Guernsey, one of the major islands of the Anglo - Norman territory of the Channel
Islands became a separate administrative unit (bailiwick) in the course of the 13th
century and remained so ever since. (1)
From 1940 to 1945 the island was occupied and administered by Germany.
(1) The bailiwick of Guernsey also comprized the following islands :
- Alderney
- Sark
- the minor islands of Herm, Jethou and Lihou
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant Governors
1842 - 1848 MajGen. Sir William Francis Patrick
Napier 1785 - 1860
1848 - 1854 Sir John Bell
1854 - 1856 William Thomas Knollys 1797 - 1883
1856 - 1859 George Judd Harding
1859 - 1864 MajGen. Marcus John Slade
1864 - 1869 MajGen. Charles Rochfort Scott
1869 - 1874 MajGen. Edward Charles Frome 1802 - 1890
1874 - 1879 MajGen. St. George Ferald Foley 1814 - 1897
1879 - 1883 MajGen. Alexander Abercromby Nelson 1816 - 1893
1883 - 1885 Henry Andrew Sarel
1885 - 1889 John Henry Ford Elkington
1889 - 1894 Edward Gascoyne Bulwer 1829 - 1910
1894 - 1899 Nathaniel Stevenson 1840 - 1911
1899 - 1903 MajGen. Michael Henry Savard
1903 - 1908 Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell 1845 - 1918
1908 - 1911 Robert Auld 1848 - 1911
1911 - 1914 Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton 1854 - 1944
1914 Henry Merrick Lawson 1859 - 1933
1914 - 1918 Gen. Reginald Clare Hart 1848 - 1931
1918 - 1920 Gen. Launcelot Edward Kiggell 1862 - 1954
1920 - 1925 John Edward Capper 1861 - 1955
1925 - 1929 Sir Charles John Sackville-West
(1928 : Baron Sackville) 1870 - 1962
1929 - 1934 Edward Henry Willis 1870 - 1961
1934 - 1939 Edward Nicholson Broadbent 1875 - 1944
1939 - 1940 Alexander Telfer-Smollett 1884 - 1954
1940 MajGen. John Minshull-Ford, left the
island as Germans prepared to invade 1881 - 1948
1940 - 1945 none (2)
(2) Baillif Victor Gosselin Carey (1871 - 1957) toke over as acting Lieutenant
Governor.
Soon afterwards a Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey was set
up to direct the island's affairs for the duration of the occupation
Presidents of the Controlling Committee.
1940 Ambrose Sherwill, dismissed by
the Germans 1871 - 1957
1940 - 1945 John Leale 1892 - 1969
Bailiffs
1845 - 1883 Sir Peter Stafford Carey 1803 - 1886
1883 - 1884 John de Havilland Utermarck 1818 - 1884
1884 - 1895 Sir Edgar McCulloch
1895 - 1902 Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey 1832 - 1906
1902 - 1908 Sir Henry Alexander Giffard 1838 - 1927
1908 - 1915 William Carey 1853 - 1915
1915 - 1922 Sir Edward Chepmell Ozanne 1852 - 1929
1922 - 1929 Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez 1861 - 1941
1929 - 1935 Arthur William Bell 1868 - 1935
1935 - 1946 Victor Gosselin Carey s.a.
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GERMAN AND BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS DURING WWII
The first German administrator was the commander of the invasion troops.
Later a military adminstration subordinated to the Feld- and Platzkommandanten of
the Channel Islands was set up.
After liberation the island was briefly under British military administration
(See also Channel Islands for the military leaders)
Commander of the invading forces
1940 Maj. Albrecht Lanz
Commanders of the Branch Guernsey
Kommandanten der Nebenstelle Guernsey
1940 Wilhelm Kratzer
1940 - 1945 ... Brosch
1945 Capt. ... von Reich
Head of the British Military Government for Guernsey
1945 C. G. Stuart
In 1826 the island of Alderney, which since 1584 had been governed by hereditary
governors, came under the direct supervision of the Governor/Lieutenant - Governor
of Guernsey. It kept however its own administration.
From 1940 to 1945 Alderney was occupied by Germany, a regular administration being
however only set up in 1941.
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ADMINISTRATORS
Judges of Alderney
1836 - 1856 Jean Gaudion 1... - 1856
1856 Nicholas Barbenson* (2x)
1856 - 1876 Thomas Clucas 1... - 1876
1876 Jean Pezet*
1876 - 1892 Thomas Nicholas Barbenson 1... - 1892
1892 Peter Herivel*
1892 - 1897 John A. Le Cocq
1897 - 1912 Nicholas P. Barbenson 1838 - 1928
1913 - 1938 Robert W. Mellish 1869 - 1938
1938 A. C. Tourgis*
1938 - 1947 Frederick G. French 1889 - 1963
German Administrators of Alderney during WWII
(Subordinated to Guernsey)
Sonderführer
1941 - 194. Heinz Herzog
194. - 1945 ... Richter
The Lordship of Sark was founded in 1565, when the uninhabited island was granted
to the family of de Carteret of Jersey, becoming a selfgoverning fief of the Crown.
Like the other islands Sark was occupied by the Germans From 1940 to 1945, although
it kept its own administration.
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HEADS OF STATE AND ADMINISTRATORS
Lords and Dames of Sark
House Le Pelley
(ruled since 1730)
1839 - 1849 Ernest 1801 - 1849
1849 - 1852 Pierre Carey, sold the island to the
following
House Allaire
1852 - 1853 Marie° (married Collings) 1791 - 1853
House Collings
1853 - 1882 William Thomas, son 1824 - 1882
1882 - 1927 William Frederick, son 1882 - 1927
1927 - 1974 Sybil Mary°, daughter (married Beaumont
1901 - 1918, Hathaway 1929 - 1954) 1884 - 1974
Seneschals of the Court
The Seneschal was the major of the islands officers. He acted as Island Judge and
as President of Chief Pleas (the parliament), whose committees were in charge of
the administration of the island.
1841 - 1821 Philippe Guille
1851 - 1876 Thomas Godfray
1876 - 1881 William de Carteret
1881 - 1891 Abraham Baker
1891 - 1920 Thomas Godfray
1920 - 1922 Kenneth Campbell
1922 - 1925 Ashby Taylor
1925 - 1937 Frederick de Carteret
1937 - 1945 William Carré
German Representatives during WWII
(Subordinated to Guernsey)
1940 - 1942 ... Herdt, deposed
1942 - 1943 Maj. Johann Hinkel 1... - 1943
1943 - 1945 ...
The islands of Herm, Jethou and Lihou were possessions of the English Crown.
Except for granite quarrying - at its highest in the first half of the 19th century
- there was little economic activity and the islands were often uninhabited.
On occasion, the Crown leased them to particuliers or companies (known as tenats)
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TENANTS
Tenants of Herm
1815 - 1860 The Herm Mining Company (mainly concerned
with granite quarrying)
1860 - 18.. Col. ... Fielding
1891 - 1914 Gebbard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt 1836 - 1916
1920 - 1923 Sir Compton Mackenzie 1883 - 1972
1923 - 1939 Sir Percival Perry 1878 - 1956
Tenant of Jethou
1920 - 1934 Sir Compton Mackenzie s.a.
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