Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

male, deceased (1618)
poet, explorer, execution, "The Lost Colony", Roanoke Colony, governorofjersey…Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554 – 29 October, 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer. He was responsible for es...
George Carteret

George Carteret

male, deceased (1680)
governorofjersey, Royalist in the English Civil War, carolina, Lord of the Admiralty, Royal Navy officer, English Civil War…jersey, From jersey, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Baronet in the Baronetage of England, Treasurer of the Navy
Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet, son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as...
Amias Paulet

Amias Paulet

male, deceased (1588)
From Somerset, diplomat, English, governorofjersey, Mary Queen of Scots, Jean Hotman…lieutenant governor, jersey, governor
Sir Amias Paulet (1532-1588) was the son of Hugh Paulet and Philippa Pollard. His name is sometimes spelt 'Amyas'. In 1559 he was made Lieutenant...
Andrew Ridgway

Andrew Ridgway

male
British, Lieutenant-Governor, governorofjersey, Channel Islands, The Crown, Army Officer…jersey, Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, Politics of Jersey, Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant General Andrew Peter Ridgway, CB, CBE, became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 14 June 2006 after a long military career. He was born...

John Cheshire

male, 67 years old
governorofjersey, lieutenant governor, Air Chief Marshal, Channel Islands, Order of the British Empire, KBE…Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath, jersey
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cheshire KBE CB (born 1942) was the Lieutenant Governor of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Channel Islands from 24 January 2001...

Sir John Peyton

male, deceased (1630)
tower of london, knight, norwich, cambridgeshire, huntingdon, English…Earl of Leicester, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, governorofjersey
Sir John Peyton, Administrator and Soldier The son of John Peyton of Knowlton, Kent (d. 1558), and, Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tyndale. Knighted...

John Peyton

male
sir walter raleigh, tudor, jersey, governorofjersey, Sir John Peyton
Sir John Peyton was Governor of Jersey from 1603 to 1630, succeeding Sir Walter Raleigh after the latter's fall from royal favour.

Anthony Paulet

male, deceased (1600)
governorofjersey, From Somerset, 1st Baron Norreys, First Baron Poulett of Hinton St George, Master of Arts, Francis Hotman
Anthony Paulet (1562-1600) was Governor of the Isle of Jersey from 1588 until his death in 1600. Born at Hinton, St George, Somerset to Sir Amias...
Jean Cavalier

Jean Cavalier

male, deceased (1740)
governorofjersey, illiterate, louis xiv, Gard, Anduze, Marshal Villars
Jean Cavalier (November 28, 1681 - May, 1740), the famous chief of the Camisards, was born at Mas Roux, a small hamlet in the commune of Ribaute...
Henry Seymour Conway

Henry Seymour Conway

male, deceased (1795)
from Remenham, governorofjersey, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, chancellor of the exchequer, fox, General…jersey, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, British Secretary of State, House of Commons, British House of Commons
Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, he began his military career in the War of the...