List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Pitcairn
Insignia:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands.svg
Insigniasize:125px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands
Incumbent:Simon Young
Incumbentsince:1 January 2023
Style:Mayor
Member Of:Island Council
Seat:Adamstown
Appointer:Governor of Pitcairn
Popular vote
Termlength:3 years; renewable
Formation:7 December 1999
Deputy:Deputy Mayor

The Pitcairn Islands, a group of islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, are the last remaining British Overseas Territory in Oceania. Settled by mutineers from the in 1790, the island was effectively sovereign until 1898, when it was annexed by the United Kingdom and placed under the jurisdiction of the governor of Fiji. When Fiji became independent in 1970, Pitcairn Island was placed under the authority of the British high commissioner (ambassador) to New Zealand. In practice, partly due to its isolation, Pitcairn has effectively had internal self-government throughout this period. From 1790 to 1829, the local head of government was known simply as the leader. They had a president from 1832 to 1838, and a magistrate from that time until 1999, except for an eleven-year gap from 1893 to 1904, when the chief official was the president of the Council. In 1999, the magistrate's non-judicial functions were transferred to the new office of mayor.

Local heads of government (1790–present)

Pitcairn Islands
align=center rowspan="2" Name
TitlePortraitTenureNotesGovernor of PitcairnMonarch
FromUntil
align=center 1Fletcher Christian
Leader23 January 17903 October 1793N/AN/A
align=center 2Edward "Ned" Young
Leader3 October 179325 December 1800
align=center 3John "Jack" Adams
Leader25 December 18005 March 1829
align=center –Vacant5 March 1829October 1832
align=center 4Joshua Hill
PresidentOctober 18321838
align=center 5Edward Quintal
Magistrate18381839
Victoria
align=center 6Arthur Quintal I
Magistrate18401841
align=center 7Fletcher Christian II
Magistrate18421842
align=center 8Matthew McCoy
Magistrate184318431st term
align=center 9Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate184418441st term
align=center 10Arthur Quintal II
Magistrate184518461st term
align=center 11Charles Christian II
Magistrate18471847
align=center 12George Adams
Magistrate18481848
align=center 13Simon Young
Magistrate18491849
align=center 14Arthur Quintal II
Magistrate185018502nd term
align=center 15Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate185118512nd term
align=center 16Abraham Blatchly Quintal
Magistrate18521852
align=center 17Matthew McCoy
Magistrate185318532nd term
align=center 18Arthur Quintal II
Magistrate185418543rd term
align=center 19George Martin Frederick Young
Magistrate18553 May 1856
align=center –Vacant due to relocation to Norfolk Island18561864
align=center 20Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate186418643rd term
align=center 21Moses Young
Magistrate186518661st term
align=center 22Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate186718674th term
align=center 23Robert Pitcairn Buffett
Magistrate18681868
align=center 24Moses Young
Magistrate186918692nd term
align=center 25James Russell McCoy
Magistrate187018721st term
align=center 26Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate187318745th term
align=center 27Moses Young
Magistrate187518753rd term
align=center 28Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate187618776th term
align=center 29James Russell McCoy
Magistrate187818792nd term
align=center 30Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate188018807th term
align=center 31Moses Young
Magistrate188118814th term
align=center 32Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate188218828th term
align=center 33James Russell McCoy
Magistrate188318833rd term
align=center 34Benjamin Stanley Young
Magistrate188418851st term
align=center 35James Russell McCoy
Magistrate188618894th term
align=center 36Charles Carleton Vieder Young
Magistrate18901891
align=center 37Benjamin Stanley Young
Magistrate189218922nd term
align=center 38James Russell McCoy
President of the Council189318965th term
align=center 39William Alfred Young
President of the Council189718971st term
align=center rowspan="2" 40James Russell McCoy
President of the Council189719036th term

Edward VII
align=center 41William Alfred Young
President of the Council190419042nd term
align=center 42James Russell McCoy
Magistrate190519067th term
align=center 43Arthur Herbert Young
Magistrate190719071st term
align=center 44William Alfred Young
Magistrate190819083rd term
align=center 45Matthew Edmond McCoy
Magistrate19091909
align=center rowspan="2" 46Gerard Bromley Robert Christian
Magistrate19101919

George V
align=center 47Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate192019201st term
align=center 48Frederick Martin Christian
Magistrate192119211st term
align=center 49Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate192219222nd term
align=center 50Edgar Allen Christian
Magistrate192319241st term
align=center 51Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate192519253rd term
align=center 52Richard Edgar Christian
Magistrate192619291st term
align=center 53Arthur Herbert Young
Magistrate193019312nd term
align=center 54Edgar Allen Christian
Magistrate193219322nd term
align=center 55Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate193319344th term
align=center rowspan="3" 56Richard Edgar Christian
Magistrate193519382nd term

Edward VIII

George VI
align=center 57Arthur Herbert Young
Magistrate193919393rd term
align=center 58Richard Edgar Christian
Magistrate194019403rd term
align=center 59Andrew Clarence David Young
Magistrate19401940
align=center 60Arthur Herbert Young
Magistrate194119414th term
align=center 61Frederick Martin Christian
Magistrate194219432nd term
align=center 62Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate194419455th term
align=center 63Norris Henry Young
Magistrate19451948
align=center 64Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate194919496th term
align=center 65Warren Clive Christian
Magistrate195019511st term
align=center rowspan="2" 66John Lorenzo Christian
Magistrate195219541st term

Elizabeth II
align=center 67Charles Richard Parkin Christian
Magistrate195519577th term
align=center 68Warren Clive Christian
Magistrate195819592nd term
align=center 69John Lorenzo Christian
Magistrate195919662nd term
align=center rowspan="3" 70Pervis Ferris Young
Magistrate1967December 1975

Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy

Sir David Aubrey Scott
71Ivan Christian
MagistrateDecember 1975December 1984
Sir Harold Smedley

Richard Stratton
72Brian Young
MagistrateDecember 19841 January 1991
Terence Daniel O'Leary

Robin Byatt

David Moss
73Jay Warren
Magistrate1 January 19917 December 19991st term

Robert John Alston

Martin Williams
74Steve Christian
Mayor7 December 19998 November 2004

Richard Fell
align=center 75Brenda Christian
Acting Mayor8 November 200415 December 2004
76Jay Warren
Mayor1 January 200531 December 20072nd term

George Fergusson
77Mike Warren
Mayor1 January 200831 December 2013

Mike Cherrett

Victoria "Vicki" Treadell
78Shawn Christian
Mayor1 January 201431 December 2019

Jonathan Sinclair

Robin Shackell

Laura Clarke
79Charlene Warren-Peu
Mayor1 January 202031 December 2022

Iona Thomas

Charles III
80Simon YoungMayor1 January 2023Incumbent
Sources: Pitcairn Island Civil Recorder (1864–1964)[1]

Colonial governors (1898–present)

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See also

Notes and References

  1. https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/19431/20/4-b%201503%20to%201614%20Laws%20of%20Pitcairn%2C%20Shapiro%2C%20correspondence.pdf Pitcairn Island Civil Recorder

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