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Ascension is about 800 miles (1288 km.) northwest of St. Helena, 8 degrees south of the equator.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Portugal | 1501 | 1815 | Ascension | ||
To British Royal Navy | 1815 | 1823 | Ascension | ||
James Kearney White | 1815 | 1816 | Commandant | Ascension | |
William Roberts | 1816 | 1817 | Ascension | ||
James Thorn | 1817 | 1819 | Ascension | ||
Robert Campbell | 1819 | 1823 | Ascension | ||
To British Royal Marines | 1823 | 1844 | Ascension | ||
Edward Nicolls | 1823 | 1828 | Ascension | ||
William Bate | 1828 | 1838 | Ascension | ||
Hugh Evans | 1838 | 1839 | Ascension | ||
Roger Sawrey Tinklar | 1839 | 1840 | Ascension | ||
J. Wade | 1840 | 1840 | Ascension | ||
W. Lee | 1840 | 1841 | Ascension | ||
H. Bennett | 1841 | 1841 | Ascension | ||
W. Lee | r. 1841 | 1842 | Ascension | ||
Thomas Peard Dwyer | 1842 | 1844 | Ascension | ||
To British Royal Navy | 1844 | 1905 | Ascension | ||
T. C. C. Moore | 1844 | 1844 | Ascension | ||
John Fraser | 1844 | 1844 | Ascension | ||
Arthur Fleming Morrell | 1844 | 1847 | Ascension | ||
Frederick Hutton | 1847 | 1851 | Ascension | ||
William Hewgill Kitchen | 1851 | 1855 | Ascension | ||
George Alexander Seymour | 1855 | 1858 | Ascension | ||
William Farquharson Burnett | 1858 | 1861 | Ascension | ||
Frederick Lamport Barnard | 1861 | 1864 | Ascension | ||
F. Hammond | 1864 | 1866 | Ascension | ||
Walter James Hunt-Grubbe | 1866 | 1867 | Ascension | ||
Arthur Wilmshurst | 1867 | 1868 | Ascension | ||
J. G. Mead | 1868 | 1869 | Ascension | ||
R. W. Evans | 1869 | 1869 | Ascension | ||
E. F. Kirby | 1869 | 1872 | Ascension | ||
John Brazier Creagh | 1872 | 1874 | Ascension | ||
James Wylie East | 1874 | 1877 | Ascension | ||
Henry Bouchier Phillimore | 1877 | 1878 | Ascension | ||
Arthur George Robertson Roe | 1878 | 1882 | Ascension | ||
George Parsons | 1882 | 1886 | Ascension | ||
Richard Henry Napier | 1886 | 1890 | Ascension | ||
Richard Evans | 1890 | 1893 | Ascension | ||
J. G. Jones | 1893 | 1896 | Ascension | ||
John Edric Blaxland | 1896 | 1899 | Ascension | ||
George Northmore Arthur Pollard | 1899 | 1902 | Ascension | ||
Robert Kyle McAlpine | 1902 | 1905 | Ascension | ||
To British Royal Marines | 1905 | 1922 | Ascension | ||
Reginald Hallward Morgan | 1905 | 1908 | Ascension | ||
J. W. Dunstan | 1908 | 1910 | Ascension | ||
G. Carpenter | 1910 | 1913 | Ascension | ||
Henry Cleeve Bennett | 1913 | 1919 | Ascension | ||
Harold George Grant | 1919 | 1920 | Ascension | ||
Charles Arthur Tennyson | 1920 | 1922 | Ascension | ||
To Saint Helena | 1922 | Present | Ascension | ||
W. Haining | 1922 | 1925 | Resident-magistrate | Ascension | |
E. Lee Lander | 1925 | 1928 | Ascension | ||
Fred Wood | 1928 | 1929 | Ascension | ||
E. A. Willmott | 1929 | 1934 | Ascension | ||
Lionel Bartlett | 1934 | 1936 | Ascension | ||
Percy Edwin Bunker | 1936 | 1938 | Ascension | ||
C. Nias | 1938 | 1938 | Ascension | ||
Percy Edwin Bunker | r. 1938 | 1939 | Ascension | ||
Stephen Harold Cardwell | 1939 | 1944 | Ascension | ||
Maurice Campbell Clark | 1944 | 1947 | Ascension | ||
V. W. Oelrichs | 1947 | 1949 | Ascension | ||
Herbert Louis Nicholson Ascough | 1949 | 1951 | Ascension | ||
F. G. Eastwood | 1951 | 1952 | Ascension | ||
B. Stephens | 1952 | 1954 | Ascension | ||
A. R. Harrison | 1954 | 1955 | Ascension | ||
F. J. Atkins | 1955 | 1956 | Ascension | ||
A. R. Harrison | r. 1956 | 1958 | Ascension | ||
B. R. Irving | 1958 | 1958 | Ascension | ||
A. R. Harrison | rr. 1958 | 1961 | Ascension | ||
J. R. Bruce | 1961 | 1962 | Ascension | ||
J. Markham | 1962 | 1962 | Ascension | ||
J. R. Bruce | r. 1962 | 1964 | Ascension | ||
M. E. Wainwright | 1964 | 1966 | Administrator | Ascension | |
Anthony Grant Ayerst Beyts | 1966 | 1967 | Ascension | ||
H. W. D. McDonald | 1968 | 1973 | Ascension | ||
Geoffrey Colin Guy | 1973 | 1976 | Ascension | ||
G. McDonald | 1976 | 1977 | Ascension | ||
G. B. Kendal | 1977 | 1977 | Ascension | ||
Simon Gillett | 1977 | 1979 | Ascension | ||
P. Duncan | 1979 | 1980 | Ascension | ||
Bernard Edward Pauncefort | 1980 | 1982 | Ascension | ||
Ian George Thow | 1982 | 1984 | Ascension | ||
Michael T. S. Blick | 1984 | 1989 | Ascension | ||
J. J. Beale | 1989 | 1991 | Ascension | ||
Brian Norman Connelly | 1991 | 1995 | Ascension | ||
Roger C. Huxley | 1995 | 1999 | Ascension | ||
Geoffrey Fairhurst | 1999 | 2002 | Ascension | ||
Andrew Michael Kettlewell | 2002 | 2005 | Ascension | ||
Michael Thomas Hill | 2005 | 2008 | Ascension | ||
Ross Denny | 2008 | 2011 | Ascension | ||
Colin Wells | 2011 | 2014 | Ascension | ||
Marc Holland | 2014 | 2018 | Ascension | ||
Justine Allan | 2018 | 2018 | Ascension | ||
Steven Chandler | 2019 | 2020 | Ascension | ||
Sean Burns | 2020 | 2022 | Ascension | ||
Simon Minshull | 2022 | Present | Ascension |
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