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List Of Governors Of Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of France .

Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey , until the role was abolished in 1835 . Since then, only Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed (see Lieutenant Governor Of Guernsey ).

15TH CENTURY

Edmund Weston , ( 1486 - 1509 )

16TH CENTURY

Sir Richard Weston ( 1509 - 1522 )

Sir Francis Weston ( 1533 - 1541 )

Sir Richard Long ( 1541 - 1545 )

Sir Peter Mewtis ( 1545 - 1553 )

Sir Leonard Chamberlain ( 1553 - 1561 )

Sir Francis Chamberlain ( 1561 - 1570 )

Sir Thomas Leighton ( 1570 - 1609 )

17TH CENTURY

George, Lord Carew Of Clopton, Earl Of Totnes ( 1610 - 1621 )

Henry Danvers, 1st Earl Of Danby ( 1621 - 1644 )

Robert, Earl Of Warwick ( 1643 - 1644 )

Sir Peter Osborne ( 1644 - 1649 )

Henry, Lord Percy ( 1649 - 1650 )

Colonel Alban Coxe ( 1649 - 1650 )

Colonel John Bingham ( 1651 - 1660 )

Major Henry Wanseye ( 1660 )

Sir Hugh Pollard ( 1660 - 1662 )

Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton Of Kirby ( 1662 - 1665 )

Colonel Sir Jonathan Atkins ( 1665 - 1670 )

Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton Of Grendon ( 1670 - 1706 )

18TH CENTURY

General Charles Churchill ( 1706 - 1711 )

Lieutenant-General Daniel, Lord Harvey ( 1715 - 1732 )

The Rt Hon George, Earl Of Cholmondley ( 1732 )

Major-General Richard Sutton ( 1735 - 1737 )

Field Marshal François De La Rochefoucauld, Marquis De Montandré

Algernon, Lord Percy, Earl Of Northumberland And Duke Of Somerset - ( 1742 )

Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier ( 1750 - 1752 )

General John, Earl De La Warr ( 1752 - 1766 )

Sir Richard Lyttleton ( 1766 )

Field Marshal Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ( 1770 - 1794 )

General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey of Howick ( 1797 )

19TH CENTURY

Lieutenant-General George Herbert, 11th Earl Of Pembroke ( 1807 – 1827 )

Sir William Keppel ( 1827 – 1834 )

SEE ALSO

List Of Bailiffs Of Guernsey

List Of Lieutenant Governors Of Guernsey