Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
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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.
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Government House |
Appointer | Monarchy of the United Kingdom |
Term length | Five years[1] |
Formation | 1502 |
First holder | Sir Hugh Vaughan (as Governor of Jersey) |
Website | www |
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.