Governor of the Falkland Islands 1982680 215238398 2008-05-27T09:44:02Z Justin A Kuntz 4788766 /* Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour */ Oops, wrong wikilink, corrected it. {{Politics of the Falkland Islands}} Nowadays, the '''Governor of the Falkland Islands''' is the local representative of the [[British Crown]] in the [[Falkland Islands]]. Historically, [[Argentina]], [[France]] and [[Spain]] have also had control and local representatives. ==List of Governors== [[Image:Flag of the Governor of the Falkland Islands.svg|thumb|200px|The current flag of the Governor of the Falkland Islands.]] ===Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1764 || 1767 || [[Antoine Louis de Bougainville]] |} ===Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1767 || 1768 || [[Captain John McBride]], HMS Jason |- | 1768 || 1769 || Capt. [[Rayner]] |- | 1769 || 1770 || Capt. [[Anthony Hunt]], HMS Tamar |- | 1770 || 1770 || Capt. [[George Farmer]], HMS Favourite |- | 1771 || 1772 || Capt. [[John Burr]], HMS Hound |- | 1773 || 1776 || Lt. [[Samuel Wittewrong Clayton]] |} ===Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Port Soledad=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1767 || 1773 || [[Felipe Ruíz Puente]] |- | 1773 || 1774 || [[Domingo Chauria]] |- | 1774 || 1777 || [[Francisco Gil Lemos]] |- | 1777 || 1779 || [[Ramón de Carassa]] |- | 1779 || 1781 || [[Salvador de Medina]] |- | 1781 || 1783 || [[Jacinto de Altolaguirre]] |- | 1783 || 1784 || [[Fulgencio Montemayor]] |- | 1784 || 1786 || [[Augustín Figueroa]] |- | 1786 || 1787 || [[Pedro de Mesa y Casto]] |- | 1787 || 1788 || [[Ramón Clairac]] |- | 1788 || 1789 || [[Pedro de Mesa y Casto]] (second time) |- | 1789 || 1790 || [[Ramón Clairac]] |- | 1790 || 1791 || [[Juan José de Elizalde]] |- | 1791 || 1792 || [[Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto]] |- | 1792 || 1793 || [[Juan José de Elizalde]] |- | 1793 || 1794 || [[Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto]] |- | 1794 || 1795 || [[José Aldana Ortega]] |- | 1795 || 1796 || [[Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto]] (second time) |- | 1796 || 1797 || [[José Aldana Ortega]] |- | 1797 || 1798 || [[Luis de Medina Torres]] |- | 1798 || 1799 || [[Francisco Javier de Viana]] |- | 1799 || 1800 || [[Luis de Medina Torres]] (second time) |- | 1800 || 1801 || [[Francisco Javier de Viana]] |- | 1801 || 1802 || [[Ramón Fernández Villegas]] |- | 1802 || 1803 || [[Bernardo Bonavía]] |- | 1803 || 1804 || [[Antonio Leal de Ibarra]] |- | 1804 || 1805 || [[Bernardo Bonavía]] |- | 1805 || 1806 || [[Antonio Leal de Ibarra]] |- | 1806 || 1809 || [[Bernardo Bonavía]] |- | 1809 || 1810 || [[Gerardo Bordas]] |- | 1810 || 1811 || [[Pablo Guillén]] |} ===Argentine Governors of Port Soledad (Port Louis)=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1823 || 1828 || [[Pablo Areguatyi]] |- | 1829 || 1831 || [[Luis Vernet]] |- | 1832 || 1832 || [[Juan Esteban Mestivier]] |} ===Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1833 || 1833 || [[William Dickson (Falklands)|William Dickson]] (interim) |- | 1833 || 1838 || Lt. [[Henry Smith (Falkland Islands Governor)|Henry Smith]] |- | 1838 || 1839 || Lt. [[Robert Lowcay]] |- | 1839 || 1839 || Lt. Robinson |- | 1839 || 1841 || Lt. [[John Tyssen]] |} ===Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at [[Port Louis, Falkland Islands|Anson's Harbour]]=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name ! |- | 1841 || 1843 || Lt. [[Richard Clement Moody]] |} ===Governor of the Falkland Islands at [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Port Stanley]]=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1843 || 1848 || Lt. [[Richard Clement Moody]] |- | 1848 || 1855 || Lt. [[George Rennie (sculptor and politician)|George Rennie]] |- | 1855 || 1862 || Capt. [[Thomas Edward Laws Moore]] |- | 1862 || 1866 || Capt. [[James George Mackenzie]] |- | 1866 || 1870 || [[William Cleaver Francis Robinson]], CMG |- | 1870 || 1876 || Colonel [[George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy]] |- | 1876 || 1880 || [[Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan]] |- | 1880 || 1886 || [[Thomas Kerr (governor)|Thomas Kerr]], CMG |- | 1886 || 1887 || [[Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly]] |- | 1887 || 1891 || [[Thomas Kerr(governor)|Thomas Kerr]], CMG |- | 1891 || 1897 || Sir [[Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy]], KCMG |- | 1897 || 1904 || Sir [[William Grey-Wilson]], KCMG |- | 1904 || 1915 || Sir [[William Lamond Allardyce]], KCMG |- | 1915 || 1920 || Sir [[William Douglas Young]], KBE, CMG |- | 1920 || 1927 || Sir [[John Middleton (administrator)|John Middleton]], KBE, CMG |- | 1927 || 1931 || Sir [[Arnold Weinholt Hodson]], KCMG |- | 1931 || 1934 || Sir [[James O'Grady]], KCMG |- | 1935 || 1941 || Sir [[Herbert Henniker-Heaton]], KCMG |- | 1941 || 1946 || Sir [[Allan Wolsey Cardinall]], KBE, CMG |- | 1946 || 1954 || Sir [[Geoffrey Miles Clifford]], KBE, CMG, ED |- | 1954 || 1957 || Sir [[Oswald Raynor Arthur]], KCMG, CVO |- | 1957 || 1964 || Sir [[Edwin Porter Arrowsmith]], KCMG |- | 1964 || 1970 || Sir [[Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard]], KCMG, MBE |- | 1971 || 1975 || Sir [[Ernest Gordon Lewis]], CMG, OBE |- | 1975 || 1977 || Sir [[Neville Arthur Irwin French]], CMG, MVO |- | 1977 || 1980 || Sir [[James Roland Walter Parker]], CMG, OBE |- | 1980 || 2 Apr 1982 || Sir [[Rex Masterman Hunt]], CMG |} ===Argentine Military Commander at Puerto Argentino=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |+ |- |2 Apr 1982 || 3 Apr 1982 || General [[Oswaldo Jorge Garcia]] (interim) |- |3 Apr 1982 || 14 Jun 1982 || Brigadier General [[Mario Benjamín Menéndez]] |} ===British Military Commander at Port Stanley=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 14 Jun 1982 || 25 Jun 1982 || Brigadier [[Jeremy Moore|John Jeremy Moore]] |} ===Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- |25 Jun 1982 || 16 Oct 1985 || Sir [[Rex Masterman Hunt]], CMG |} ===Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)=== {| class="wikitable" !From !To !Name |- | 1985 || 1988 || [[Gordon Wesley Jewkes]], CMG |- | 1988 || 1992 || [[William Hugh Fullerton]], CMG |- | 1992 || 1996 || [[David Everard Tatham]], CMG |- | 1996 || 1999 || [[Richard Peter Ralph]], CMG, CVO |- | 1999 || 2002 || [[Donald Alexander Lamont]] |- |2002 ||2002 || [[Russ Jarvis]] (''acting'') |- |2002 ||2006 || [[Howard John Stredder Pearce]], CMG |- |2006 ||2006 || [[Harriet Hall]] (''acting'') |- |2006 ||present || [[Alan Huckle]] |} ==External links== * [http://www.falklands.gov.fk/organisation.php Falkland Islands Government - Organisation] *[http://www.falklands.info/background/governors.html Falkland Island info] *[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Falklands.html World Statesmen] <div class="Boxmerge"> {{Falkland Islands topics}} {{British dependencies governors}} </div> [[Category:Governors of the Falkland Islands| ]] [[Category:Lists of governors|Falkland Islands, Governors]] [[Category:Lists of British people]] [[Category:Government of Argentina]] [[de:Liste der Gouverneure der Falklandinseln]] [[nl:Lijst van gouverneurs van de Falklandeilanden]] [[es:Gobernadores de Malvinas]] [[pl:Gubernatorzy Falklandów]]