................ 16..-1703
1704 - 1706 Sir Edmund Andros ............................ 1637-1714
1707 Oliver Hetherington
1711 - 1726 Giles Spicer ................................. 1647-17..
1726 - 1735 Louis Dollon
1735 - 1745 John Graham
1745 - 1756 Charles Strahan
1756 - 1776 Sir John Mylne
1776 - 1783 Paulus Aemilius Irving ....................... 1751-1828
1784 - 1793 William Brown
1793 Thomas Dundas ................................ 1741-1820
1793 James Henry Craig ............................ 1748-1812
1793 - 17 Mar 1796 John Small ................................... 1726-1796
1796 - 1802 Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple ................. 1750-1830
1803 - 1816 Sir John Doyle ............................... 1750-1834
1816 - 1821 Henry Bailey
1821 - 1828 John Colborne, Baron Seaton .................. 1778-1863
1828 - 1837 John Dawes Ross .............................. 1769-1843
1837 - 1842 Sir James Dawes Douglas ...................... 1785-1862
Feb 1842 - Dec 1847 Sir William Francis Patrick Napier ........... 1785-1860
24 Jan 1848 - 30 Jun 1854 Sir John Bell ................................ 1782-1876
01 Aug 1854 - 10 May 1856 William Thomas Knollys ...................... 1797-1883
1856 - 01 Apr 1859 George Judd Harding .......................... 1788-1860
01 Apr 1859 - 01 Apr 1864 Marcus John Slade ............................ 1801 1872
01 Apr 1864 - 01 May 1869 Charles Rochfort Scott ....................... 1790-1872
01 May 1869 - 01 May 1874 Edward Charles Frome ......................... 1802-1890
01 May 1874 - 30 Apr 1879 St. George Gerald Foley ...................... 1814-1897
01 May 1879 - 10 Oct 1883 Alexander Abercromby Nelson .................. 1816-1893
10 Oct 1883 - 01 Nov 1885 Henry Andrew Sarel ........................... 1823-1887
01 Nov 1885 - 21 Feb 1889 John Henry Ford Elkington .................... 1830-1889
1889 - 1894 Edward Gascoyne Bulwer ....................... 1829-1910
1894 - 1899 Nathaniel Stevenson .......................... 1840-1911
1899 - 1903 Michael Henry Saward ......................... 1840-1928
1903 - 1908 Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell ......... 1845-1918
1908 - 1911 Robert Auld .................................. 1848-1911
1911 - 1914 Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton .................. 1854-1944
1914 Henry Merrick Lawson ......................... 1859-1933
1914 - 1918 Reginald Clare Hart .......................... 1848-1931
1918 - 1920 Launcelot Edward Kiggell ..................... 1862-1954
1920 - 1925 John Edward Capper ........................... 1861-1955
1925 - 1929 Sir Charles John Sackville-West .............. 1870-1962
1929 - 1934 Sir Edward Henry Willis ...................... 1870-1961
1934 - 1939 Edward Nicholson Broadbent ................... 1875-1944
1939 - 1940 Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollet .... 1884-1954
- 21 Jun 1940 John Randle Minshull-Ford .................... 1881-1948
21 Jun - 25 Jun 1940 Victor Gosselin Carey ........................ 1871-1957
(acting)
25 Aug 1945 - 1953 Philip Neame ................................. 1888-1978
1953 - 1958 Thomas Walker Elmhirst ....................... 1895-1982
1958 - 1964 Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Ronson ........... 1902-1989
1964 - 1969 Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman .......... 1903-1974
1969 - 1974 Sir Charles Piercy Mills ..................... 1914-2006
1974 - 22 Apr 1980 Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin ............... 1918-2011
22 Apr 1980 - 1985 Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant .............. 1920-2018
1985 - 1990 Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell ....... 1928-2021
1990 - 25 Apr 1994 Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins ......... 1933-1994
25 Apr 1994 - 2000 Sir John Francis Coward ...................... 1937-2020
May 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Sir John Paul Foley .......................... 1939-
28 Sep - 18 Oct 2005 Geoffrey Robert Rowland ...................... 1948-
(acting)
18 Oct 2005 - 15 Apr 2011 Sir Fabian Malbon ............................ 1946-
15 Apr 2011 - 06 Sep 2015 AM. Peter Bret Walker ........................ 1949-2015
06 Sep 2015 - 14 Mar 2016 Sir Richard Collas ........................... 1958-
(acting)
14 Mar 2016 - 24 Nov 2021 Ian Fergus Corder ............................ 1960-
24 Nov 2021 - 15 Feb 2022 Richard James McMahon ........................ 1962-
(acting)
15 Feb 2022 - Richard John Cripwell ........................ 1962-
Bailiffs
12 May 1945 - 1946 Sir Victor Gosselin Carey .................... 1871-1957
1946 - 1959 Sir Ambrose James Sherwill ................... 1890-1968
1959 - 21 Jul 1973 Sir William Henry Arnold ..................... 1903-1973
27 Jul 1973 - 06 Aug 1982 Sir John Henry Loveridge ..................... 1912-1994
06 Aug 1982 - 1992 Sir Charles Keith Frossard ................... 1922-2012
18 Feb 1992 - 28 Mar 1999 Graham Martyn Dorey .......................... 1932-
28 Mar 1999 - 15 Jun 2005 Sir de Vic Graham Carey ...................... 1940-
15 Jun 2005 - 23 Mar 2012 Sir Geoffrey Robert Rowland .................. 1948-
23 Mar 2012 - 09 May 2020 Richard Collas ............................... s.a
09 May 2020 - Richard James McMahon ........................ 1962-
Chief Ministers
01 May 2004 - 05 Mar 2007 Laurence Charles Morgan ...................... 1930-2018
05 Mar 2007 - 01 May 2008 Michael W. Torode
01 May 2008 - 01 May 2012 Lyndon Sean Trott ............................ 1964-
01 May 2012 - 12 Mar 2014 Peter Harwood ................................ 1947-
12 Mar 2014 - 04 May 2016 Jonathan Le Tocq ............................. 1964-
President of the Policy and Reasources Committee
04 May 2016 - 16 Oct 2020 Gavin St. Pier ............................... 1967-
16 Oct 2020 - 13 Dec 2023 Peter Ferbrache .............................. 1951-
13 Dec 2023 - Lyndon Sean Trott ............................ s.a
Aoeur'gny/Aurigny/Alderney
933 Part of Normandy
1204 English fiefdom
1236 Part of the English Crown
1660 - 1825 Separated from Guernsey
23 Jun 1825 - Subordinated to Guernsey
01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
Lords
1182 - 1222 Wilhelmus Artifex (l'Ingenieur)
1222 - 1238 Peter L'Ingenieur
1222 - 1238 Mayn
1238 - 1546 Vacant
Governors
1290 - 1302 Raoul Eudes
1376 - 1379 Thomas Porteman
Lieutenant-governors
1559 - 1584 George Chamberlayne, Baron of Guernsey
29 May 1584 - 30 Sep 1585 John Chamberlayne of Longcombe,
Baron Oxfordshire
30 Sep 1585 - 26 Mar 1590 Vacant
26 Mar 1590 - 25 Feb 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
25 Feb 1601 - 1604 Vacant
1604 - 1607 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
1607 - 1608 William Chamberlain I
1608 John Chamberlain I
1608 - 1639 William Chamberlain II
161. - 1618 John Chamberlain II
03 Mar 1639 - 1640 John Colles
1640 - 1642 William Colles
1642 - 1643 Mary Colles
25 Nov 1643 - 1646 Peter Le Febvre, surier de L'Epine
(pretender)
25 Mar 1646 - 1648 Peter de Beauvoir de Bosq
11 Mar 1648 - 1651 Benjamin Lemprière
Jun 1651 - 1651 George Mishaw (1st time)
1651 - 1654 John Ring
23 Jun 1654 - 165. George Mishaw (2nd time)
165. - 1658 Sir William Essex
21 May 1658 - 1659 Nicholas Ling
13 Jul 1659 - 1660 William Andros
Governors
1660 - 14 Jan 1679 Sir George Carteret
06 Jan 1679 - 14 Jan 1680 George Mishaw
14 Jan 1680 - 1682 Elizabeth de Carteret ....................... 1609-1679
1682 - 29 Aug 1683 Edward Le Breton
29 Aug 1683 - 24 Feb 1714 Sir Edmond Andros ........................... 1637-1714
01 Apr 1684 - 31 Aug 1690 Thomas Le Mesurier (1st Time) ............... 1648-1718
(acting for Andros)
01 Sep 1690 - 31 Aug 1696 Thomas Le Marchant .......................... 1644-1728
(acting for Andros)
01 Sep 1696 - 21 Jul 1703 Charles Le Marchant
21 Jul 1703 - 22 Jul 1714 Thomas Le Mesurier (2nd Time)
(acting for Andros)
1714 George Andros ............................... 1677-1714
1714 - 1721 Ann Andros .................................. 1684-1721
1721 - 1722 John Le Mesurier I .......................... 1684-1722
1722 - 1729 Anne Le Mesurier ............................ 1684-1729
26 Mar 1726 - 1730 Thomas Le Cocq (1st Time) ................... 1680-1760
(in opposition)
06 Feb 1730 - 1744 Henry Le Mesurier ........................... 1713-1779
20 Feb 1730 - 21 Dec 1738 Thomas Le Cocq (2nd Time)
(in opposition)
1744 - 16 Mar 1793 John Le Mesurier II ......................... 1717-1793
16 Mar 1793 - 21 Jan 1803 Peter Le Mesurier ........................... 1753-1803
21 Jan 1803 - 13 Apr 1825 John Le Mesurier III ........................ 1781-1843
Judges
21 Jan 1803 - 11 Jan 1807 Jean Ollivier
01 Aug 1807 - 02 Apr 1836 Pierre Gauvin
02 Apr - 11 Apr 1836 Jean Gauvain
(acting)
11 Apr - 28 Apr 1836 Thomas Le Cocq
(acting)
28 Apr - 26 Nov 1836 Nicholas Barbenson (1st Time)
(acting)
26 Nov 1836 - 21 Sep 1856 Jean Gaudion ................................ 1794-1836
29 Nov 1836 - 15 Dec 1856 Nicholas Barbenson (2nd Time)
(acting)
15 Dec 1856 - 30 Apr 1876 Thomas Clucas ............................... 1810-1876
01 May - 09 Oct 1876 Jean Pezet
(acting)
09 Oct 1876 - 02 Oct 1892 Thomas Nicholas Barbenson ................... 1809-1892
02 Oct - 17 Dec 1892 Peter Herivel
(acting)
17 Dec 1892 - 31 May 1897 John A. Le Cocq
05 Jun 1897 - 12 Apr 1912 Nicholas Peter Barbenson .................... 1838-1928
12 Apr 1913 - 15 Mar 1938 Robert Walter Mellish ....................... 1869-1938
15 Mar - 16 Jul 1938 A.C. Tourgis
(acting)
16 Jul 1938 - Nov 1947 Frederick G. French ......................... 1889-1963
(absent 1940 - 1945)
Nov - 15 Dec 1947 Daniel Le Cocq
(acting)
15 Dec 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Sir Frank Henry Cafande Wiltshire ........... 1881-1948
Presidents of the States of Alderney
01 Jan 1949 - 26 Aug 1970 Sydney Peck Herivel ......................... 1890-1970
27 Aug 1970 - 1977 George William Baron (1st Time) ............. 1924-2016
1977 - 1994 Jon Kay-Mouat (1st Time) .................... 1933-2010
1994 - 1997 George William Baron (2nd Time)
1997 - 19 Jan 2002 Jon Kay-Mouat (2nd Time)
19 Jan 2002 - 22 Jun 2011 Sir Norman Browse ........................... 1931-
22 Jun 2011 - 15 May 2019 Stuart Trought .............................. 1950-
15 May - 21 Jun 2019 James Dent
(acting)
21 Jun 2019 - William Tate
Minor uninhabited islets and rocks of Guernsey and Alderney
Alderney:
Burhou
Les Casquets
Ortac
Guernsey:
Bréhou
Caquorobert
Crevichon
Les Hanois
Les Houmets
Sark
933 Part of the Duchy of Normandie
Jun 1204 English possession
31 Jul 1549 - 07 Sep 1553 French occupation
1560 - 1562 French occupation
06 Aug 1565 Seigneury of Sark an English fiefdom,
subordinanted to Guernsey
23 Mar 1643 - 25 Aug 1660 Under Parliamentary rule
04 Jul 1940 - 10 May 1945 German occupation
09 Apr 2008 Feudalism abolished and replaced by constitutional law
Seigneurs (Lords)
06 Aug 1565 - 1579 Hélier de Carteret .......................... 1532-1581
1579 - 20 May 1594 Philippe de Carteret I ...................... 1552-1594
20 May 1594 - 23 Aug 1643 Sir Philippe de Carteret II ................. 1584-1643
Governors
01 Sep 1643 - 1657 Nicholas Ling ............................... 1599-1679
1657 - Apr 1659 Richard Winne
Apr 1659 - 25 Aug 1660 Jean Le Gros ................................ 1616-1677
Seigneurs
25 Aug 1660 - Nov 1662 Philippe de Carteret III .................... 1620-1662
Nov 1662 - 23 Oct 1693 Sir Philippe de Carteret VI ................. 1650-1693
1662 - 1671 Nicholas Richardson (Regent)
23 Oct 1693 - 06 Jun 1715 Sir Charles de Carteret ..................... 1679-1715
06 Jun 1715 - 03 Sep 1720 John Carteret, Baron Carteret ............... 1690-1763
03 Sep 1720 - 1723 John Johnson ................................ 16..-1723
01 May 1723 - 1730 James Milner ................................ 16..-1730
- 28 Aug 1730 Joseph Wilcock, Bishop of Gloucester ........ 1673-1756
(executor)
28 Aug 1730 - 24 Jun 1733 Dame Susanne Le Pelley ...................... 1668-1733
24 Jun 1733 - 1742 Nicolas Le Pelley ........................... 1692-1742
1742 - 1752 Daniel Le Pelley ............................ 1694-1752
1752 - 17 Dec 1778 Pierre Le Pelley I .......................... 1736-1778
1752 - 1757 Elizabeth Le Lacheur ........................ 1703-17..
(acting for Pierre)
1778 - 1820 Pierre Le Pelley II ......................... 1758-1820
1820 - 01 Mar 1839 Pierre Le Pelley III ........................ 1799-1839
01 Mar 1839 - 06 Oct 1849 Ernest Le Pelley ............................ 1801-1849
06 Oct 1849 - 04 Dec 1852 Pierre Carey Le Pelley ...................... 1828-18..
04 Dec 1852 - 26 Apr 1853 Dame Marie Allaire Collings ................. 1791-1853
26 Apr 1853 - 07 Mar 1882 William Thomas Collings ..................... 1823-1882
07 Mar 1882 - 14 Jun 1927 William Frederick Collings .................. 1852-1927
14 Jun 1927 - 14 Jul 1974 Dame Sybil Collings Beaumont ................ 1884-1974
05 Nov 1929 - 15 Dec 1954 Robert Woodward Hathaway .................... 1888-1954
(co-Seigneur)
14 Jul 1974 - 03 Jul 2016 John Michael Beaumont ....................... 1927-2016
03 Jul 2016 - Maj. Christopher Beaumont
Seneschals, Presidents of Chief Pleas, and Chief Judges
15 Jul 1675 - 1680 Pierre Gibault
1680 - 1683 Thomas de Beauvoir
1683 - 1702 Phillipe Dumeresq
1702 - 1707 Jean Payne
1707 - 1744 Philippe de Carteret
1744 - 1752 Henri de Carteret
1752 - 1777 Phillipe Le Masurier
1777 - 1785 Henri Le Masurier
1785 - 1807 Amice Le Couteur
1808 - 1812 Jean Le Couteur
1812 - 1830 Jean Falle
1830 - 1841 Elie Le Masurier
1841 - 1851 Philippe Guille
1851 - 1876 Thomas Godfray
1876 - 1881 William de Carteret .......................... 1817-1890
1881 - 1891 Abraham Baker ................................ 1822-1900
1891 - 1920 Thomas Godfray
1920 - 1922 Kenneth Rankin Campbell ...................... 1863-1930
1922 - 1925 Ashby Taylor
1925 - 1937 Frederick de Carteret
1937 - 1945 William Carré ................................ 1883-1963
1945 - 1969 William Baker
1969 - 1979 Bernard Jones
1979 - 1985 Hilary Carré ................................. 1909-1995
1985 - 2000 Lawrence Philip de Carteret .................. 1936-2015
Feb 2000 - 26 Feb 2013 Reginald John Guille ......................... 1942-
27 Feb 2013 - 2021 Jeremy la Trobe-Bateman
2021 - 2022 Bethan Owen
2022 - Victoria Stamps
Speakers of the Chief Pleas
27 Feb 2013 - 05 Oct 2016 Reginald John Guille (1st Time)
05 Oct 2016 - 28 Jan 2020 Arthur James Rolfe ........................... 1942-
28 Jan 2020 - 24 Feb 2022 Reginald John Guille (2nd Time)
24 Feb 2022 - Paul Martin Armorgie
Brecqhou
Tenants
1929 - 1932 Angelo Clark
1932 - 20 Jun 1940 Thomas Arthur Clark
1949 - 1966 John Donald Thomson
1966 - 06 Oct 1987 Leonard Joseph Matchan ....................... 1911-1987
1993 - Sir David Rowat Barclay ...................... 1934-
Herm
Tenants
1717 - 1737 Charles Nowall
1737 - 1766 Peter Carey I
1766 - 1770 Peter Carey II
1770 - 1774 Caroline Carey
1774 - 1779 Peter de Jersey
+ Thomas de Jersey
1779 - 1800 John de Jersey
1800 - 1815 Pierre Mauger
1815 - 1826 John Lindsay ................................. 1762-1826
1830 - 1836 Jonathan Duncan
1842 - 1854 Ebenezer Fernie
1854 - 1860 John Henry
+ Steven Touzeau-Martin
1860 - 1862 Thomas Bartlett
1862 - 1867 Thomas Hyde
1867 - 1877 Montague J. Fielden .......................... 1816-1898
1877 - 1878 James Considine (1st time)
1878 - 1881 Arthur Maxwell
1881 - 1882 James Considine (2nd time)
1884 - 1889 James Linklater (or Leith)
1889 - 1914 Gebhard, Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt ......... 1836-1916
1917 - 1920 Wheadon and Company
1920 - 1923 Sir Edward Montague Compton MacKenzie ........ 1883-1972
1923 - 1939 Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry,
Baron Perry of Stock Harvard ................ 1878-1956
1946 - 1949 Alfred Graham Jefferies
1949 - 1998 Alexander Gough Wood ......................... 1915-1998
1998 - 01 Oct 2008 Adrian Heyworth
+ Penelope Wood Heyworth
01 Oct 2008 - John Singer
+ Julia Singer
Jethou
Tenants
1028 - 1055 Restauld ...................................... 995-1060
1158 - .... Guillaume Chesney
1270 - .... Sir William de Chesney
1717 - 1737 Charles Nowall
1737 - 1758 Charles Mauger
1758 - 1779 Thomas Guille
- Thomas Le Marchant
1779 - 1781 Henry de Jersey I
1781 - 1800 Henry de Jersey II
1800 - 1821 Phillip de Quesnel
1821 - 1822 Edward Falla
- Peter Le Cocq
- Nicholas Le Feuvre
- Peter de Lisle
1822 - 1846 Jean Allaire ................................. 1763-1846
1846 - 1852 Marie Allaire Collings ....................... 1791-1853
1856 - 1863 George Charles Gee
1863 - 1867 Perry Lindell
+ Giffard
1867 - 1877 Montague J. Fielden .......................... 1816-1898
1877 - 1880 Caretakers
1880 - 1885 W.H.B. Moullin
1885 - 1890 Caretakers
1890 - 07 Nov 1918 Sir Henry Austin Lee ......................... 1847-1918
1899 - 1910 F.J. Guy
(Subtenant)
1919 - 1920 John Drillot
(Caretaker)
1920 - 1934 Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie ........ 1883-1972
1934 - 1944 Harold A. Fortington ......................... 1890-1944
1940 - 1945 George MacDonald
(Subtenant)
1944 - 1948 Edna W. Fortington ........................... 1891-1948
1948 - 1955 William Gill Withycombe ...................... 1881-1968
1955 - 1957 Philip Steer Watkins
1957 - 1958 Herman Stockey
1958 - 1964 William Hedley Cliff ......................... 1913-1969
29 Sep 1964 - 06 Dec 1971 Susan Faed Summers ........................... 1933-
07 Dec 1971 - 03 Feb 1983 Sir Charles William Hayward .................. 1892-1983
1984 - 1991 Anthony Duckworth-Chad ....................... 1942-
20 Dec 1991 - Sir Peter Ogden .............................. 1947-
- Philip W. Hulme .............................. 1948-
Lihou
1114 - 1539 Benedictine Priory of St. Marie (under Mont St. Michel to 1415)
1204 - 1259 To France
1259 - To England thereafter
c.1560s St. Mary's Priory is abandoned and falls into ruin
1759 Priory chapel is demolished to prevent French occupation
1940 - 1945 German occupation
1995 Purchased by Guernsey from the Crown
Priors of St. Mary's Priory
1270 - .... Pierre Bernard
1448 - 14.. Guillaume Michel
1477 - .... Pierre Sauson
1500 - 15.. Ralph Leonard
(Custodian)
c.1560 Thomas de Baugy
Tenants (from 1798-1940s and 1962-95 owners of Lihou farmhouse)
1815 - 1821 Eléazar Le Marchant
1863 - 1883 James Priaulx
1883 - 1905 Arthur Clayfield
1905 - 1927 Col. Hubert de Lancey Walters ................ 1868-1936
1927 - 1954 Mr. Duquemin
+ Mr. Clarke
1927 - 1954 Albert Best
(Subtenant)
1954 - 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Conniff
+ Mr. and Mrs. Hudson
1961 - 1983 Col. Patrick Alwen Wootton ................... 1919-2000
1984 - 1995 Robin S. Borwick ............................. 1927-2003
Jersey
933 Part of the Duchy of Normandy
1204 Jèrri (Jersey) an English fiefdom
1279 - Bailiwick of Jersey
24 Oct 1360 End of suzeraignty under the French Monarch by
Treaty of Calais
1380 - 1382 French occupation
1461 - 1468 French occupation
12 Dec 1651 - 08 May 1660 Part of England
05 Jan - 07 Jan 1781 French occupation
01 May 1707 British Crown dependency
01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
Governors
1205 - 1212 Hasculf du Suligny
Seigneurs
1461 - 1465 Pierre de Brezé ............................ 1410-1465
1465 - 1468 Jacques de Brezé ........................... 1440-1494
Governors
1660 - 1665 Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans ......... 1604-1679
1665 - 13 Apr 1679 Sir Thomas Morgan
1679 - 1684 Sir John Lanier
05 Aug 1684 - 1688 Thomas, Lord Jermyn ........................ 1633-1703
1688 - 1703 John Legge ................................. 1653-1702
1703 - 18 Oct 1722 Henry Lumley ............................... 1658-1722
1723 - 14 Sep 1749 Richard Temple ............................. 1675-1749
1749 - 1761 John Huske ................................. 1692-1761
26 Jan 1761 - 1772 George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle ........... 1724-1772
1772 - 09 Jul 1795 Henry Seymour Conway ....................... 1721-1795
1795 - 16 Jul 1796 Sir George Howard .......................... 1718-1796
1796 - 14 Sep 1807 George Townshend,
Marquess of Townshend ..................... 1724-1807
1807 - 1820 John Pitt, Earl of Chatham ................. 1756-1835
1820 - 08 Jan 1854 William Carr Beresford, Viscount ........... 1768-1854
Beresford
Lieutenant-Governors
1531 Richard Castel
1541 - 1549 Henry Cornysh
1557 - 1559 Amias Paulet (2nd Time)
1561 - 1571 George Paulet
1571 - 1578 Sir Amias Paulet (2nd Time)
1583 - 1590 Anthony Paulet
1590 - 1613 George Paulet (1st Time)
1613 - 1617 Aaron Messervy
25 Sep 1617 - 1618 George Paulet (2nd Time)
1619 - 1623 John Peyton (1st Time)
1623 - 1625 Philipp de Carteret II (1st Time)
16 Jun 1625 - 1626 Elie de Carteret
1626 - 1627 John Peyton (2nd Time)
1627 - 1628 Philipp de Carteret II (2nd Time)
22 Aug - 1629 Joshua de Carteret
1629 - 1631 John Peyton (3rd Time)
1631 - 1633 Francis Raynsford
07 Sep 1633 - 1634 Philipp Marett
1634 - 23 Aug 1643 Philipp de Carteret II (3rd Time)
29 Aug - Nov 1643 Leonard Lydcott
(for parliament)
Nov 1643 - 17 Dec 1651 Sir George Carteret
(Royalist)
17 Dec 1651 - 1657 Richard Yardley
1657 - 1658 Austin Buckler
1659 - 1660 John Mason
1660 - 1664 Thomas Jermyn
17 Aug 1661 - 166. George Raleigh
(acting)
1665 Benjamin Henshaw
02 Nov 1667 - 1673 Sir Roger Manley
17 Jun 1675 - 1680 Sir Herbert Lunsford
16 Feb 1680 - 1681 Henry Boade (1st Time)
20 Apr - 10 Oct 1685 Henry Boade (2nd Time)
10 Oct 1685 - 1686 Rowland Watson
30 Oct 1686 - 1687 Dominick Trant
1687 John Guillims
08 Sep 1687 - 1688 John Sydenham
(acting)
1688 - 1689 Sir Thomas Windham
1689 - 1690 Sir Bevil Grandville
19 Apr 1690 - 12 Dec 1691 Edward Harrys
12 Dec 1691 - 1695 Joseph Johnson
12 Mar 1695 - 1715 Thomas Collier
07 Nov 1699 Christofer Northevale
(acting for Collier)
08 Nov 1703 - 1707 Louis Mordaunt
(acting for Collier)
20 Dec 1707 - 1708 Nicolas de la Noë
(acting for Collier)
11 Mar 1714 - 05 Nov 1715 George Dumaresq
(acting for Collier)
05 Nov - 22 Nov 1715 Lucas Spaicer
(acting)
1715 - 1722 Robert Wilson
07 Aug 1718 - 1719 Henry Berkley
(acting for Wilson)
22 Oct 1719 - 1722 John Crosby
(acting for Wilson)
04 Feb - 1722 John Sykes
(acting for Wilson)
29 Aug - 1722 Richard Jones
(acting for Wilson)
03 Nov 1722 - 1723 John Broughton
(acting)
1723 - 1727 Magnus Kempenfelt
17 Jul - 22 Oct 1727 John Sykes
(acting)
23 Oct 1727 - 08 Apr 1731 George Howard
14 Nov 1730 - 1732 William Hargrave
(acting to 08 Apr 1731)
1732 - 1737 Peter Betsweorth
06 Mar - 1735 Edmund Fielding
(acting)
02 Feb 1737 - Mar 1738 Jean Charlton
(1st Time, acting)
28 Mar 1738 - 17 Mar 1740 Jean Cavalier
1740 - 1741 Jean Charlton (2nd Time)
17 Sep 1741 - 1747 Francis Best
1747 - 19 Jun 1749 Gregory Beake
08 May 1747 - 1749 Juan Darboledo
27 Sep 1727 - 20 Nov 1753 William Deane
26 Oct 1752 - 175. Jeam Dumaresq
20 Nov 1753 - 1756 George Collingwood
21 Jul 1756 - 1758 Thomas Burges
02 Dec 1758 - 1762 James Forrester
29 Jan - 1762 John Barlow
28 Jun 1762 - 1766 John Campbell
13 Sep 1766 - 18 Oct 1768 Pomeroy Gilbert
04 Jul - 06 Aug 1768 Henry Lee
(acting)
12 Oct 1768 - 02 Jun 1770 Thomas Ball
02 Jun - 15 Jun 1770 Chapple Norton
(acting)
15 Jun 1770 - 04 Apr 1771 Rudolph Bentinck
04 Apr 1771 - 1781 Moses Corbet
1781 - 1797 Francis Pierson
05 Oct 1797 - Apr 1806 Andrew M. Gordon
21 Jun 1806 - Jul 1814 Sir George Don
08 Oct 1814 - 1816 Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner
09 May 1816 - 1821 Sir Hugh Mackay Gordon
23 Jul 1821 - 07 Aug 1830 Sir Colin Halkett
26 Nov 1830 - 01 Apr 1835 Sir William Thornton
22 Apr 1835 - May 1838 Sir Archibald Campbell
14 Sep 1838 - 09 Jan 1847 Sir Edward Gibbs
16 Jan 1847 - 09 Apr 1852 Sir James Henry Reynett
30 Apr 1852 - 30 Jan 1857 Sir James Frederick Love
30 Jan 1857 - 10 Jul 1860 Godfrey Charles Mundy
18 Sep 1860 - 05 Oct 1862 Sir Robert Percy Douglas
05 Oct 1862 - 23 Oct 1863 B. Loch (acting)
23 Oct 1863 - 01 Oct 1869 Burke Douglas Cuppage
01 Oct 1869 - 01 Oct 1873 Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy
01 Oct 1873 - 30 Sep 1878 Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott
01 Oct 1878 - 30 Sep 1883 Lothian Nicholson
01 Oct 1883 - 01 Nov 1887 Henry Wray
01 Nov 1887 - 1892 Charles Brisbane Ewart
02 Nov 1892 - 1895 Edwin Markham
10 May 1895 - 1900 Sir Edward Hopton
1900 - 1904 Henry Richard Abadie ........................ 1841-1915
1904 - 1910 Hugh Sutley Gough ........................... 1848-1920
1910 - 05 Dec 1916 Sir Alexander Nelson Rochefort .............. 1850-1916
05 Dec 1916 - 29 Oct 1920 Sir Alexander Wilson ........................ 1858-1937
29 Oct 1920 - 1924 Sir William Douglas Smith ................... 1865-1939
1924 - 1929 Sir Francis Richard Bingham ................. 1863-1935
1929 - 1934 Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven,
Baron Ruthven .............................. 1870-1956
1934 - 1939 Sir Horace de Courcey Martelli .............. 1877-1959
1939 - 21 Jun 1940 James Murray Robert Harrison ................ 1880-1957
25 Aug 1945 - 1953 Sir Arthur Edward Grasset ................... 1888-1971
1953 - 1958 Sir Randolph Steward Gresham Nicholson ...... 1892-1975
1958 - Dec 1963 Sir George Eben James Erskine ............... 1899-1965
Jan 1964 - 1969 Sir John Michael Villiers ................... 1907-1990
1969 - 1974 Sir John Gilbert Davis ...................... 1911-1989
1974 - 1979 Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick .... 1912-2002
1979 - 1984 Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley ........... 1920-2016
1985 - 1990 Sir William Thomas Pillar ................... 1924-1999
1990 - 1995 Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton ............. 1932-2014
Sep 1995 - 12 Oct 2000 Sir Michael John Wilkes ..................... 1941-2013
12 Oct 2000 - 24 Jan 2001 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache ................. 1946-
(1st Time)
24 Jan 2001 - 07 Apr 2006 Sir John Anthony Cheshire ................... 1942-
07 Apr - 14 Jun 2006 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache (2nd Time)
14 Jun 2006 - 30 Jun 2011 Sir Andrew Pieter Ridgway ................... 1950-
25 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2016 Sir John Chalmers McColl .................... 1952-
01 Dec 2016 - 13 Mar 2017 William James Bailhache ..................... 1953-
(acting)
13 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2022 Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton .............. 1954-
01 Jul - 08 Oct 2022 Sir Timothy John Le Cocq .................... 1957-
(acting)
08 Oct 2022 - Jeremy Paul Kyd ............................. 1967-
Bailiffs
1204 - 12.. Pierre de Préaux
1271 - 1274 Jean de Carteret (1st Time)
1274 Arnauld Jean de Contivo
1277 - 1289 Philippe Levesque (L'Evesque) (1st Time)
1290 - 1294 Pierre de Arcis
1294 - 1298 Jean de Carteret (2nd Time)
1298 Nicolas Hastein
1299 Raoul Gautier
1299 Philippe Levesque (2nd Time)
1302 Jean de Carteret (3rd Time)
1309 Philippe Levesque (3rd Time)
1315 Nicolas Hastein
1318 Henri de St. Martin
13.. - 13.. Guillaume Longynnour
13.. - 13.. Pierre Hugoun (1st Time)
13.. - 13.. Lucas de Espyard
13.. - 13.. Pierre de la Haye (1st time)
1324 Philippe de Vincheleis (1st Time)
13.. - 13.. Galfrus de Hoga
1329 Pierre Hugoun (Ugoun)(2nd Time)
1331 Nicolas Hasteyn
13.. - 13.. Philippe de Vincheleis (2nd time)
13.. - 13.. Matthieu Le Loreour
13.. - 13.. Pierre de la Haye (2nd Time)
1329 Geoffrey de la Hougue
1331 Guillaume Brasdefer
1332 Raoul Turgis
1348 - 1351 Guillaume Hastein (1st Time)
1351 Roger de Powderham
1352 Guille Hastein (2nd Time)
1356 John Cockerell
1357 Raoul Lemprière (1st Time)
1362 - 1364 Raoul Lemprière (2nd Time)
1367 - 1368 Richard de Saint Martin
1368 - 1369 Richard le Petit
1369 - 1373 Jean de Saint Martin (1st Time)
1373 - 1374 Geoffroi de St. Martin
01 Feb 1374 - Dec 1376 Jean de Saint Martin (2nd Time)
1378 - 1380 Thomas Brasdefer (1st Time)
1386 Thomas de Bethom
1386 - 1391 Thomas Brasdefer (2nd Time)
06 Nov 1395 - Sep 1401 Godefroy Brasdefer
1660 - 1661 Sir George Carteret
26 Feb 1661 - Nov 1662 Sir Philip de Carteret
1662 - 1665 Philippe de Carteret of Grouville
1665 - 1682 Sir Édouard de Carteret
1682 - 1693 Sir Philip de Carteret
1694 - 1703 Édouard de Carteret
1703 - 06 Jun 1715 Charles de Carteret
1715 - 02 Jan 1763 John Carteret, Baron Carteret
1763 - 13 Sep 1776 Robert Carteret, Earl Granville
1776 - 17 Jun 1826 Henry Frederick, Baron Carteret
1826 - 1831 Thomas Le Breton
1831 - 1848 Sir Jean de Veulle .......................... 1799-1848
1848 - 1857 Sir Thomas Le Breton ........................ 1791-1857
27 Feb 1858 - 1880 John Hammond ................................ 1801-1880
1880 - 10 Nov 1884 Sir Robert Pipon Marett ..................... 1820-1884
1884 - 1898 Sir George Clement Bertram .................. 1841-1915
1898 Charles Edward Malet de Carteret ............ 1869-1946
(1st Time, acting)
1899 - 1931 Sir William Henry Venables-Vernon ........... 1852-1934
20 May 1931 - 17 Jul 1935 Charles Edward Malet de Carteret (2nd Time)
27 Aug 1935 - 01 Jul 1940 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
Baron Coutanche ............................ 1892-1973
25 Aug 1945 - 17 Nov 1961 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
Baron Coutanche (2nd Time)
17 Nov 1961 - 14 Apr 1962 Cecil Stanley Harrison ...................... 1902-1962
(acting)
01 May 1962 - 31 Dec 1974 Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier ................. 1913-1996
01 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1985 Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut ............ 1919-1998
01 Jan 1986 - 02 Feb 1995 Sir Peter Leslie Crill ...................... 1925-2005
02 Feb 1995 - 09 Jul 2009 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache ................. 1946-
09 Jul 2009 - 29 Jan 2015 Sir Michael Cameron St. John Birt ........... 1948-
29 Jan 2015 - 12 Oct 2019 Sir William James Bailhache ................ s.a
12 Oct 2019 - Sir Timothy John Le Cocq .................... s.a
Chief Ministers
08 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2008 Frank Harrison Walker ....................... 1943-
12 Dec 2008 - 14 Nov 2011 Terrence Augustine Le Sueur ....... ......... 1942-
14 Nov 2011 - 04 Jun 2018 Ian Gorst ................................... 1969-
04 Jun 2018 - 11 Jul 2022 John Alexander Nicholas Le Fondré
11 Jul 2022 - Kristina Louise Moore ....................... 1974-