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14 unusual facts about Governor of Gibraltar


Adolphus Dalrymple

In June 1806 he was appointed military secretary to his father, by then Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar.

Adrian Johns

On 9 June 2009, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Johns would succeed Sir Robert Fulton as Governor of Gibraltar later that year.

Catalan Bay

They were required to have a fishing permit granted to them by the Governor and only a limited number of permits were issued.

David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore

General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC (c. 1656 – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar.

Gibraltar Confederation of Labour

However, he was deported by the Governor on the grounds of being a member of the Communist Party.

Gibraltar passport

on Gibraltar-issued passports, The Governor of Gibraltar replaces Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State.

Main Street, Gibraltar

The street's route has only had minor adjustment when the front of the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned was re-modeled and downsized in 1801 in order to straighten the street on the orders of the British Governor, Charles O'Hara.

Sandy Bay, Gibraltar

They were officially opened by Governor George Stuart White in 1901.

Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet

General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, (15 June 1860 – 7 December 1929) was a British Army General during World War I and Governor of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1929.

The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782

It depicts the Governor General George Augustus Eliott, riding to the edge of the battlements to direct the rescue of the defeated Spanish sailors by the British.

The painting was then loaned to the Governor's residence in Gibraltar, but since 1993 loaned for exhibition/gallery display at the Gibraltar Museum.

The Governor of Gibraltar, General George Augustus Eliott, is on horseback pointing to the rescue of the defeated Spanish sailors by the British.

Unsinkable Sam

The loss of Ark Royal proved the end of Sam's shipborne career and he was transferred first to the offices of the Governor in Gibraltar, and then sent back to the United Kingdom, where he saw out the remainder of the war living in a seaman's home in Belfast.

William Hargrave

Lieutenant General William Hargrave (died 21 January 1751) was Governor of Gibraltar.


Aaron Cardozo

Cardozo promoted the interests of the British Government and as delegate of General Henry Edward Fox, the Governor of Gibraltar, concluded a treaty on November 5, 1805, with Sidi Mahomet, Bey of Oran, for provisioning the garrison of Gibraltar and the British squadron in the Mediterranean.

Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II

When the evacuees arrived at Gibraltar, the Governor, Sir Clive Liddell, would not allow them to land, fearing that once they were back on the Rock, it would be virtually impossible to evacuate them a second time.

Nöel Mason-MacFarlane

He was Governor of Gibraltar from 31 May 1942 to 14 February 1944, and witnessed the air crash there on 4 July 1943 which took the life of his friend the Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski.

Sikorski Memorial

Polish and Gibraltarian clergy also attended, and the ceremony was hosted by the Governor of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, and the Mayor of Gibraltar, Anthony Lima.