Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

'Governor of Jersey' redirects here, an article about the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey in the Channel Islands. For the chief executives of the US state of New Jersey, informally also known as 'Jersey', see Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
Coat of arms of Jersey
Flag of the lieutenant governor of Jersey
Incumbent
Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd
since 8 October 2022
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceGovernment House
AppointerThe Monarch
Term lengthFive years[1]
Formation1502
First holderSir Hugh Vaughan
(as Governor of Jersey)
Websitewww.governmenthouse.gov.je

The lieutenant governor of Jersey (Jèrriais: Gouvèrneux d'Jèrri, "Governor of Jersey"), properly styled the lieutenant-governor of Jersey[2] (French: Lieutenant-Gouverneur de Jersey), is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a dependency of the British Crown.

Presently, there is no governor of Jersey (French: Gouverneur de Jersey), the role having devolved its responsibilities onto the lieutenant governors and then been discontinued in 1854. The position of lieutenant governor is now itself largely ceremonial, with day-to-day responsibility over most functions of government overseen by the Chief Minister of Jersey and judicial and certain other official matters overseen by the Bailiff of Jersey.

  1. ^ "Government House". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ Government House, St Saviour: Office of the Lieutenant-Governor, 2024.