SAINT HELENA

Jurisdiction over the island of Saint Helena was - and still is - divided
between France and Great Britain. 




FRENCH POSSESSIONS ON SAINT HELENA

In 1858 the British government ceded two sites on Saint Helena related to the 
forced stay of the deposed Emperor Napoléon I on the island - Longwood House
(where he spent the last years of his life) and the Valley of the Tomb (where
his remnants were buried until 1840) - to France. (1)

(1) To these two sites, over which France has full sovreignity, was added
    in 1959 Briars Pavilion, where the Emperor spent the first days of his
    stay on the island.

    The "Domaines français de l'île Sainte Hélène" was one of the first of
    the French oversea territories to rally to the Free French Movement in
    1940. 
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS

Representatives and Conservators of the French Possessions on Saint Helena
Représentants et Conservateurs des Domaines français de Sainte Héléne

(subordinated to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

1867 - 1907   ... Solomon, acting administrator 

              Warden of Longwood
              Gardien du Domaine de Longwood

              1867 - 1873   ... Moutardeau

              Warden of the Tomb
              Gardien du Domaine de la Tombe

              1867 - 1873   ... Mareschal

              Warden of the Tomb and of Longwood
              Gardien des Domaines de la Tombe et de Longwood

              1873 - 1907   ... Morilleau   
 
1907 - 1917   Henri Roger
1917 - 1945   Georges Colin 




BRITISH COLONY OF SAINT HELENA

The island of St Helena - formally a Dutch possession - was occupied by the
H.E.I.C. (Honorable East India Compagny) in 1661. With the a brief exception 
in the period 1815 - 1821 it remained under Company controle until 1834 when
it became a Crown Colony. 

See also ASCENSION
         TRISTAN DA CUNHA


BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS

Governors
 
1870 - 1873   Charles George Edward Patey
1873 - 1884   Hudson Ralph Janish
1884 - 1887   Grant Blunt
1887 - 1897   William Grey-Wilson                            1852 - 1926
1897 - 1902   Robert Armitage Sterndale                      1839 - 1902
1902 - 1903   ...
1903 - 1911   Henry Lionel Gallwey                           1859 - 1949
1912 - 1920   Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux                  1870 - 1943
1920 - 1924   Robert Francis Peel                            1874 - 1924
1924 - 1925   ...
1925 - 1932   Sir (1930) Charles Henry Harper                1876 - 1950
1932 - 1938   Sir Steuart Spencer Davis                      1875 - 1950
1938 - 1941   Henry Guy Pilling                              1886 - 1953
1941 - 1947   William Bain Gray                              1886 - 1949



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