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24 Jul 1704 - 1 Jan 1801                           1 Jan 1801  - 1875                               1875 - 1921                          1921 - 8 Nov 1982                  Adopted 8 Nov 1982  Government Ensign              Adopted 8 Nov 1982  Civil and State Flag,             Unofficial Local Flag  1966 - 8 Nov 1982 Map of Gibraltar Hear National Anthem  "God Save the Queen"  Hear Local Anthem "Gibraltar, the rock on which I stand" Adopted 10 Oct 1994 Constitution Order (2 Jan 2007) --------------------------------- 1969 Constiution Order Capital: Gibraltar Currency: Gibraltar Pound (GIP) National Holiday: 10 Sep (1967) National Day Population: 28,002 (2008) GDP: $1.06 billion (2005) Exports: $271 million (2004) Imports: $2.96 billion (2004) Ethnic groups: Gibraltarian (mixed Italian, Maltese, Portuguese  and Andalusian descent), other British 9.5%, Moroccan 3.5%, Spanish 1.19%, other 2.5% (2001) Total Active Armed Forces: 380 with 217 Police (2002) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: 240 ships (2008) Religions: Roman Catholic 78%, Church of England 6.9%, other Christian 3.2%, Muslim 4%, Jewish 2.12%, Hindu 1.79%, other or unspecified 0.9%, none 2.86% (2001)  International Organizations/Treaties: Interpol (subbureau), UPU Gibraltar Chronology Apr 711                    Muslim rule; named Jebal Tarik ("Mountain of                               Tarik"). 1309 - Jun 1333            Occupied by Castille. 29 Aug 1462                Re-captured by Castille; becomes part of the                              estates of the Duke of Medina Sidonia                               (Gibraltar).  2 Dec 1501                Made the property of the Spanish crown. 24 Jul 1704                British occupy Gibraltar. 13 Jul 1713                Spain cedes Gibraltar to Britain in perpetuity                               by Treaty of Utrecht.  4 Mar 1727 -  6 Mar 1728  Under siege by Spain.  9 Nov 1729                Cession confirmed by Treaty of Sevilla. 16 Mar 1731                Cession confirmed by Treaty of Vienna. 18 Oct 1748                Cession confirmed by Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. 10 Feb 1763                Cession confirmed by Traty of Paris. 21 Jun 1779 -  2 Feb 1783  Under siege by Spain.   3 Sep 1783                Cession confirmed by Treaty of Versailles 20 Jun 1830                British Crown colony. 10 Sep 1967                Referendum endorses continued British rule.  8 Jan 1968                United Nations resolution calls for the                               "decolonization" of Gibraltar. 30 May 1969                Autonomy  9 Jun 1969 -  4 Feb 1985  Border crossing closed by Spain.  7 Nov 2002                Referendum rejects (by 98.9%) the idea of joint                               Anglo-Spanish sovereignty.

Military commander
24 Jul 1704 -  4 Aug 1704  Sir George Rooke                   (b. 1650 - d. 1709)
Governors
 4 Aug 1704 - 13 Sep 1705  Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt   (b. 1669 - d. 1705)
 6 Aug 1704 - Nov 1704     Henry Nugent, count of Valdesoto   (d. 1704)
                             (deputy governor)
24 Dec 1704 - 24 Dec 1707  John Shrimpton (deputy governor)   (d. 1707)
24 Dec 1707 - 24 Jan 1711  Roger Elliott                      (b. c.1665 - d. 1714)
24 Jan 1711 -  7 Aug 1713  Thomas Stanwix                     (b. c.1670 - d. 1725)
 7 Aug 1713 - 20 Oct 1720  David Colyear, Earl of Portmore    (b. c.1656 - d. 1730)
20 Oct 1720 -  2 Feb 1727  Richard Kane                       (b. 1666 - d. 1736)
 2 Feb 1727 - 13 May 1730  Jasper Clayton                     (b. 1675 - d. 1743)
15 May 1730 - 24 Oct 1739  Joseph Sabine                      (b. 1662 - d. 1739)
24 Oct 1739 - 22 Apr 1740  Francis Columbine
22 Apr 1740 - 1749         William Hargrave
1749 - 31 May 1754         Sir Humphrey Bland                 (b. c.1686 - d. 1763)
31 May 1754 - 12 Jul 1756  Thomas Fowke
12 Jul 1756 - 16 Apr 1757  James O'Hara, Earl of Tyrawley     (b. c.1682 - d. 1773)
16 Apr 1757 - 28 Apr 1761  William Home, Earl of Home         (b. 1681 - d. 1761)
28 Apr 1761 - 23 Jun 1761  John Toovey (acting)
13 Jun 1761 - 14 Jun 1761  John Parslow (acting)
14 Jun 1761 - Jan 1776     Edward Cornwallis                  (b. 1713 - d. 1776)
1765 - 1767                John Irwin (acting for Cornwallis) (b. 1727/28 - d. 1788)
16 Jan 1776 - 25 May 1777  Robert Boyd (1st time) (acting)    (b. 1710 - d. 1794)
25 May 1777 - Jul 1790     George Augustus Eliott,            (b. 1717 - d. 1790)
                             (from 14 Jun 1787) Baron 
                             Heathfield of Gibraltar 
Jul 1790 - 13 May 1794     Sir Robert Boyd (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                             (acting to 16 Oct 1790)
13 May 1794 - 30 Dec 1795  Charles Rainsford                  (b. 1728 - d. 1809)
30 Dec 1795 - 25 Feb 1802  Charles O'Hara                     (b. 1740 - d. 1802)
25 Feb 1802 - 10 May 1802  Charles Barnett
24 May 1802 - 23 Jan 1820  Prince Edward, Duke of Kent        (b. 1767 - d. 1820)
 2 May 1803 - 17 Dec 1804  Sir Thomas Trigge                  (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
17 Dec 1804 - Jun 1806     Henry Edward Fox                   (b. 1755 - d. 1811)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Jun 1806 - Nov 1806        James Drummond (1st time)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Nov 1806 - Aug 1808        Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple       (b. 1750 - d. 1830)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Aug 1808 - May 1809        James Drummond (2nd time)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
May 1809 - Aug 1809        Sir John Francis Cradock           (b. 1762 - d. 1839)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Aug 1809 - Oct 1809        John Smith
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Oct 1809 - Nov 1809        Alex McKenzie Fraser               (b. 1756 - d. 1809)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
Nov 1809 -  2 Apr 1814     (Sir) Colin Campbell               (b. 1754 - d. 1814)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
 3 Apr 1814 - 15 Nov 1821  Sir George Don (1st time)          (b. 1754 - d. 1832)
                             (acting for Prince Edward)
29 Jan 1820 - 24 Sep 1835  John Pitt, Earl of Chatham         (b. 1756 - d. 1835)
 7 Jun 1825 - 10 May 1831  Sir George Don (2nd time)          (s.a.)
                             (acting for Pitt)
10 May 1831 - 29 May 1835  Sir William Houstoun               (b. 1766 - d. 1842)
                             (acting for Pitt)
Lieutenant governor
28 Feb 1835 -  1 Sep 1836  Sir Alexander George Woodford      (b. 1782 - d. 1870)
Governors
 1 Sep 1836 - 11 Oct 1842  Sir Alexander George Woodford      (s.a.)
11 Oct 1842 - 12 Dec 1848  Sir Robert Thomas Wilson           (b. 1777 - d. 1849)
12 Dec 1848 - 26 Jul 1855  Sir Robert William Gardiner        (b. 1781 - d. 1864)
26 Jul 1855 -  5 May 1859  Sir James Fergusson                (b. 1787 - d. 1865)
 5 May 1859 - 21 Sep 1865  Sir William John Codrington        (b. 1804 - d. 1884)
21 Sep 1865 - 25 Jul 1870  Sir Richard Airey                  (b. 1803 - d. 1881)
25 Jul 1870 - 23 Jun 1876  Sir William Fenwick Williams       (b. 1800 - d. 1883)
23 Jun 1876 -  3 Jan 1883  Robert Cornelis Napier,            (b. 1810 - d. 1890)
                             Baron Napier of Magdala
 3 Jan 1883 -  2 Nov 1886  Sir John Miller Adye               (b. 1819 - d. 1900)
 2 Nov 1886 - 23 Aug 1890  Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge         (b. 1828 - d. 1892)
23 Aug 1890 - 27 Jan 1891  Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth         (b. 1829 - d. 1891)
27 Jan 1891 - 31 Mar 1891  Henry Richard Legge Newdigate      (b. 1828 - d. 1892)
                             (acting)
31 Mar 1891 - 27 Jun 1893  Sir Lothian Nicholson              (b. 1827 - d. 1893)
27 Jun 1893 -  7 Aug 1893  G.J. Smart (acting)
 7 Aug 1893 - 22 May 1900  Sir Robert Biddulph                (b. 1835 - d. 1918)
22 May 1900 -  1 Aug 1905  Sir George Stuart White            (b. 1835 - d. 1912)
 1 Aug 1905 - 30 Jul 1910  Sir Frederick William Edward       (b. 1844 - d. 1910)
                             Forestier Forestier-Walker 
30 Jul 1910 - 11 Jul 1913  Sir Archibald Hunter               (b. 1856 - d. 1936)
11 Jul 1913 -  9 Jul 1918  Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles      (b. 1850 - d. 1926)
 9 Jul 1918 - 26 May 1923  Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien  (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
26 May 1923 - 13 Aug 1928  Sir Charles Carmichael Monro       (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
13 Aug 1928 - 13 May 1933  Sir Alexander John Godley          (b. 1867 - d. 1957)
13 May 1933 - 12 Aug 1938  Sir Charles Harington Harington    (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
12 Aug 1938 - 11 Jul 1939  Sir Edmund Ironside                (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
11 Jul 1939 - 14 May 1941  Sir Clive Gerard Liddell           (b. 1883 - d. 1956)
14 May 1941 - 31 May 1942  John Standish Surtees Prendergast  (b. 1886 - d. 1946)
                             Vereker, Viscount Gort 
31 May 1942 - 14 Feb 1944  Noel Mason-MacFarlane              (b. 1889 - d. 1953)
                             (from 6 Aug 1943, Sir Noel Mason-MacFarlane)
14 Feb 1944 -  8 Feb 1947  Sir Ralph Eastwood                 (b. 1890 - d. 1959)
 8 Feb 1947 - 23 Apr 1952  Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson   (b. 1891 - d. 1959)
23 Apr 1952 -  6 May 1955  Sir George Holmes Alexander        (b. 1897 - d. 1986)
                             MacMillan of MacMillan 
 6 May 1955 - 16 Apr 1958  Sir Harold Redman                  (b. 1899 - d. 1986)
16 Apr 1958 -  8 Jun 1962  Sir Charles Frederic Keightley     (b. 1901 - d. 1974)
 8 Jun 1962 -  5 Aug 1965  Sir Alfred Dudley Ward             (b. 1905 - d. 1991)
 5 Aug 1965 - Mar 1969     Sir Gerald William Lathbury        (b. 1906 - d. 1978)
Mar 1969 -  3 Oct 1973     Sir Varyl Cargill Begg             (b. 1908 - d. 1995)
 3 Oct 1973 - 30 May 1978  Sir John Grandy                    (b. 1913 - d. 2004)
30 May 1978 - 26 Oct 1982  Sir William Jackson                (b. 1917 - d. 1999)
26 Oct 1982 - 19 Nov 1985  Sir David Williams                 (b. 1921)
19 Nov 1985 - Dec 1989     Sir Peter Terry                    (b. 1926)
Dec 1989 - Mar 1993        Sir Derek Reffell                  (b. 1928)
Apr 1993 -  5 Dec 1995     Sir John Chapple                   (b. 1931)
 5 Dec 1995 - 19 Feb 1997  Sir Hugo White                     (b. 1939)
24 Feb 1997 -  5 Apr 2000  Sir Richard Luce                   (b. 1936)
 5 Apr 2000 - 16 May 2003  David Durie                        (b. 1944)
                             (from 1 Jan 2003, Sir David Durie) 
16 May 2003 - 27 May 2003  David Blunt (acting)               (b. 1953)
27 May 2003 - 17 Jul 2006  Sir Francis Richards               (b. 1945)
17 Jul 2006 - 27 Sep 2006  Philip Barton (acting)
27 Sep 2006 -              Sir Robert Fulton                  (b. 1948)
 

Chief ministers
11 Aug 1964 -  6 Aug 1969  Sir Joshua Hassan (1st time)       (b. 1915 - d. 1997)  GLP
 6 Aug 1969 - 25 Jun 1972  Robert Peliza                      (b. 1920)            IWBP
25 Jun 1972 -  8 Dec 1987  Sir Joshua Hassan (2nd time)       (s.a.)               GLP
 8 Dec 1987 - 25 Mar 1988  Adolfo Canepa                      (b. 1940)            GLP
25 Mar 1988 - 17 May 1996  Joe Bossano                        (b. 1939)            GSLP
17 May 1996 -              Peter Caruana                      (b. 1956)            GSD

Territorial Dispute: In 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum to reject any "shared sovereignty" arrangement; the government of Gibraltar insists on equal participation in talks between the U.K. and Spain; Spain disapproves of U.K. plans to grant Gibraltar even greater autonomy.

Party abbreviations: GLP = Gibraltar Labor Party-Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (social-democratic); GSD = Gibraltar Social Democrats (conservative); 
GSLP = Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party (socialist); 
- Former parties: IWBP = Integration with Britain Party (pro-integration with UK)