Jersey
 

c.1279/c.1483 - 7 Apr 1981                            Adopted 7 Apr 1981              Adopted 14 Aug 1997  Merchant Ensign  Map of Jersey  Hear National Anthem  "God Save the Queen"  Hear Unofficial Anthem "Ma Normandie" (My Normandy) -------------------------------------- Hear Proposed Local Anthem "Island Home" (from 1 May 2008) Constitution (unwritten) Capital: Saint Helier  Currency: Jersey Pound (JEP); British Pound (GBP) National Holiday: 9 May (1945) Liberation Day Population: 91,533 (2008) GDP: $5.1 billion (2005) Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A Ethnic groups: Jersey (Norman-French descent) 52.6%, British 35.8%, Portuguese 5.9%, French 1.2%, other 4.3% (2001) Total Police Force: 121 (2000) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: None (2008) Religions: Christian 86% (of which Anglican 44.1%, Roman Catholic 14.6%, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian 6.9%, unaffiliated Christian 20.1%), nonreligious/atheist 13.4%, other 0.6%, (2000) International Organizations/Treaties: None Jersey Index Chronology 933                        Part of the Duchy of Normandy. Jun 1204                   Jersey and English fiefdom; to 1487 subordinated                               to Guernsey. 1204 - Sep 1205            French occupation. Dec 1205 - Apr 1206        French occupation.  1279                       Bailiwick of (Bailiwick of Jersey                               [including Minquiers and Ecréhous islands]). 1380 - 1382                French occupation. 1461 - 1468                French occupation.  5 Jan 1781 -  7 Jan 1781  Brief French occupation. 1848 - c.1898              The Ecréhous inhabited by Philippe Pinel,                              a fisherman who styled himself "King of                               the Ecréhous." 1851?                      Minquiers islands claimed by France. 1886                       Ecréhous islands claimed by France.  1 Jul 1940 -  9 May 1945  German occupation (Britische Kanalinseln)                              subordinated to occupied France. 12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945  British military administration (see Guernsey). 17 Nov 1953                International Court of Justice confirms British                              sovereignty over Minquiers and Ecréhous island                              groups. 30 Aug 1998 -  1 Sep 1998  Minquiers occupied by a "naval division" of the                               "Kingdom in exile of Araucania", commanded by                              the French author Jean Raspail (b. 1925). German Occupied Channel Islands (1940-1945)

Governors
1212 - 1224                Philippe d'Albini (d'Aubigny?)
                            (1st time)
1227 - 1227                Guillaume de Saint-Jean
1230 - 1232                Henri de Trubleville (1st time)
1232                        Philippe d'Albin 
                           + Guillaume de Saint-Jean
1232 - 1234                Philippe d'Albini (2nd time)
1234 - 1239                Henri de Trubleville (2nd time)
1235                       Gérard de Lambersard
                           + Guillaume de Dampierre
                           + Guillaume Blom
1235                       Drouet de Barentin (1st time)
                            (Drogo de Barentin) 
1240                       Guillaume de Boeles
1241 - 1252                Drouet de Barentin (2nd time) 
1271 - 1275                Arnaud Jean
1275 - 1294                Otto de Grandson (1st time)        (b. c.1245 - d. 1328)
1294 - 1297                Sir Henry de Cobham                (b. 1260 - d. 1339) 
1297                       Sir Nicholas de Cheny
1298 - 1328                Otto de Grandson (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1328 - 1331                Jean de Roches
1334 - 1337                Guillaume de Montaigu 
                           + Henry de Ferrers
1337 - 1340                Thomas Ferrers (1st time)          (b. c.1299 - d. 1353) 
1343 - 1347                Thomas Ferrers (2nd time)          (s.a.) 
1349 - 1354                Jean Mautravers
1354 - 1357                Guillaume Stury
1376 - 1393                Hugh Calvilegh
1380 - 1382                Jean de Vienne -French Commander
1393 - 1396                Jean Golafre
1396 - 25 Oct 1415         Edward, Duke of York               (b. c.1373 - d. 1415)
1447 - 1449                Lady Anne de Beauchamp             (b. c.1413 - d. 1449)
French Commander
1461 - Oct 1468            Jean de Carbonnel, sieur de 
                             Sourdeval
Seigneurs
1461 - 1465                Pierre de Brezé                    (d. 1465)
1465 - 1468                Jacques de Brezé                   (b. c.1440 - d. 1494)
English Commander
Oct 1468 - 1470            Sir Richard Harliston (Harleston)  (b. c.1425 - d. c.1491)
Governors
1470 - 1486                Sir Richard Harliston              (s.a.)
1486 - 1487                Matthew Baker 
                           + David Philippe
1497 - 1501                Thomas Ovray (or Overay)
1501 - 1503                John Lemprière (acting)
1503 - 1531                Sir Hugh Vaughan
1532 - 1534                Sir Anthony Ughtred                (d. 1534)
1534 - 1536                Sir Arthur Darcy                   (b. c.1505 - d. 1561)
1536 - 1537                Thomas, Lord Vaux                  (b. 1509 - d. 1556)
1537 - 1550                Sir Edward Seymour                 (b. 1506 - d. 1552)
1550 - 1574                Sir Hugh Paulet                    (d. 1578)
1574 - 1590                Sir Amice Paulet                   (b. 1533 - d. 1590?)
1590 - 22 Jul 1600         Sir Anthony Paulet                 (b. 1560 - d. 1600)
Jul 1600 - 1603            Sir Walter Raleigh                 (b. 1552 - d. 1618)
1603 - 1630                Sir John Peyton                    (b. 1544 - d. 1630) 
1631 - 1643                Sir Thomas Jermyn (1st time)       (b. 1573 - d. 1645)
1643                       Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick       (b. 1587 - d. 1658)
1643 - 1644                Sir Thomas Jermyn (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1644                       Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans (b. c.1605 - d. 1684)
                             (1st time) 
1644 - 21 Aug 1650         James, Duke of York (1st time)     (b. 1633 - d. 1701)
1650 - 1651                Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
21 Aug 1650 - 15 Dec 1651  Sir George Carteret (acting)       (b. c.1609 - d. 1680)
15 Dec 1651 - c.1655       James Heane (Haynes)
1655 - 165.                Robert Gibbon
c.1657 - c.1658            Austin Buckler (acting)
c.1658 - 1659              Richard Yardley (acting)
1659 - 1660                John Mason                         (b. c.1600 - d. 1672)
1660 - 1665                Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans (s.a.)
                             (3rd time) 
1665 - 1679                Sir Thomas Morgan                  (b. 1604 - d. 1679)
1679 - 1684                Sir John Lanier                    (d. 1692)
1684 - 1688                Thomas, Lord Jermyn
1688 - 1703                John Legge
1703 - 18 Oct 1722         Henry Lumley                       (b. 1660 - d. 1722)
1723 - 1749                Richard Temple                     (b. 1669 - d. 1749)
1749 - 1761                John Huske                         (b. 1692? - d. 1761)
1761 - 1772                George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle   (b. 1724 - d. 1772)
1772 -  9 Jul 1795         Henry Seymour Conway               (b. 1721 - d. 1795)
1795 - 16 Jul 1796         Sir George Howard                  (b. 1718 - d. 1796)
1796 - 14 Sep 1807         George Townshend,                  (b. 1724 - d. 1807)
                             Marquess of Townshend
1807 - 1820                John Pitt, Earl of Chatham         (b. 1756 - d. 1835)
1820 -  8 Jan 1854         William Carr Beresford, Baron      (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
                             Beresford (from 28 Mar 1823,
                             William Carr Beresford, 
                             Viscount Beresford) 
Lieutenant-governors
1600 - 16..                George Paulet
16.. - 16..                John Peyton, Jr.                   (b. c.1560 - d. 1616)
16.. - 16..                Aaron Messervy                     (b. 1565 - d. 1630)
16.. - 16..                Philipp de Carteret                (b. 1564 - d. 16..)
16.. - 16..                Elias de Carteret                  (b. 1585 - d. 1640)
16.. - 163.                Joshua de Carteret
163. - 16..                Francis Raynsford
16.. - 16..                Philipp de Carteret                (b. 1583 - d. 1643)
16.. - 164.                Philipp Marett
1643 - Nov 1643            Leonard Lydcott
Nov 1643 - 15 Dec 1651     Sir George Carteret                (s.a.)
15 Dec 1651 - 167.         ....
167. - 167.                Sir Herbert Lunsford               (b. 1630 - d. 16..)
167. - 168.                Henry Boade
168. - 168.                Rowland Watson
168. - 168.                Dominick Trant
168. - 168.                John Sydenham
168. - 168.                Sir Thomas Windham
168. - 16..                Sir Bevil Granville                (d. 1706)
1690                       Edward Harris
1691 - 1695                Vacant
1695 - 1704                Thomas Collier
170. - 17..                Nicolas de la Noe 
17.. - 17..                George Dumaresq 
17.. - 17..                Lucas Spicer 
17.. - 17..                Robert Wilson 
17.. - 17..                Henry Berkley 
17.. - 17..                John Crosby
17.. - 17..                John Broughton
17.. - 17..                John Skyes
1723? - 17..               Magnus Kempenfelt
1730 -  8 Apr 1731         George Howard
14 Nov 1730 - 173.         William Hargrave (acting)
173. - 173.                Peter Betsweorth 
173. - 173.                Edmund Fielding                    (b. c.1676 - d. 1741)
1738 - 17 May 1740         Jean Cavalier                      (b. 1681 - d. 1740)
174. - 174.                Jean Charlton 
174. - 174.                Francis Best
174. - 174.                Gregory Beake
1749                       John Huske                         (s.a.)
27 Sep 1749 - 20 Nov 1753  William Deane
20 Nov 1753 - 17..         George Collingwood   
12 Oct 1768 - Jun 1770     Thomas Ball                        (d. 1770)
 7 Jul 1770 - Apr 1771     Rudolph Bentinck (acting)
 4 Apr 1771 - 1781         Moses Corbet                       (b. 1728 - d. 1814)
1781 - 1797                Francis Pierson                    (d. 1797)
                             (or Philippe Falle [Fall])
                             (French prisoner 5-7 Jan 1781)
 5 Jan 1781 -  7 Jan 1781  Baron Philipe de Rullecourt        (d. 1781) 
                             (French military governor)
 5 Oct 1797 - Apr 1806     Andrew M. Gordon                   (d. 1806)
21 Jun 1806 - Jul 1814     Sir George Don                     (b. 1754 - d. 1832)
 8 Oct 1814 - 1816         Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner        (b. 1764 - d. 1843)
 9 May 1816 - 1821         Sir Hugh Mackay Gordon             (b. 1759 - d. 18..)
23 Jul 1821 -  7 Aug 1830  Sir Colin Halkett                  (b. 1774 - d. 1856)
26 Nov 1830 -  1 Apr 1835  Sir William Thornton               (b. 1779 - d. 1840)
22 Apr 1835 - May 1838     Sir Archibald Campbell             (b. c.1763 - d. 1838)
14 Sep 1838 -  9 Jan 1847  Sir Edward Gibbs                   (b. 1777? - d. 1847) 
16 Jan 1847 -  9 Apr 1852  Sir James Henry Reynett            (b. 1786 - d. 1864)
30 Apr 1852 - 1857         Sir James Frederick Love           (b. 1789 - d. 1866)
30 Jan 1857 - 10 Jul 1860  Godfrey Charles Mundy              (b. 1804 - d. 1860)
18 Sep 1860 -  5 Oct 1862  Sir Robert Percy Douglas           (b. 1804 - d. 1891)
1862 - 1863                B. Loch (acting)
23 Oct 1863 -  1 Oct 1869  Burke Douglas Cuppage              (b. 1794 - d. 1877)
 1 Oct 1869 -  1 Oct 1873  Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy          (b. 1804 - d. 1878)
 1 Oct 1873 - 30 Sep 1878  Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay      (b. 1804 - d. 1886)
                             Norcott 
 1 Oct 1878 - 30 Sep 1883  Lothian Nicholson                  (b. 1827 - d. 1893)
 1 Oct 1883 -  1 Nov 1887  Henry Wray                         (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
 1 Nov 1887 - 1892         Charles Brisbane Ewart             (b. 1827 - d. 1903)
 2 Nov 1892 - 1895         Edwin Markham                      (b. 1833 - d. 1918)
10 May 1895 - 1900         Sir Edward Hopton                  (b. 1837 - d. 1912)
1900 - 1904                Henry Richard Abadie               (b. 1841 - d. 1915)
1904 - 1910                Hugh Sutley Gough                  (b. 1848 - d. 1920)
1910 -  5 Dec 1916         Sir Alexander Nelson Rochefort     (b. 1850 - d. 1916)
 5 Dec 1916 - 29 Oct 1920  Sir Alexander Wilson               (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
29 Oct 1920 - 1924         Sir William Douglas Smith          (b. 1865 - d. 1939)
1924 - 1929                Sir Francis Richard Bingham        (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
1929 - 1934                Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven,       (b. 1870 - d. 1956)
                             Baron Ruthven 
1934 - 1939                Horace de Courcey Martelli         (b. 1877 - d. 1959)
                             (from 11 May 1937, Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli) 
1939 - 21 Jun 1940         James Murray Robert Harrison       (b. 1880 - d. 1957)
21 Jun 1940 - 24 Jun 1940  Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche      (b. 1892 - d. 1973)
                             (acting) 
President of the Superior Council of the States of Jersey
24 Jun 1940 - 25 Aug 1945  Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche      (s.a.)
Provisional Military Administrator
 1 Jul 1940 -  9 Aug 1940  Erich Gussek
Chief administrators
1940 - Aug 1941            Gottfried von Stein
 9 Aug 1941 - 10 Nov 1943  Wilhelm Casper
10 Nov 1943 -  9 May 1945  Hans Max Freiherr von Aufsess      (b. 1906 - d. 1993)
Head of the British Military Government for Jersey
12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945  L.A. Freeman
Lieutenant governors
25 Aug 1945 - 1953         Sir Arthur Edward Grasset          (b. 1888 - d. 1971)
1953 - 1958                Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham       (b. 1892 - d. 1975)
                             Nicholson
1958 - 1963                Sir George Eben James Erskine      (b. 1899 - d. 1965)
JAn 1964 - 1969            Sir John Michael Villiers          (b. 1907 - d. 1990)
1969 - 1974                Sir John Gilbert Davis             (b. 1911 - d. 1989)
1974 - 1979                Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond       (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
                             Fitzpatrick 
1979 - 1984                Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley  (b. 1920)
1985 - 1990                Sir William Thomas Pillar          (b. 1924 - d. 1999)
1990 - 1995                Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton    (b. 1932)
Sep 1995 - 12 Oct 2000     Sir Michael John Wilkes            (b. 1946)
12 Oct 2000 - 24 Jan 2001  Sir Philip Martin Bailhache        (b. 1946)
                             (1st time) (acting)
24 Jan 2001 -  7 Apr 2006  Sir John Anthony Cheshire          (b. 1942)
 7 Apr 2006 - 14 Jun 2006  Sir Philip Martin Bailhache        (s.a.)
                            (2nd time)(acting)
14 Jun 2006 -              Andrew Ridgway                     (b. 1950)
 

Bailiffs
1258                       Drouet de Barentin
1272                       Jean de Carteret (1st time)
1274                       Arnauld Jean 
                             (or Arnold Johannis de Contivo)
1277 - 1289                Philippe Levesque (1st time)
1290 - 1292?               Pierre de Arcis
1298                       Nicolas Hastein
1302                       Jean de Carteret (2nd time)
1309                       Philippe Levesque (2nd time)
1315                       Colin? Hasteyn 
                             (or possibly Nicolas Hastein [2nd time])
1318                       Henry de St. Martin
c.1324                     Guillaume Longynnour
13.. - 13..                Herny de St.Martin
13.. - 13..                Pierre Ugoun (Ygon)
13.. - 13..                Lucas de Espyard
13.. - 13..                Pierre de la Haye
13.. - 13..                Philippe de Vincheleis (1st time)
13.. - 13..                Guillaume Dyrvaud (acting)
c.1332                     Nicolas (or Colin) Hasteyn 
13.. - 13..                Philippe de Vincheleis (2nd time)
13.. - 13..                Matthieu Le Loreour
13.. - 13..                Pierre de la Haye 
                            (or Pierre de la Haye, 2nd time)
13.. - 13..                Guillaume Brasdefer
1348                       Guille Hastein (1st time)
                            (or Guille Hastings) 
1352                       Guille Hastein (2nd time)
1351                       Roger de Powderham
1356                       John Cockerell
1362 - 1364                Raoul Lempriere
1368 - 1369                Richard le Petit (1st time)
1370                       John de Saint Martin (1st time)
1371                       Richard le Petit (2nd time)
1372 - 1374                John de Saint Martin (2nd time)
1378 - 1391                Thomas Brasdefer
1396 - 1401                Giefrey Brasdefer
1402 - 1403                Colin le Petit
1405/6                     Guillaume de Laye
1406 - 1425                Thomas Danyel
1435                       Thomad de la Cour
1435/56                    John Lempriere
1436 - 1442                Sir John Bernard
1444                       John Payn (1st time)
1446                       John Payn (2nd time)
1446 - 1451                Regnauld de Carteret
1452/53                    John Poingdestre (1st time)
1459 - 1462                Nicolas Morin (Mourin)(1st time)
1464/67                    Nicolas Morin (2nd time)
1467                       John Poingdestre (2nd time)
1476                       John Poingdestre (3rd time)
1477?                      Nicolas Morin (3rd time)
1479 - 1481                Guillaume Hareby (1st time)
1484/85                    Guillaume Hareby (2nd time)
1486 - 1493                Clement Le Hardy 
1494                       Jean Nicolle
1495 - 1513                Thomas Lemprière (1st time)        (b. c.1480 - d. 15..)
1514/15                    Hélier de Carteret (1st time)
1515?                      Thomas Lemprière (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1515 - 1523                Hélier de Carteret (2nd time)
1523 - 1561                [persons below are recorded during this era 
                           in a period of historical/political confusion]
                           - Hélier de Carteret 
                           - Hélier de la Rocque
                           - John Lempriere
                           - Sir Richard Mabon
                           - Jasper Pen (Payn) 
1561 - 1564                Hostes Nicolle
1566 - 1583                John Dumaresqu (1st time) 
1583 - 1586                George Paulett (1st time)          (b. 1534 - d. 1621)
1586 - 1587                John Dumaresqu (2nd time)
1587 - 1591                George Paulett (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1591 - 1594                John Dumaresqu (3rd time)
1594 - 1614                George Paulett (3rd time)          (s.a.)
 9 Aug 1615 - 1621         John Herault (1st time)            (b. 1560 - d. 1626)
1622 - 1624                Sir William Parkhurst
1624 - 1626                John Herault (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1627 - 22 Aug 1643         Sir Philip de Carteret             (b. 1584 - d. 1643)
Aug 1643 - Nov 1643        Michael Lemprière (1st time)
Nov 1643 - 15 Dec 1651     Sir George Carteret (1st time)     (s.a.)
15 Dec 1651 - 1660         Michael Lemprière (2nd time)
1660 - 1661                Sir George Carteret (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1661 - 1662                Sir Philip de Carteret             (b. 1620 - d. 1662)
1662 - 1665                Philippe de Carteret of Grouville
1665 - 1682                Sir Édouard de Carteret            (b. 1620 - d. 1683)
1682 - 1693                Sir Philip de Carteret             (b. 1650 - d. 1693)
1694 - 1703                Édouard de Carteret                (b. 1671 - d. 1703)
1703 -  6 Jun 1715         Charles de Carteret                (b. 1679 - d. 1715)
1715 -  2 Jan 1763         John Carteret, Baron Carteret,     (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
                             (from 18 Oct 1744) Earl Granville 
1763 - 13 Sep 1776         Robert Carteret, Earl Granville    (b. 1721 - d. 1776)
1776 - 17 Jun 1826         Henry Frederick Carteret,          (b. 1735 - d. 1826)
                             (from 29 Jan 1784) Baron Carteret
1826 - 1831                Thomas Le Breton                   (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
1831 - 1848                Sir Jean de Veulle                 (b. 1799 - d. 1848)
1848 - 1857                Sir Thomas Le Breton               (b. 1791 - d. 1857)
1858 - 1880                John Hammond                       (b. 1801 - d. 1880)
1880 - 10 Nov 1884         Sir Robert Pipon Marett            (b. 1820 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1898                Sir George Clement Bertram         (b. 1841 - d. 1915)
1898                       Charles Edward Malet de Carteret   (b. 1869 - d. 1946)
                             (1st time) (acting)
1899 - 1931                Sir William Henry Venables-Vernon  (b. 1852 - d. 1934)
1931 - 1935                Charles Edward Malet de Carteret   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1935 - 17 Nov 1961         Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche      (s.a.)
                             (from 5 Dec 1945, Sir Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche;
                             from 10 Jun 1961, Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
                             Baron Coutanche) 
17 Nov 1961 - 14 Apr 1962  Cecil Stanley Harrison (acting)    (b. 1902 - d. 1962)
May 1962 - 31 Dec 1974     Robert Hugh Le Masurier            (b. 1913 - d. 1996)
                             (from 25 Oct 1966, Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier)
 1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1985  Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut       (b. 1919 - d. 1998)
                             (from 23 Nov 1976, Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut)
 1 Jan 1986 - Feb 1995     Peter Leslie Crill                 (b. 1925 - d. 2005)
                             (from 22 Jul 1987, Peter Leslie Crill)
Feb 1995 -                 Philip Martin Bailhache            (s.a.)
                             (from 15 Jun 1996, Sir Philip Martin Bailhache) 

Chief Ministers
 8 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2008  Frank Harrison Walker              (b. 1943)            Non-party
12 Dec 2008 -              Terry Le Sueur                     (b. 1942)            Non-party
 

Party abbreviations (no political parties until 2005): JDA = Jersey Democratic Alliance (centerist, est.2005); CP = Centre Party (centerist, 2005 split from JDA)

      1 Jul 1940 - 9 May 1945

Heads of the Civil Administration 
(Feldkommandanten to May 1944, then Platzkommandanten)
 9 Aug 1940 - 19 Sep 1941  Friderich Schumacher
19 Sep 1941 - Jan 1944     Friedrich Knackfuss
Jan 1944 - 19 May 1944     Wilhelm Kratzer (acting)
19 May 1944 -  1 Mar 1945  I. von Heider
 1 Mar 1945 -  9 May 1945  Kurt von Cleve