Governor of Pitcairn

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates

File:Flag of the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.svg
Flag of the governor of Pitcairn

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists

The Governor of Pitcairn[1] is the representative of the British monarch in the Pitcairn Islands, the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. Despite technically being under the authority of the colonial governor, Pitcairn has local autonomy.

Because of the dependency's small population (it peaked at 233 in the 1930s, and has since dwindled to 35 in 2023[2]), the British never considered it worthwhile to station a resident governor on Pitcairn. Instead, the Governor of Fiji doubled as governor of Pitcairn from 1898 onward. When Fiji became independent in 1970, the governorship of Pitcairn was transferred to the British high commissioner to New Zealand. The office is currently held by Iona Thomas.

Throughout the island's history, the authority of the British governor was almost never used. An exception was Governor Richard Fell's dismissal of Mayor Steve Christian, who was convicted in the Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004.

List of governors since 1970

File:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
No. Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Title Portrait Tenure Notes Monarch
From Until
1 Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy
(1916-1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg October 1970 January 1973 File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
2 Sir David Aubrey Scott
(1919–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg January 1973 1975 [3]
3 Sir Harold Smedley
(1920–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg February 1976 1980 [4]
4 Richard Stratton
(1924–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg September 1980 1984 [5]
5 Terence Daniel O'Leary
(1928–2006)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg July 1984 1987
6 Robin Byatt
(1930–2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg December 1987 1990
7 David Moss
(born 1938)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg September 1990 1994
8 Robert John Alston
(born 1938)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg August 1994 10 February 1998
9 Martin Williams
(born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg April 1998 2001
10 Richard Fell
(born 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg 10 December 2001 April 2006
11 George Fergusson
(born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:George Fergusson (cropped).jpg 2 May 2006 18 May 2010
– Mike Cherrett
(?–?)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Acting
Governor of PitcairnScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 		File:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg 19 May 2010 3 June 2010
12 Victoria "Vicki" Treadell
(born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Victoria Treadell (cropped).jpg 3 June 2010 July 2014
13 Jonathan Sinclair
(born 1970Script error: No such module "Unsubst".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Jonathan Sinclair (diplomat) (cropped).jpeg 15 August 2014 9 December 2017
– Robin Shackell
(?–?)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Acting
Governor of PitcairnScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 		File:Robin Shackell (cropped).jpg 9 December 2017 25 January 2018
14 Laura Clarke
(born 1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Governor of Pitcairn File:Laura Clarke 2018 (cropped).jpg 25 January 2018 7 July 2022
15 Iona Thomas Governor of Pitcairn File:Iona Thomas 2021.jpg 9 August 2022 Incumbent
File:King Charles III (July 2023).jpg

Charles III

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ While the territory is commonly called 'Pitcairn Islands', the official title of the office of her governor is 'Governor of Pitcairn' under section 27(1) of the Pitcairn Constitution Order, 2010 Template:Webarchive.
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ From 1 January 1974, Sir David Aubrey Scott.
  4. ↑ From 31 December 1977, Sir Harold Smedley.
  5. ↑ From 1982, Sir Richard Stratton.

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Pitcairn topics Script error: No such module "Navbox".

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Governor_of_Pitcairn&oldid=5491091"