Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
The lieutenant governor of Jersey, properly styled the lieutenant-governor of Jersey, is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a dependency of the British Crown.
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
The Bailiff greeting Lt Governor Andrew Ridgway in the Royal Square of St Helier on Liberation Day, 2010.
Bailiff Jean Hammond greeting Lt Governor William Norcott in an 1873 caricature.
Lt Governor Ridgway on Liberation Day, 2010
Jersey, officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq.
An 1893 painting of the Assize d'Heritage by John St Helier Lander
Liberation Day celebrations in Jersey, 9 May 2012
The States building in St. Helier
Sir John Chalmers McColl as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey