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:Kevin Young

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
Name
TitlePortraitTenureNotesGovernor of PitcairnMonarch
FromUntil
1Fletcher Christian
Leader23 January 17903 October 1793N/AN/A
2Edward "Ned" Young
3 October 179325 December 1800
3John "Jack" Adams
25 December 18005 March 1829
Vacant5 March 1829October 1832
4Joshua Hill
PresidentOctober 18321838
5Edward Quintal
Magistrate18381839
Victoria
6Arthur Quintal I
18401841
7Fletcher Christian II
18421842
8Matthew McCoy
184318431st term
9Thursday October Christian II
184418441st term
10Arthur Quintal II
184518461st term
11Charles Christian II
18471847
12George Adams
18481848
13Simon Young
18491849
14Arthur Quintal II
185018502nd term
15Thursday October Christian II
185118512nd term
16Abraham Blatchly Quintal
18521852
17Matthew McCoy
185318532nd term
18Arthur Quintal II
185418543rd term
19George Martin Frederick Young
18553 May 1856
Vacant due to relocation to Norfolk Island18561864
20Thursday October Christian II
Magistrate186418643rd term
21Moses Young
186518661st term
22Thursday October Christian II
186718674th term
23Robert Pitcairn Buffett
18681868
24Moses Young
186918692nd term
25James Russell McCoy
187018721st term
26Thursday October Christian II
187318745th term
27Moses Young
187518753rd term
28Thursday October Christian II
187618776th term
29James Russell McCoy
187818792nd term
30Thursday October Christian II
188018807th term
31Moses Young
188118814th term
32Thursday October Christian II
188218828th term
33James Russell McCoy
188318833rd term
34Benjamin Stanley Young
188418851st term
35James Russell McCoy
188618894th term
36Charles Carleton Vieder Young
18901891
37Benjamin Stanley Young
189218922nd term
38James Russell McCoy
President of the Council189318965th term
39William Alfred Young
189718971st term
40James Russell McCoy
189719036th term

Edward VII
41William Alfred Young
190419042nd term
42James Russell McCoy
Magistrate190519067th term
43Arthur Herbert Young
190719071st term
44William Alfred Young
190819083rd term
45Matthew Edmond McCoy
19091909
46Gerard Bromley Robert Christian
19101919

George V
47Charles Richard Parkin Christian
192019201st term
48Frederick Martin Christian
192119211st term
49Charles Richard Parkin Christian
192219222nd term
50Edgar Allen Christian
192319241st term
51Charles Richard Parkin Christian
192519253rd term
52Richard Edgar Christian
192619291st term
53Arthur Herbert Young
193019312nd term
54Edgar Allen Christian
193219322nd term
55Charles Richard Parkin Christian
193319344th term
56Richard Edgar Christian
193519382nd term

Edward VIII

George VI
57Arthur Herbert Young
193919393rd term
58Richard Edgar Christian
194019403rd term
59Andrew Clarence David Young
19401940
60Arthur Herbert Young
194119414th term
61Frederick Martin Christian
194219432nd term
62Charles Richard Parkin Christian
194419455th term
63Norris Henry Young
19451948
64Charles Richard Parkin Christian
194919496th term
65Warren Clive Christian
195019511st term
66John Lorenzo Christian
195219541st term

Elizabeth II
67Charles Richard Parkin Christian
195519577th term
68Warren Clive Christian
195819592nd term
69John Lorenzo Christian
195919662nd term
70Pervis Ferris Young
1967December 1975
Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy
Sir David Aubrey Scott
71Ivan Christian
December 1975December 1984Sir Harold Smedley
Richard Stratton
72Brian Young
December 19841 January 1991Terence Daniel O'Leary
Robin Byatt
David Moss
73Jay Warren
1 January 19917 December 19991st term
Robert John Alston
Martin Williams
74Steve Christian
Mayor7 December 19998 November 2004
Richard Fell
75Brenda Christian
Acting Mayor8 November 200415 December 2004
76Jay Warren
Mayor1 January 200531 December 20072nd term

George Fergusson
77Mike Warren
1 January 200831 December 2013
Mike Cherrett

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

Jonathan Sinclair

Robin Shackell

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

Iona Thomas

Charles III
80Simon Young1 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