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Governor of the Cayman Islands

The governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resident in the United Kingdom, is appointed by the monarch from the staff of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and is responsible for appointing the premier, who is the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the Legislature.

Governor of the Cayman Islands

1750

William Cartwright

Deputy Governor of The Cayman Islands Franz Maderson

The governorship has been held by Jane Owen since April 2023.[1]


The governor has her own flag, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms. The official residence of the governor is the Government House in Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman.

History[edit]

Until 1962, the Cayman Islands were administered as a dependency of Jamaica. When Jamaica gained independence, the islands were split and became a separate Crown colony. An administrator was appointed to the islands in 1959. After 1971, the British government appointed a governor. In 2013 Helen Kilpatrick became the Cayman Islands' first female governor. In 2023, Jane Owen became the second female governor.

William Cartwright (1750–1776)

William Bodden (1776–1823)

James Coe the Elder (1823–1829)

John Drayton (1829–1842)

James Coe the Younger (1842–1855)

William Eden (1855–1879)

William Bodden Webster (1879–1888)

Edmund Parsons (1888–1907)

(1898–1906)

Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti

George Stephenson Hirst (1907–1912)

Arthur C Robinson (1912–1919)

Hugh Houston Hutchings (1919–1929)

Captain G. H. Frith (1929–1931)

Ernest Arthur Weston (1931–1934)

CMG (later Sir Allan) (1934–1940)

Allan Wolsey Cardinall

Albert C. Panton Snr, MBE (acting) (1940–1941)

John Perry Jones (1941–1946)

(later CMG, OBE) (1946–1952)

Ivor Otterbein Smith

Andrew Morris Gerrard, CMG (1952–1956)

Alan Hillard Donald (1956 – 4 July 1959)

CMG, MBE, DFC (1960–1964)[2]

Wing Commander Jack Rose

CMG, MBE, TD (1964–1968)

John Alfred Cumber

[3] (1968 – August 22, 1971)

Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long

[3] (22 August 1971 – 1972)

Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long

(1972–1974)

Kenneth Roy Crook

(1974–1981)

Thomas Russell

(1982 – 10 June 1987)

George Peter Lloyd

(June 10, 1987 – September 14, 1992)

Alan James Scott

(14 September 1992 – 16 October 1995)

Michael Edward John Gore

(16 October 1995 – 5 May 1999)

John Wynne Owen

(5 May 1999 – 9 May 2002)

Peter Smith

(19 May 2002 – 28 October 2005)

Bruce Dinwiddy

(23 November 2005 – 2 December 2009)

Stuart Jack

(15 January 2010 – 7 August 2013)

Duncan Taylor

(6 September 2013 – 5 March 2018)[4][5]

Helen Kilpatrick

(26 March 2018 – 20 October 2018)[6]

Anwar Choudhury

(29 October 2018 – 29 March 2023) [7]

Martyn Roper

(21 April 2023 – present) [8]

Jane Owen

Cayman Islands Government

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