King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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King of the Cocos Islands was the title given to John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish sea captain, King by the press, he went to live on the islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1827. Queen Victoria granted the islands in perpetuity to the Clunies-Ross family in 1886. Thus, the title to the islands was claimed by his descendants until 1978 when King Ross V sold the islands to the Australian federal government, which had already been administering them since 1955.
Ross V currently lives in Perth, Western Australia but his son John George Clunies-Ross (born 1957) lives on [[West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands|West Island].
[edit] List of Kings of the Cocos Islands
| Order | King | Reign | Lived |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Clunies-Ross (Ross I) | 1827-1854 | 1786-1854 |
| 2. | John George Clunies-Ross (Ross II) | 1854-1871 | 1823-1871 |
| 3. | George Clunies-Ross (Ross III) | 1871-7 July 1910 | 1841-1910 |
| 4. | Sydney Clunies-Ross (Ross IV) | 1910-1944 | 1880-1944 |
| 5. | John Cecil Clunies-Ross (Ross V) | 1944-1978 | b. 1928 |
