Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

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The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Jersey. The Lieutenant Governor also liaises between the Governments of Jersey and the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is also ex officio a member of the States of Jersey 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 Jersey, the Union Flag defaced with the Bailiwick's coat of arms. The Lieutenant Governor's official residence (Government House) in St. Saviour is depicted on the Jersey £50 note.

List of Lieutenant Governors of Jersey

Title	Appointed	Name
Lieutenant Governor and Colonel on Staff:	1857-01-30	Maj-Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy
	1860-08-18	Sir Robert Percy Douglas
	1862	B. Loch [acting]
	1863-10-23	Burke Douglas Cuppage
	1868-10-01	Maj-Gen. Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy, CB
	1873-10-01	Lt-Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott, KCB
	1878-10-01	Lt-Gen. Lothian Nicholson, CB
	1883-10-01	Maj-Gen. Henry Wray, CMG
	1887	Charles Brisbane Ewart
Lieutenant Governor and Commanding the Troops:	1892-11-01	Lt-Gen. Edwin Markham
	1895	Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, CB
	1900-11-01	Maj-Gen. Henry Richard Abadie, CB
	1904	Maj-Gen. Hugh Sutlej Gough, CB, CMG
	1910-06-16	Maj-Gen. Alexander Nelson Rochfort, CB, CMG
	1916-10-07	Maj-Gen. Sir Alexander Wilson, KCB
	1920-10-29	Sir William Douglas Smith
	1924	Sir Francis Richard Bingham
	1929-05-28	Maj-Gen. Edward Henry Willis, CB, CMG
	1934-05-28	Maj-Gen. Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli, KBE, CB, DSO
	1939	James Murray Robert Harrison
(German Occupation 1940–1945)
Head of the British Military Government:	1945-05-12	L.A. Freeman
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief:	1945-08-25	Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Edward Grasett, KBE, CB, DSO, MC
	1953-10-16	Adm. Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC
	1958-11-15	Gen. Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine, GCB, KBE, DSO
	1964-01-15	Vice-Adm. Sir John Michael Villiers, KCB, OBE
	1969-06-30	Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gilbert Davis, GCB, OBE, MA
	1974-09-02	Gen. Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, GCB, DSO, MBE, MC
	1979-11-26	Gen. Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley, GCB, OBE
	1985-01-09	Adm. Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB
	1990	Air Marshal Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton, KCB
	1995.09	Sir Michael John Wilkes, KCB, OBE
	2001-01-24	Sir John Cheshire, KBE, CB
	2006-04-01	Lt-Gen. Andrew Ridgway, CB, CBE

Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

List of Lieutenant Governors of Jersey

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