Guernsey

Guernsey

[banner of
duchy of Normandy]

to c.1863

[Guernsey, 1907-1985]

               1907 - 30 Apr 1985

[Bailiwick
of Guernsey, Channel Islands]

                   Adopted 30 Apr 1985

[Guernsey civil ensign]

           Adopted 30 Apr 1985 Civil Ensign

[Guernsey Government Ensign]

           Adopted Sep 1999 Government Ensign

Map of Guernsey Hear National Anthem
"Dyu Sauve not' Gracieuse Royne"
(God Save the Queen)
Hear Local Anthem
"Sarnia Chière"
(Guernsey Dear)
from Nov 1911 Constitution
(unwritten)

Capital: Saint Peter Port Currencies: Guernsey Pound
(GGP), British Pound (GBP) National Holiday: 9 May (1945)
Liberation Day Population: 65,726 (2008)

GDP: $2.74 billion (2005) Exports: $86.4 million (1999)
Imports: $N/A Ethnic groups: British and Norman-French descent 64.3%,
British 27.4%, Portuguese 1.9%, Irish 0.7%, other
European 3.2%, other 1.5% (2001)

Total Police and Customs Officers: 179 (2000)
Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K.
Merchant marine: None (2008) Religions: Anglican 44.1%, other Christian 20.1%,
Roman Catholic 14.6%, nonreligious 12.4%, other 1.9% (2000)

International Organizations/Treaties: UPU

Guernsey
Index Chronology
933                        Part of the Duchy of Normandy. 8 Feb 1198 - 1487         Lordship of the Isles (Guernsey, Jersey,                             Alderney, Brechou, Herm, Jethou and Sark)                             within Duchy of Normandy (nominally after 1204).Jun 1204                   English fiefdom. 1204 - Sep 1205            French occupation.Dec 1205 - Apr 1206        French occupation. 4 Dec 1259    English possession ofChannel Islands confirmed by Treaty of Paris.1279                       Bailiwick of Guernsey (including Alderney,                             Sark, Herm, Jethou and Brechou).1295 Devastating French raid on Guernsey. 8 Sep 1338 - 29 Oct 1340 French occupation (in Castle Cornet to 17 Aug 1345)34 Oct 1360    Channel Islands no longer under the suzerainty of the King of France, by Treaty of Calais.Jun 1372 - 1373            French occupation under Owen of Wales. 4 Mar 1643         Guernsey declares for Parliament during the English Civil War;Royalistforces controlCastle Cornet until17 Dec 1651. 19 May 1649 - 8 May 1660 Guernseypart of the Commonwealth of England. 1 Jul 1940 - 9 May 1945 German occupation (Britische Kanalinseln),                             subordinated to occupied France (see Jersey for                             central Channel Islands administration).12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945 British military administration.

Alderney

Sark

Brechou
(Brecqhou)

Herm

Jethou

Lihou

Hauteville House

Lords of the Isles 8 Feb 1198 - 6 Apr 1199 John Plantagenet, (b. 1166 - d. 1216) Count of Mortian 14 Jan 1200 - 1204 Pierre de Preaux (b. c.1129 - d. 1212) Wardens 1203 - 1206 Gregory Balizan -Lieutenant1206 - 1207 Geoffrey de Lucy (1st time)Aug 1207 - 1220 Philippe d'Aubigny I (d. 1236)1220 - 1223 Philippe d'Aubigny II1223 - 1226 Geoffrey de Lucy (2nd time)1226 Hugues de Saint Philibert1226 - 1227 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (b. c.1199 - d. 12..) (1st time)1227 - 1229 Guillaume (William) de St. Jean (d. 1239)1229 - 1230 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (s.a.) (2nd time) + John de Grey22 Jun 1230 - 1232 Henri de Trubleville (d. 1239)1232 - 1234 Philip de Carteret + Amaury de St. Amand1232 - 1234 Guillaume de St. Jean -Sub-warden + Philippe de'Aubigny -Sub-warden Lord of the Isles1234 - 1239 Sir Henri de Trubleville (s.a.) Sub-wardens1234 - 1235 Nicholas de Meules (b. 1191 - d. 1271)1235 Gerard de Lampersand + Guillaume de Dampierre + William Blom1235 - 1240 Drouet (Drew) de Barentin WardensJan 1240 - Jul 1240 Guillaume de Bouelles1240 - 1252 Drouetde Barentin (1st time)1252 - 1254 Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (s.a.) (3rd time) Lord of the Isles14 Apr 1254 - 20 Nov 1272 Prince Edward of England (b. 1239 - d. 1307) 5 Jul 1258 - 1260 Drouetde Baretin (2nd time) -Warden- Subwardens -1262 - 1267 Sir Gilbert Talbot + Thomas Boulton1267 - 1269 William de Barentin1269 - 1270 Hugh de Trubleville1270 - 1274 Richard -Warden24 Jun 1271 - 14 Apr 1275 Arnaud Jean de Contino-WardenNov 1274 - 1275 Jean Wyger (royal commissioner) Warden25 Nov 1275 - 24 Jan 1277 Sir Otto de Grandison (b. 1238 - d. 1328)- Subwardens -1275 - 1276 Raoul de Broughton1276 - 1278 Philippe Burnel (b. 1240 - d. 1281) Lord of the Isles 24 Jan 1277 - 1294 Sir Otto de Grandison (s.a.)- Subwardens -1278 - 1281 Guillaume de St. Remi (1st time) + Denis de Tilbury1282 - 1288 Renaut d'Ashwell1288 - 1290 Sir Stephen Wallard1290 - 1293 Guillaume de St. Remi (2nd time) 1294 Sir William Grandison (d. 1335) + Henri de Bonvillars1294 - 1297 Sir Henry de Cobham -Warden (b. 1260 - d. 1339) 1297 - 1298 Sir Nicholas de Cheney -Warden (d. c.1320) 1299 Henry, Prior of Wenlock-Warden Lord of the Isles 1298 - 1328 Otto de Grandison (2nd time) (s.a.)- Subwardens -1298 Henri de Bonvillars1299 - 1302 Denis de Tilbury + Guillaume de Cosignton1302 - 1307 Jean de Newent1306 - 1309 Jean de Ditton1309 Massey de la Court1309 - 1319 Drew de Barentin + Sir Pierre de Petitfeu1319 - 1321 Pierre de Balmes1321 - 1324 Sir Gerard d'Oron (d. 1334)1323 - 1326 Gérard Derous -Warden1324 - 1326 Jean de Clyvedon26 Aug 1326 - 1327 Raoul Basset de Drayton (b. 1279 - d. 1343) (Ralph Basset) + Jean de Roches + Robert Norton Wardens1328 - 1330 Jean de Roches 1330 - 1331 Pierre Bernard de Pynsole + Laurens de GaillardAug 1331 Sir Guillaume de Cheyny (b. c.1357 - d. 1346) (William de Cheney) 1331 - 1333 Thomas Wake, Baron Wake of Liddell (b. 1297 - d. 1349)Feb 1333 - May 1337 Henri de Ferrers (Ferriers) (b. 1294? - d. 1349) + William, Baron Montacute (b. 1302? - d. 1344) (Guillaume de Mountagu) (from 3 Mar 1334) 10 May 1337 - 20 Mar 1341 Thomas de Ferrers (Ferriers) (b. c.1299 - d. 1353) (in exile 1338-25 Nov 1340) 1334 - 1336 Walter de Weston -Subwarden (Gautier de Weston)(1st time)1338 Walter de Weston -Subwarden (2nd time)1338 - 1340 Nicholas (d. 1340) Béluchet -French Commander1340 Walter de Weston -Subwarden (3rd time)20 Mar 1341 - 1343 Thomas de Hampton1343 - 1348 Thomas Ferrers (3rd time) (s.a.)1343 - 1347 Walter de Weston -Subwarden (4th time)1347 - 1348 Sir Ralph de Harmesthorpe -Subwarden1348 - 26 May 1349 Robert Wyvill + Thomas de Clifford26 May 1349 - 1354 Jean, Baron de Mautravers (b. c.1290 - d. 13..) 2 Apr 1354 - 1357 Guillaume (William)Stury 1357 Sir Thomas de Holland, (b. 1314 - d. 1360) Earl of Kent1356 - 1358 Sir Otto de Holland (sub-warden to 8 Jun 1357)1357 Thomas de Langhurst -Subwarden1359 - 1366 Sir Edmund de Cheney (Edmond de Cheyny)- Subwardens -1363 William de Birketon 1364 John Le Marchant 1365 Nicholas de Cheney 1367 - 1373 Sir Gautier (Walter)Hewet -Warden (d. 1373)1368 - 1371 Sir William Asthorp (d. 1399) (Guillaume d'Asthorp) 1371 John Coke (1st time) Wardens1373 - 1374 Sir Edmund Rose1372 - 1373 Yvon de Galles -French commander (d. 1378) (Owain Lawgoch ap Tomas[Owen of Wales])1372 - 1373 Ralph de Harmesthrope -Subwarden20 Apr 1373 - 12 Aug 1374 Sir William de Asthorp (s.a.)1374 John Coke -Subwarden (2nd time)12 Aug 1374 - 1376 Thomas de Beauchamp, (b. 1338/39 - d. 1401) Earl of Warwick1376 - 23 Apr 1393 Sir Hugh de Calverley (Calvilegh) (b. 1315/23 - d. 1393)- Subwardens -1378 Jacques de Calverley1378 - 1382 Henry Ryther1384 - 1385 Roger WaldenWardens1393 - 30 Nov 1396 Sir John de Golafre of Langley (b. c.1351 - d. 1396)30 Nov 1396 - 22 Mar 1405 Edward, Earl of Rutland (1st time) (b. 1373 - d. 1415) (from 1 Aug 1402, Edward, Duke or York)1405 John Peraunt -Subwarden11 May 1405 - 1405 Sir John de Lisle (b. 1366 - d. 1408)1407 - 25 Oct 1415 Edward, Duke of York (2nd time) (s.a.)1409 - 1412 Richard of Conisburgh, (b. 1375 - d. 1415) Earl of Cambridge Lords of the Isles27 Nov 1415 - 14 Sep 1435 John of Lacaster, Duke of Bedford (b. 1389 - d. 1435)1416 Henry Mulso -Warden1436 - 1442 Sir John Bernard -Warden 9 Apr 1437 - 23 Feb 1447 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390 - d. 1447)1444 Sir John Bernard -Subwarden23 Feb 1447 - Jan 1449 Anne de Beauchamp -Lady (b. c.1446 - d. 1449)24 Feb 1447 - 1448 John de Beaumont,Viscount (b. 1410 - d. 1460) Beaumont -Warden + Ralph Boteler, (b. 1394 - d. 1473) Baron Sudeley -Warden1448 William de la Pole, (b. 1396 - d. 1450) Duke of Suffolk -Warden1448 William Bertram -Subwarden23 Jul 1449 - 7 May 1459 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (b. 1428 - d. 1471) "the Kingmaker" (1st time)1452 - 1457 John Nanfan -Warden (1st time)1456 Colin Otis -Subwarden12 May 1460 - 1461 John Nanfan -Warden(2nd time) 1460 Druet Le Marcahnt -Warden1461 - 14 Apr 1471 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (s.a.) (2nd time) 1466 Thomas de la Court -Subwarden1468 Geoffrey Wallish -Subwarden14 Apr 1471 - 13 Dec 1487 Anne de Beauchamp, -Lady (b. 1426 - d. 1492) Countess of Warwick Governors1478 - 1482 Sir John Ditchfield1482 - 1484 Sir Edward Brampton (b. 1444 - d. 1508)1484 - 1485 Thomas Rydley28 Nov 1485 - 1509 Edmund Weston + Thomas de St. Martin (to 8 Mar 1486)22 May 1509 - 1522 Sir Richard Weston (b. c.1465 - d. 1541)1522 - 1533 Thomas Oglander 1533 - 1541 Sir Francis Weston 1541 - 1545 Sir Richard Long (b. 1474 - d. 1546)Mar 1545 - 1553 Sir Peter Mewtis (Mewtas) (d. 1562)25 Sep 1553 - 22 May 1560 Sir Leonard Chamberlain (b. c.1520 - d. 1560)1561 - 1570 Sir Francis Chamberlain (b. c.1542 - d. 1570)14 Apr 1570 - 1609 Sir Thomas Leighton (b. 1528 - d. 1610)1610 - 1621 George, Lord Carew of Clopton, (b. 1555 - d. 1629) Earl of Totnes 1 Jul 1621 - 20 Jan 1644 Henry Danvers (b. 1573 - d. 1644) (from 1626, Earl of Danby) 1644 - 1649 Robert, Earl of Warwick (b. 1587 - d. 1658) (appointed by parliament)20 Jan 1644 - 1649 Sir Peter Osborne (b. 1584 - d. 1653) (appointed by royalists)1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Henry Percy, Lord Percy of Alnwick (d. 1659) (appointed by royalists)22 Oct 1649 - 1650 Alban Coxe (appointed by parliament)1650 - 28 Feb 1660 John Bingham (appointed by parliament)28 Feb 1660 - 1660 Henry Wanseye (appointed by parliament)Dec 1660 - 1662 Sir Hugh Pollard (b. 1603 - d. 1666)Mar 1662 - 1665 Christopher Lord Hatton of Kirby (b. 1605 - d. 1670)1665 - 1670 Sir Jonathan Atkins1670 - Sep 1706 Christopher Hatton, (from 1682) (b. 1632 - d. 1706) Viscount Hatton of Gretton1706 - 1711 Charles Churchill (b. 1656 - d. 1714)1715 - 6 Sep 1732 Daniel Harvey, Lord Harvey (b. 1664 - d. 1732)1732 - 7 May 1733 George Cholmondeley, (b. 1666 - d. 1733) Earl of Cholmondeley1733 - 1735 Vacant1735 - Jul 1737 Richard Sutton (b. 1674 - d. 1737)1737 - 1739 François de La Rochefoucauld, (b. 1672 - d. 1739) marquis de Montandré 1739 - 1742 Vacant1742 - 7 Feb 1750 Algernon Seymour, Lord Percy, (b. 1684 - d. 1750) Duke of Somerset1750 - 1752 Sir John Louis Ligonier (b. 1680 - d. 1770)1752 - 1766 John West, Earl de la Warr (b. 1693 - d. 1766)1766 - 1 Oct 1770 Sir Richard Lyttelton (b. 1718 - d. 1770)1770 - 3 Aug 1797 Sir Jeffrey Amherst (b. 1717 - d. 1797) (from 20 May 1776, Jeffrey Amherst, Baron Amherst of Holmesdale)1797 - 14 Nov 1807 Charles Grey, Earl Grey of Howick (b. 1729 - d. 1807)1807 - 26 Oct 1827 George Augustus Herbert Pembroke, (b. 1759 - d. 1827) Earl of Pembroke1827 - 11 Dec 1834 Sir William Keppell (b. 17.. - d. 1834)Lieutenant governors (acting for the governors to 1834)1488 - 1490 John Apris1503 David Philip1509 - 1522 Oliver Oglander1522 - 1533 Thomas Oglander1551 - 1570 Thomas Compton1580 - 1588 Thomas Wigmore1591 George Paulet1600 Lord Zouche 1605 - 1608 Peter Carey1610 - 1620 Sir Amice de Carteret (b. 1559 - d. 1631)1620 Thomas Andros1621 - 20 Jan 1644 Sir Peter Osborne (s.a.)1643 - 1649 Robert Russell (appointed by parliament)1644 - 1646 Nathaniel Darrell (appointed by royalists)29 May 1646 - May 1649 Sir Baldwin Wake (appointed by royalists)1647 - 1651 James Harrison (appointed by parliament)26 Oct 1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Sir Roger Burgess (appointed by royalists)1650 Henry Sharp (appointed by parliament)1654 - 1658 Charles Waterhouse (appointed by parliament)1659 John Weaver28 Feb 1660 - 24 Apr 1660 Henry Wanseye 24 Apr 1660 - 24 Jul 1661 Sharp1661 - 1664 Nathaniel Darrell, Jr.1664 - 1680 William Sheldon1681 George Lyttleton1684 Charles Hatton1685 Charles Macarty1687 - 1688 John Legge1688 Godolphin1689 - 1703 Bernard Ellis1704 - 1706 Sir Edmund Andros (b. 1637 - d. 1714)1707 Oliver Hetherington1711 - 1726 Giles Spicer (b. 1647 - d. 17..)1726 - 1735 Louis Dollon1735 - 1745 John Graham1745 - 1756 Charles Strahan1756 - 1776 Sir John Mylne1776 - 1783 Paulus Aemilius Irving (b. 1751 - d. 1828)1784 - 1793 William Brown1793 Thomas Dundas (b. 1741 - d. 1820)1793 James Henry Craig (b. 1748 - d. 1812)1793 - 17 Mar 1796 John Small (b. 1726 - d. 1796)1796 - 1802 Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple (b. 1750 - d. 1830)1803 - 1816 Sir John Doyle (b. 1750 - d. 1834)1816 - 1821 Henry Bailey1821 - 1828 John Colborne, Baron Seaton (b. 1778 - d. 1863)1828 - 1837 John Dawes Ross (b. 1769 - d. 1843)1837 - 1842 Sir James Dawes Douglas (b. 1785 - d. 1862)Feb 1842 - Dec 1847 Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (b. 1785 - d. 1860)24 Jan 1848 - 30 Jun 1854 Sir John Bell (b. 1782 - d. 1876) 1 Aug 1854 - 10 May 1856 William Thomas Knollys (b. 1797 - d. 1883)1856 - 1 Apr 1859 George Judd Harding (b. 1788? - d. 1860) 1 Apr 1859 - 1 Apr 1864 Marcus John Slade (b. 1801 - d. 1872) 1 Apr 1864 - 1 May 1869 Charles Rochfort Scott (b. 179. - d. 1872) 1 May 1869 - 1 May 1874 Edward Charles Frome (b. 1802 - d. 1890) 1 May 1874 - 30 Apr 1879 St. George Gerald Foley (b. 1814 - d. 1897) 1 May 1879 - 10 Oct 1883 Alexander Abercromby Nelson (b. 1816 - d. 1893)10 Oct 1883 - 1 Nov 1885 Henry Andrew Sarel (b. 1823 - d. 1887) 1 Nov 1885 - 21 Feb 1889 John Henry Ford Elkington (b. 1830 - d. 1889)1889 - 1894 Edward Gascoyne Bulwer (b. 1829 - d. 1910)1894 - 1899 Nathaniel Stevenson (b. 1840 - d. 1911)1899 - 1903 Michael Henry Saward (b. 1840 - d. 1928)1903 - 1908 Barrington Bulkeley Douglas (b. 1845 - d. 1918) Campbell 1908 - 1911 Robert Auld (b. 1848 - d. 1911)1911 - 1914 Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton (b. 1854 - d. 1944)1914 Henry Merrick Lawson (b. 1859 - d. 1933)1914 - 1918 Reginald Clare Hart (b. 1848 - d. 1931)1918 - 1920 Launcelot Edward Kiggell (b. 1862 - d. 1954)1920 - 1925 John Edward Capper (b. 1861 - d. 1955)1925 - 1929 Sir Charles John Sackville-West (b. 1870 - d. 1962) (from 28 Jan 1928, Charles John Sackville- West, Baron Sackville)1929 - 1934 Sir Edward Henry Willis (b. 1870 - d. 1961)1934 - 1939 Edward Nicholson Broadbent (b. 1875 - d. 1944)1939 - 1940 Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer- (b. 1884 - d. 1954) Smollet1940 - 21 Jun 1940 John Randle Minshull-Ford (b. 1881 - d. 1948)21 Jun 1940 - 25 Jun 1940 Victor Gosselin Carey (acting) (b. 1871 - d. 1957) Presidents of the Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey25 Jun 1940 - 21 Oct 1940 Ambrose James Sherwill (b. 1890 - d. 1968)21 Oct 1940 - 25 Aug 1945 John Leale (acting to 30 Dec 1940) (b. 1892 - d. 1969) Provisional Military Administrator 1 Jul 1940 - 9 Aug 1940 Albrecht Lanz (b. 1898 - d. 1942) Commandants (InselkommandantGuernsey; from 1944 KestungskommandantGuernsey)(subordinated to German Channel Islands commanders) 9 Aug 1940 - 18 Sep 1940 Wilhelm Kratzer18 Sep 1940 - 1944 Fritz Bandelow 1944 - 25 Jul 1944 Rudolf Graf von Schmettow (b. 1891 - d. 1970) 25 Jul 1944 - 26 Feb 1945 Friedrich Hüffmeier (b. 1898 - d. 1972)27 Feb 1945 - 9 May 1945 Rudolf Wulf (b. 1905 - d. 1972) Chief civil administrators1940 - 1945 Richard Brosch (b. 1897? - d. 1949) 1945 - 9 May 1945 von Reich Head of the British Military Government of Guernsey12 May 1945 - 25 Aug 1945 Charles Gage Stuart (b. 1887 - d. 1970) Lieutenant governors25 Aug 1945 - 1953 Philip Neame (b. 1888 - d. 1978)1953 - 1958 Thomas Walker Elmhirst (b. 1895 - d. 1982)1958 - 1964 Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson (b. 1902 - d. 1989)1964 - 1969 Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman(b. 1903 - d. 1974)1969 - 1974 Sir Charles Piercy Mills (b. 1914 - d. 2006)1974 - 1980 Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin (b. 1918 - d. 2011)22 Apr 1980 - 1985 Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant (b. 1920)1985 - 1990 Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson (b. 1928) Boswell 1990 - 25 Apr 1994 Sir Michael Compton Lockwood (b. 1933 - d. 1994) Wilkins1994 - 2000 Sir John Francis Coward (b. 1937)May 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Sir John Paul Foley (b. 1939)28 Sep 2005 - 18 Oct 2005 Geoffrey Robert Rowland (1st time) (b. 1948) (acting) 18 Oct 2005 - 23 Feb 2011 Sir Fabian Malbon (b. 1946)23 Feb 2011 - 15 Apr 2011 Geoffrey Robert Rowland (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting)15 Apr 2011 - Peter B. Walker (b. 1949)

Bailiffs1270 - 1277 Hugh de Trubleville1278 - 1281 Guillaume de St. Remi (1st time) (d. 1295) 1282 - 1287 Renault de Ashwell 1288 - 1296 Guillaume de St. Remi (2nd time) (s.a.) 1297 - 1298 Sir Nicholas de Cheney 1298 - 1299 Pierre Le Marchant 1299 - 1300 Radulphus de Gand 1300 - 1301 Robert Comberwell 1301 - 1302 Radulph de Haverland 1302 - 1303 John de Newent 1303 - 1304 Radulphus Gaultier 1304 - 1305 Pierre Le Marchant (1st time) 1305 - 1310 Massey de la Court (1st time) 1310 - 1311 James de Vinchelez (1st time) 1311 - 1312 Robert Le Gay (1st time) 1313 - 1314 Gaultier de la Hogue 1315 - 1316 Massey de la Court (2nd time) 1317 - 1318 Pierre Le Marchant (2nd time) 1318 - 1319 Massey de la Court (3rd time) 1319 - 1320 Robert Le Gay (2nd time) 1320 - 1321 Radulphus Gaultier 1321 - 1322 John Le Marchant (1st time) 1322 - 1323 James de Vinchelez (2nd time) 1323 - 1324 William Le Petit (1st time) 1324 - 1325 Guillaume de Souslemont 1325 - 1325 William Le Petit (2nd time) 1326 - 1327 Pierre de Garis 1327 - 1328 Henry de St. Martin 1328 - 1329 Radulphus Le Gay (1st time) 1329 - 1330 Radulphus Cokerel 1330 - 1331 Geoffrey de la Hogue 1331 - 1331/32 Thomas d'Esterfield 1331/32 - 1340 Radulphus Le Gay (2nd time) 1340 - 1356 Jean de la Lande 1357 - 1383 John Le Marchant 1384 - 1387 John Nicholas (or Nicolle) 1387 - 1411 Gervais de Clermont 1412 - 1432 James Cocquerel 1433 - 1445 Thomas de la Court (1st time) 1446 - 1447 John Henry 1447 - 1465 Guillaume Cartier 1466 - 1469 Thomas de la Court (2nd time) 1470 - 1479 Pierre de Beauvoir 1480 - 1481 Edmund de Cheney 1481 - 1482 Nicholas Fouaschin (Fashion) 1483 - 1498 John Blondel 1499 - 1510 John Martin 1511 - 1537 James Guille 1538 - 1544 Thomas Compton (1st time) 1545 - 1549 John Haryvell 12 Oct 1549 - Oct 1563 Helier Gosselin (b. 1517 - d. 1579) Oct 1563 - 1570 Thomas Compton (2nd time) 1571 - 1581 Guillaume de Beauvoir 1581 - 1588 Thomas Wigmore 1588 - 1601 Louis de Vic (b. c.1540 - d. 1607) 1601 - 1631 Sir Amice de Carteret (s.a.) 1631 - 1644 John de Quetteville (b. 1574 - d. c.1648) (Jul 1642 suspended as a royalist by the States; in opposition Feb-Dec 1647) 24 Dec 1644 - 1651 Pierre de Beauvoir (1st time) (b. 1599 - d. 1678) 1652 - 1653 Pierre de Beauvior (2nd time) (s.a.) 1653 - 1656 the Jurats (for one month each) 1656 - 1660 Pierre de Beauvoir (3rd time) (s.a.) 1660 - 1661 Josué Gosselin (acting) 1661 - 1674 Amias Andros (b. 1610 - d. 1674) 1674 - 24 Feb 1714 Sir Edmund Andros (s.a.) 1714 - 1728 Jean de Sausmarez 1728 - 13 Sep 1751 Josué Le Marchant (b. c.1678 - d. 1751) 1751 - 1758 Eleazar Le Marchant (b. 1680/87 - d. 17..) 1758 - 1771 Samuel Bonamy 1771 - 1800 William Le Marchant (b. 1721 - d. 1809) 1800 - 1810 Robert Porrett Le Marchant (b. c.1749 - d. 18..) 1810 - 1821 Sir Peter de Havilland (b. 1747 - d. 1821) 1821 - 1843 Daniel de Lisle Brock (b. 1762 - d. 1842) 1843 - 1845 Jean Guille (b. 1788 - d. 1845) 1845 - 1883 Sir Peter Stafford Carey (b. 1803 - d. 1886) 1883 - 1884 John de Havilland Utermarck (b. 1818 - d. 1884) 1884 - 1895 Edgar MacCulloch (b. 1808 - d. 1896) (from 8 May 1886, Sir Edgar MacCulloch) 1895 - 1902 Thomas Godfrey Carey (b. 1832 - d. 1906) (from 27 Jun 1900, Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey) 1902 - 1908 Sir Henry Alexander Giffard (b. 1838 - d. 1927) 1908 - 27 Jul 1915 William Carey (b. 1853 - d. 1915) (from 1 Jan 1915, Sir William Carey) 1915 - 1922 Sir Edward Chepmell Ozanne (b. 1852 - d. 1929) 1922 - 1929 Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez (b. 1861 - d. 1941) 1929 - 1935 Arthur William Bell (b. 1868 - d. 1935) 1935 - 1946 Victor Gosselin Carey (s.a.) (Aug 1940 - May 1945 under German occupation) (from 11 Dec 1945, Sir Victor Gosselin Carey) 1946 - 1959 Ambrose James Sherwill (s.a.) (from 12 Jul 1949, Sir Ambrose James Sherwill) 1959 - 21 Jul 1973 William Henry Arnold (b. 1903 - d. 1973) (from 1963, Sir William Henry Arnold) 27 Jul 1973 - 6 Aug 1982 Sir John Henry Loveridge (b. 1912 - d. 1994) 6 Aug 1982 - 1992 Charles Keith Frossard (b. 1922) (from 20 Jul 1983, Sir Charles Keith Frossard) 18 Feb 1992 - 28 Mar 1999 Graham Martyn Dorey (b. 1932) (from 28 Oct 1992, Sir Graham Martyn Dorey) 28 Mar 1999 - 15 Jun 2005 de Vic Graham Carey (b. 1940) (from 1 Jan 2002, Sir de Vic Carey) 16 Jun 2005 - 23 Mar 2012 Geoffrey Rowland (b. 1948) (from 13 Jun 2009, Sir Geoffrey Rowland) 23 Mar 2012 - Richard Collas (b. 1958)

Chief ministers 1 May 2004 - 5 Mar 2004 Laurence "Laurie" Charles Morgan Non-party 5 Mar 2007 - 1 May 2008 Michael "Mike" W. Torode Non-party 1 May 2008 - 1 May 2012 Lyndon Sean Trott (b. 1964?) Non-party 1 May 2012 - Peter Harwood (b. 1947) Non-party

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Alderney


Adopted Dec 1906, confirmed 20 Dec 1993

Map of Alderney

Capital: Saint Anne

Local Holiday:
15 Dec (1945)
Homecoming Day

Population: 2,027 (2008)

933 Part of the Duchy of Normandy.1042 - 1057 Possession granted to the Abbey of Mont Saint Michel.1057 Possession granted to the bishops of Coutances.Jun 1204 English fiefdom.1204 - Sep 1205 French occupation.Dec 1205 - Apr 1206 French occupation. c.1236 Divided between the bishops and the kings of England.1338 French occupation, the bishops are deprived of their rights by the English king.1360 Treaty of Brétigny: the island is neutralized the rights of the bishops are formally restored. War goes on between France and England for the possession of the island until 1480.1558 (two weeks) Occupied by French under Capt. Malesarde.30 Sep 1585 - 1607 Leased to the Earls of Essex. 1607 - 1643 Leased to Chamberlain family.1660 - 1825 Alderney separated from Guernsey.1660 - 1682 Granted to George Carteret.13 Apr 1825 Subordinated to Guernsey. 23 Jun 1940 - 15 Dec 1945 Most of the population is evacuated. 2 Jul 1940 - 16 May 1945 German occupation. 1 Jan 1949 New constitution granted.

Lords of Alderney1182 - c.1222 Wilhelmus Artifex (William L'Ingenieur) (Dominus Alrenon)c.1222 - 1238 Peter L'Ingenieur + Mayn (Magnerus) L'Ingenieur1238 - 1546 Vacant1290 - af.1302 Raoul Eudes -Guardian Governor1376 - 1379 Thomas Porteman Marshal 1546 - 15.. Robert de Turberville Lieutenant governors1559 - 1584 George Chamberlaine, Baron of Guernsey29 May 1584 - 26 Mar 1590 John Chamberlaine, of Longcombe, Baron Oxfordshire26 Mar 1590 - 25 Feb 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (b. 1566 - d. 1601) 25 Feb 1601 - 1604 Vacant1604 - 1607 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (b. 1590 - d. 1646)1607 - 1608 William Chamberlain I (d. 1608) 1608 John Chamberlain I1608 - 1639 William Chamberlain II (d. 1640) 161. - c.Mar 1618 John Chamberlain II 3 Mar 1639 - 1640 John Colles (d. 1640)1640 - 1642 William Colles (d. 1642) 1642 - 1643 Mary Colles (f)(or John Colles [2nd time])25 Nov 1643 - 1646? Peter Le Febvre, surier de L'Epine (pretender)22 Mar 1646 - 1648 Peter de Beauvoir du Bosq (d. 1648)11 Mar 1648 - 1649 Benjamin Lemprière 1 Jun 1649 - 1651? George Mishaw (or Michau)(1st time) 1651? - 1654 John Ring (or King?) 23 Mar 1653 - 1654 John Hamon (acting for Ring)23 Jun 1654 - 1657? George Mishaw (2nd time)1657? - 1659 Nicholas Ling (b. 1599 - d. 1679)13 Jul 1659 - 1660 William Andros Governors29 Aug 1660 - 1660 Edward de Carteret + James de Carteret + Clement Le Couteur1660 - 14 Jan 1679 Sir George Carteret (b. 1609 - d. 1679)16 Aug 1661 - 6 Jan 1679 Nicholas Ling (acting for Carteret) (s.a.) 6 Jan 1679 - 14 Jan 1680 George Mishaw (acting for Carteret) 14 Jan 1680 - 1682 Elizabeth de Carteret (f) (b. 1602 - d. 1682)1682 - 29 Aug 1683 Edward Le Breton (1st time) (acting [for de Haynes to 1682]) 29 Aug 1683- 24 Feb 1714 Sir Edmund Andros (b. 1637 - d. 1714)29 Aug 1683 - 3 Mar 1684 Edward Le Breton (2nd time) (acting for Andros)31 Mar 1684 - 1 Sep 1690 Thomas Le Mesurier (1st time) (b. 1648 - d. 1718) (acting for Andros) 1 Sep 1690 - 1 Sep 1696 Thomas Le Marchant (b. 1644 - d. 1728) (acting for Andros) 1 Sep 1696 - 21 Jul 1703 Charles Le Marchant (acting for Andros)21 Jul 1703 - 1714 Thomas Le Mesurier (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting for Andros)1714 George Andros (b. 1677 - d. 1714)1713 - 22 Jul 1714 Thomas Le Mesurier (acting)(3rd time) (s.a.)22 Jul 1714 - 1714 John Le Mesurier I (acting)(1st time) (b. 1684 - d. 1722) Feb 1714 - 1721 Ann Andros (f) (b. 1684 - d. 1721)1714 - 1722 John Le Mesurier I (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting [for Andros to 1721])1722 - 1729 Anne Le Mesurier (f) (b. 1684 - d. 1729)17 Feb 1728 - 1729 Nicholas Reserson (acting for Ann Le Mesurier [not recognized by Le Cocq])26 Mar 1726 - 1730 Thomas Le Cocq (1st time) (b. 1680 - d. 1760) (in opposition) 6 Feb 1730 - 1744 Henry Le Mesurier (b. 1713 - d. 1779)20 Feb 1730 - 21 Dec 1738 Thomas Le Cocq (2nd time) (s.a.) (in opposition)1744 - 12 Mar 1793 John Le Mesurier II (b. 1717 - d. 1793) 2 Nov 1745 - 1763 John Le Cocq (acting for Le Mesurier)16 Mar 1793 - 9 Jan 1803 Peter Le Mesurier (b. 1753 - d. 1803) (3 Dec 1770 - 16 Mar 1793 acting for John Le Mesurier)21 Jan 1803 - 13 Apr 1825 John Le Mesurier III (b. 1781 - d. 1843) Judges21 Jan 1803 - 11 Jan 1807 Jean Ollivier (b. 17.. - d. 1807) 1 Aug 1807 - 2 Apr 1836 Pierre Gauvin (d. 1836) 2 Apr 1836 - 11 Apr 1836 Jean Gauvain (acting)11 Apr 1836 - 28 Apr 1836 Thomas Le Cocq (acting) (d. 1836)28 Apr 1836 - 26 Nov 1836 Nicholas Barbenson (1st time)(acting) 26 Nov 1836 - 21 Sep 1856 Jean Gaudion (b. 1794 - d. 1856)29 Nov 1836 - 15 Dec 1856 Nicholas Barbenson (2nd time)(acting)15 Dec 1856 - 30 Apr 1876 Thomas Clucas (b. 1810 - d. 1876) 1 May 1876 - 9 Oct 1876 Jean Pezet (acting) 9 Oct 1876 - Oct 1892 Thomas Nicholas Barbenson (b. c.1809 - d. 1892)Oct 1892 - 17 Dec 1892 Peter Herivel (acting)17 Dec 1892 - May 1897 John A. Le Cocq 5 Jun 1897 - 1912 Nicholas Peter Barbenson (b. 1838 - d. 1928)12 Apr 1913 - 15 Mar 1938 Robert Walter Mellish (b. 1869 - d. 1938)Mar 1938 - 16 Jul 1938 A.C. Tourgis (acting)16 Jul 1938 - Nov 1947 Frederick G. French (b. 1889 - d. 1963)German Commandants (InselkommandantAlderney, from 1944 KestungskommandantAlderney) (subordinated to the German Commandant of Guernsey)27 Jul 1941 - Dec 1941 Carl HoffmannDec 1941 - Jan 1942 GledenJan 1942 - Feb 1942 Rohde Feb 1942 - Nov 1943 Zuske Nov 1943 - May 1945 R. Schwalm Civil administrators of Alderney (Sonderführer Alderney) 2 Jul 1940 - 1940 Schmidt 1940 - 1941 Koch1941 - Apr 1942 Heinz HerzogApr 1942 - Mar 1944 Hans SpannMar 1944 - 16 May 1945 Wilhelm Richter (b. 1892 - d. 1971) JugesNov 1947 - 15 Dec 1947 Daniel Le Cocq (acting)15 Dec 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Sir Frank Henry Cafande Wiltshire (b. 1881 - d. 1948) Presidents of the States of Alderney 1 Jan 1949 - 26 Aug 1970 Sydney Peck Herivel (b. 1890 - d. 1970)1970 - 1977 George William Baron (1st time)1977 - 1994 Jon Kay-Mouat (1st time) (b. 1933? - d. 2010)1994 - 1997 George William Baron (2nd time)1997 - 19 Jan 2002 Jon Kay-Mouat (2nd time) (s.a.)19 Jan 2002 - 22 Jun 2011 Sir Norman Browse (b. 1931) 22 Jun 2011 - Stuart Trought (b. 1950)

No Political Parties Exist

Sark


From 1938, Adopted 19 Nov 1980

Map of Sark

Capital: La Seigneurie
(residence of seigneur)

Local Holiday:
10 May (1945)
Liberation Day

Population: 680 (2008)

933 Part of the Duchy of Normandy.Jun 1204 English possession, part of Guernsey.1204 - Sep 1205 French occupation.Dec 1205 - Apr 1206 French occupation. 1212 - 1214 French occupation. 1343 - 1347 French occupation. 1373 Sark temporarily abandoned after devastation by Bertrand de Guesclin. 31 Jul 1549 - 7 Sep 1553 French occupation under François Breuil.1560 - 1562 French occupation by the Seigneur de Glatigny. 6 Aug 1565 Seigneury of Sark granted as an English fiefdom; subordinate to Guernsey.23 Mar 1643 - 25 Aug 1660 Confiscated by the Parliament of England. 4 Jul 1940 - 10 May 1945 German occupation. Aug 1990 An unemployed French physicist André Gardes attempts asinge handedinvasion. 9 Apr 2008 Constitutional law granted.

Seigneurs  6 Aug 1565 - 1579         Hélier de Carteret                    (b. 1532 - d. 1581)1579 - 20 May 1594       Philippe de CarteretI                (b. 1552 - d. 1594)20 May 1594 - 23 Aug 1643 Sir Philippe de CarteretII           (b. 1584 - d. 1643)1595 - 1601       Amice, Sieur de St. Ouen -RegentGovernors (for parliament) 1643 - 1657                Nicholas Ling                         (b. 1599 - d. 1679)1657 - Apr 1659            Richard WinneApr 1659 - Aug 1660        Jean Le Gros (b. 1616 - d. 1677) Seigneurs 25 Aug 1660 - Nov 1662     Philippe de CarteretIII    (b. 1620 - d. 1662) (in exile 1643 - 1660) Nov 1662 - 23 Oct 1693     Sir Philippe de CarteretVI           (b. 1650 - d. 1693)1662 - 1671                Nicholas Richardson -Regent23 Oct 1693 - 6 Jun 1715 Sir Charles de Carteret               (b. 1679 - d. 1715) 6 Jun 1715 - 3 Sep 1720 John Carteret, Baron Carteret         (b. 1690 - d. 1763) 3 Sep 1720 - 1723         John Johnson                          (b. 16.. - d. 1723) 1 May 1723 - 1730         James Milner                          (b. 16.. - d. 1730)1730 - 28 Aug 1730         Joseph Wilcock, Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1673 - d. 1756) (executor)
28 Aug 1730 - 24 Jun 1733 Susanne Le Pelley (f) -Dame           (b. 1668 - d. 1733)24 Jun 1733 - 1742         Nicolas Le Pelley                     (b. 1692 - d. 1742)1742 - 1752                Daniel Le Pelley                      (b. 1694 - d. 1752)1752 - 17 Dec 1778         Pierre Le Pelley I                    (b. 1736 - d. 1778)1752 - 1757   Elizabeth Le Lacheur (f)    (b. 1702/03 - d. ....)
   (acting for Pierre)
1778 - 1820        Pierre Le Pelley II (b. 1758 - d. 1820)1820 - 1 Mar 1839         Pierre Le Pelley III                  (b. 1799 - d. 1839) 1 Mar 1839 - 6 Oct 1849 Ernest Le Pelley                      (b. 1801 - d. 1849) 6 Oct 1849 - 4 Dec 1852 Pierre Carey Le Pelley    (b. 1828 - d. ....) 4 Dec 1852 - 26 Apr 1853 Marie Allaire Collings (f) -Dame      (b. 1791 - d. 1853)26 Apr 1853 - 7 Mar 1882 William Thomas Collings               (b. 1823 - d. 1882) 7 Mar 1882 - 14 Jun 1927 William Frederick Collings            (b. 1852 - d. 1927)14 Jun 1927 - 14 Jul 1974 Sybil Collings Beaumont (f)-Dame (b. 1884 - d. 1974)                             (from 5 Nov 1929, Sybil Collings Beaumont Hathaway)                            - jointly with -  5 Nov 1929 - 15 Dec 1954 Robert Woodward Hathaway¹             (b. 1888 - d. 1954)14 Jul 1974 -              John Michael Beaumont               (b. 1927)

Seneschals, Presidents of Chief Pleas, and Chief Judges 15 Jul 1675 - 1680 Pierre Gibault1680 - 1683 Thomas de Beauvoir 1683 - 1702 Phillipe Dumeresq1702 - 1707 Jean Payne1707 - 1744 Philippe de Carteret1744 - 1752 Henri de Carteret1752 - 1777 Phillipe Le Masurier1777 - 1785 Henri Le Masurier1785 - 1807 Amice Le Couteur (d. 1807)1808 - 1812 Jean Le Couteur1812 - 1830 Jean Falle1830 - 1841 Elie Le Masurier1841 - 1851 Philippe Guille 1851 - 1876 Thomas Godfray1876 - 1881 William de Carteret (b. 1817 - d. 1890)1881 - 1891 Abraham Baker (b. 1822 - d. 1900)1891 - 1920 Thomas Godfray1920 - 1922 Kenneth Campbell1922 - 1925 Ashby Taylor1925 - 1937 Frederick de Carteret1937 - 1945 William Carré (b. 1883 - d. 1963)1945 - 1969 William Baker1969 - 1979 Bernard Jones1979 - 1985 Hilary Carré (b. 1909 - d. 1995)1985 - 2000 Lawrence Philip de Carteret (b. 1936) Feb 2000 - 26 Feb 2013 Reginald "Reg" J. Guille (b. 1942?) President of Chief Pleas 27 Feb 2013 - Reginald "Reg" J. Guille (s.a.)

German Representatives (Inselkommandant Sark)(subordinated to the Commandant of Guernsey) 4 Jul 1940 - 1942 Stefan Herdt1942 - 28 Mar 1943 Johann Hinkel (b. 1890 - d. 1943) 28 Mar 1943 - May 1945 ....

No Political Parties Exist

¹Robert Hathaway (s.a.) was the legal Seigneur of Sark from the date of his marriage to Sibyl Beaumont (s.a.) in 1929 until his death. In fact they sat as a pair in Chief Pleas but he didthe speaking.

Brechou (Brecqhou)


Flag of Tenant of Brechou 23 Nov 1967 - 1987


Flag of Tenant of Brechou Adopted 2009

Map of Brechou

Capital: Brechou

Population: N/A

1363 Held by the Le Marchant family, named Ile des Marchands. 1556 Granted to Hélier de CarteretSeigneur of Sark. 1681 Court proceedings brought by Rachel Le Moigne, widow of James Le Marhcant, against theSeigneur of Sarkare abandoned. Tenants1929 - 1932 Angelo Clarke 1932 - 14 May 1944 Thomas Arthur Clarke (d. 1944) (left island 20 Jun 1940) 1949 - 1966 John Thomson Donaldson 1966 - 6 Oct 1987 Leonard Joseph Matchan (b. 1911 - d. 1987)1993 - David Barclay (b. 1934) (from 31 Oct 2000, Sir David Barclay)

Herm


1950 - 1953


From 1953, Adopted 1984

Map of Herm

Capital: Herm

Population: 94 (2008)

1445 - 1737 Used as a hunting reserve by the governors of Guernsey. Tenants1717 - 1737 Charles Nowall1737 - 1766 Peter Carey I1766 - 1770 Peter Carey II1770 - 1774 Caroline Carey (f)1774 - 1779 Peter de Jersey
+ Thomas de Jersey1779 - 1800 John de Jersey1800 - 1815 Pierre Mauger1815 - 1826 John Lindsay (b. 1762 - d. 1826)1826 - 1830 the States of Guernsey1830 - 1836 Jonathan Duncan1836 - 1842 the British Commercial Assurance Co.1842 - 1854 Ebenezer Fernie 1854 - 1860 John Henry + Steven Touzeau-Martin1860 - 1862 Thomas Bartlett1862 - 1867 Thomas Hyde1867 - 1877 Montague J. Fielden (b. 1816 - d. 1898) 1877 - 1878 James Considine (1st time)1878 - 1881 Arthur Maxwell1881 - 1882 James Considine (2nd time)1882 - 1884 the Carthusian Order1884 - 1889 James Linklater (or Leith) 1889 - 1914 Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt (b. 1836 - d. 1916)1917 - 1920 Wheadon and Company1920 - 1923 Sir Edward Montague Compton (b. 1883 - d. 1972) Mackenzie1923 - 1939 Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry (b. 1878 - d. 1956) (from Feb 1938, Baron Perry of Stock Harvard) 1946 - 1949 Alfred Graham Jefferies1949 - 1998 Alexander Gough "Peter" Wood (b. 1915 - d. 1998)1998 - 1 Oct 2008 Adrian Heyworth + Pennie Wood Heyworth (f) 1 Oct 2008 - John Singer (b. 1944?) + Julia Singer (f)

Jethou

Map of Jethou

Capital: Jethou

Population: 3 (1996)

709 AD According to traditiona storm washed away the strip of land which connected the Jethou with Herm. 1028 Given to admiral Restauld by Duke Robert of Normandy. 1055 Bequeathed to the Monastery of Mont St. Michel byRestauld. 1158 - .... Prince John Earl of Montaine granted the tenancy to Guillaume Chesney, then reverts to Monastery of Mont St. Michel. 1270 - .... Prince Edward granted Sir William de Chesney the right to keep a warren in the island, then it reverts Mont St. Michel.1416 Part of King Henry V's estates and remains a Crown lease. 1416 - 1717 Uninhabited. Tenants 1028 - 1055 Restauld (Restald) (b. c.995 - d. c.1060) 1055 - 1414 Mont Saint-Michel Abbey 1158 - .... Guillaume Chesney1270 - .... Sir William de Chesney1717 - 1737 Charles Nowall1737 - 1758 Charles Mauger (d. 1758)1758 - 1779 Thomas Guille + Thomas Le Marchant1779 - 1781 Henry de Jersey (d. 1781)1781 - 1800 Henry de Jersey II1800 - 1821 Phillip de Quesnel1821 - 1822 Edward Falla + Peter Le Cocq + Nicholas Le Feuvre + Peter de Lisle1822 - 1846 Jean Allaire (b. 1763 - d. 1846)1846 - 1852 Marie Allaire Collings (b. 1791 - d. 1853)1852 - 1856 the States of Guernsey (island was used for quarrying)1856 - 1863 George Charles Gee1863 - 1867 PerryLindell + Giffard1867 - 1877 Montague J. Fielden (b. 1816 - d. 1898)1877 - 1880 Caretakers1880 - 1885 W.H.B. Moullin1885 - 1890 Caretakers1890 - 7 Nov 1918 Henry Austin Lee (b. 1847 - d. 1918) (from 9 Nov 1902, Sir Henry Austin Lee) 1899 - 1910 F.J. Guy -Subtenant1919 - 1920 John Drillot -Caretaker1920 - 1934 Sir Edward Montague Compton (b. 1883 - d. 1972) Mackenzie 1934 - 1944 Harold A. Fortington (b. 1890 - d. 1944)1940 - 1945 George MacDonald -Subtenant1944 - 1948 Edna W. Fortington (f) (b. 1891 - d. c.1947) 1948 - 1955 William Gill Withycombe (b. 1881 - d. 1968)1955 - 1957 Philip Steer Watkins1957 - 1958 Herman StockeyDec 1958 - 1964 William Hedley Cliff (b. 1913?)29 Sep 1964 - 6 Dec 1971 Susan Faed Summers (f) (b. 1933)Dec 1971 - 3 Feb 1983 Charles William Hayward (b. 1892 - d. 1983) (from 1974, Sir Charles William Hayward) 1984 - 1991 Anthony Duckworth-Chad (b. 1942)1991 - Peter Ogden (b. 1947) (from 9 Feb 2005, Sir Peter Ogden) + Philip W. Hulme (b. 1948)

Lihou

Note: Lihou is a small tidal island that is connected to Guernsey at low tide by a stone causeway.

Map of Lihou

Capital: Lihou

Population: see under Guernsey

1114 - 1539 Benedictine Priory of St. Mary (under the authority of Mont Saint-Michel Abbeyto 1415, then under Eton College). 1940 - 1945 During German occupation the island is used as an artillery range.Priors1270 - .... Pierre Bernard 1448 - 14.. Guillaume Michel 1477 - .... Pierre Sauson 1500 - 15.. Ralph Leonard -Custodian c.1560 Thomas de Baugy Tenants c.1815 - 1821? EléazarLe Marchant (d. 1832) 1863 - 1883 James Priaulx (d. 1883) 1883 - 1905 Arthur Clayfield 1905 - 1927 Hubert de Lancey Walters (b. 1868 - d. 1936) 1927 - 1954 Duquemin + Clarke 1927 - 1954 Albert Best -Subtenant 1954 - 1961 Mr. & Mrs. Conniff + Mr. & Mrs. Hudson 1961 - 1983 Patrick Alwen Wootton (b. 1919 - d. ....) 1984 - 1995 Robin S. Borwick (b. 1927 - d. 2003)Jan 1995 - 2006 the States of Guernsey 2006 - the Lihou Charitable Trust

Hauteville House

[France]

Map of Hauteville House
on Guernsey

Capital: Hauteville House,
No. 28 Hauteville,
St. Peter Port

11 Mar 1927 Hauteville House at38 Hauteville Street in Saint Peter Port on Guernsey, where French author Victor Hugo (b. 1802 - d. 1885) lived in exile 1856 - 1870, is donatedto the city of Paris by his descendants(accepted 2 Jun 1927). (Domaine de Hauteville House).27 Jun 1927 France takes possession, Hautevillebecomes part of the Maison de Victor Hugo in Paris. Directorsof the Victor Hugo Home and of Hauteville House (in Paris)(Directeur de la Maison de Victor Hugo et de HautevilleHouse) 1914 - 1932 Raymond Escholier (b. 1882 - d. 1971) 1934 - 1942 Paul Souchon (b. 1874 - d. 1951) 1942 - 1960 Jean Sergent1960 - 1979 Martine Ecalle (f) 1980 - 1995 Henri Cazaumayou (b. 1930 - d. 2009)1996 - 2010 Danielle Molinari (f) Sep 2010 - Gérard AudinetConservators (title Administrateur-régisseur)1927 - c.1970 ....c.1970 - c.1980 Roger Martin c.1983 - 1986 Robert Sabourin 1986 - 1995/97 Marie-Christine Lorang (f) 1998? - 2003 Véronique Bascoul (f) Jan 2003 - Odile Blanchette (f)Consul c.1947 Jean Lambert Honorary Consuls c.1970 - c.1980 Roger Martin c.1983 - 1986 Robert Sabourin 1986 - 1995/97 Marie-Christine Lorang (f) 1998? - 2003 Véronique Bascoul (f) Jan 2003 - Odile Blanchette (f)