Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
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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 current Lieutenant Governor is Vice-Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon.
The Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Guernsey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms.
[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey
| Title | Appointed | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Serving under Governor of Guernsey: | 1770 | Lieut-Col. Paulus Aemilius Irving |
| 1784 | Lieut-Col. William Brown | |
| 1793 | Maj-Gen. Thomas Dundas | |
| 1793 | Colonel James Henry Craig | |
| 1793 | Maj-Gen. John Small | |
| 1796 | Lieut-Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple | |
| 1803 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Doyle, Bart, GCB, KC | |
| 1816 | Maj-Gen. Henry Bailey | |
| 1821 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Colborne, KCB | |
| 1828 | Maj-Gen. John Dawes Ross | |
| Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff: | 1837 | General Sir James Douglas, KCB |
| 1842 | Maj-Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB | |
| 1848 | Lieut-Gen. Sir John Bell, KCB | |
| 1854 | Lieut-Gen. William Thomas Knollys | |
| 1856 | Lieut-Gen. George Judd Harding, CB | |
| 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 | John Henry Ford Elkington | |
| 1889 | Edward Gascoyne Bulwer | |
| 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 | Robert Auld | |
| 1911 | Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton | |
| 1914 | Maj-Gen. Henry Merrick Lawson, CB | |
| 1914 | Sir Reginald Clare Hart VC, GCB, KCVO | |
| 1918 | Launcelot Edward Kiggell | |
| 1920 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Edward Capper, KCB, KCVO | |
| 1925 | Charles John Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville | |
| 1929 | Maj-Gen. Walter Hore-Ruthven, 9th Baron Ruthven, 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 (7th to 20th 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 | Charles Gage Stuart |
| 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 William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, KBE, CB, DSO, MC | |
| 1964 | Lt-Gen. Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE | |
| 1969 | Vice-Adm. Sir Charles Piercy Mills, KCB, CBE, DSC | |
| 1974 | Vice-Adm. Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, KCB, DSC, FNI | |
| 1980 | Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant, GBE, KCB, DFC | |
| 1985 | Lt-Gen. Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell, KCB, CBE | |
| 1990 | Lt-Gen. Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins | |
| 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 |
