Flag of the Governor of Saint Helena

The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and he or she is responsible for appointing the executive council, who advises the Governor on the running of the territory. The Governor takes sole responsibility for the administration of the territories two dependencies, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen-in-Parliament) legislative power. ... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (almost exclusively Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The President of the United States visits the President of the Philippines. ... Ascension Island from space, December 1990 Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and includes tiny satellite islands and rocks such as Boatswain Bird Island, Boatswain Bird Rock (East), White Rocks (South), and Tartar Rock (West, at the shore of Georgetown). ... Tristan da Cunha is a group of remote islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and also the name of its main island. ...

The current Governor is Michael Clancy. Michael Clancy is the Governor of St. ...

The Governor has his own flag in Saint Helena, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms. Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag or Union Jack is the flag most commonly associated with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and was also used throughout the former British Empire. ...

List of Governors of Saint Helena

The first Governor was appointed in 1836. Previously, the territory was administered by the East India Company. 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... East India Company was the name of several historic European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia for their respective countries. ...

1. 1836 Major General George Middlemore
2. 1842 Colonel Hamelin Trelawney
3. 1846 Major General Sir Patrick Ross
4. 1851 Colonel Sir Thomas Gore Browne
5. 1856 Sir Edward Hay Drummond Hay
6. 1863 Admiral Sir Charles Elliot
7. 1870 Vice Admiral C.G.E. Patey
8. 1873 Hudson Ralph Janisch
9. 1890 W. Grey Wilson
10. 1897 Robert Armitage Sterndale
11. 1903 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Galway
12. 1912 Major Sir Harry Cordeaux
13. 1920 Colonel Sir Robert Peel
14. 1925 Sir Charles Harper
15. 1932 Sir Spencer Davis
16. 1938 Sir Guy Pilling
17. 1941 Major William Bain Gray
18. 1947 Sir George Joy
19. 1954 Sir James Harford
20. 1958 Sir Robert Alford
21. 1962 Sir John Field
22. 196? Sir Dermod Murphy
23. 1971 Sir Thomas Oates
24. 1976 Sir Geoffrey Guy
25. 1981 Sir John Dudley Massingham
26. 1984 Francis Eustace Baker
27. 1988 Robert F Stimson
28. 1991 Alan Hoole
29. 1995 David Leslie Smallman
30. 1999 David Hollamby
31. 2004 Michael Clancy

Michael Clancy is the Governor of St. ...

External link

• Saint Helena Government- "Office of the Governor

Governors and Civil Commissioners of the British overseas territories
Overseas territories: Governor of Anguilla | Governor of Bermuda | Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory | Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory | Governor of the British Virgin Islands | Governor of the Cayman Islands | Governor of the Falkland Islands | Governor of Gibraltar | Governor of Montserrat | Governor of the Pitcairn Islands | Governor of Saint Helena | Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown dependencies: Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man