Southern Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands



1775-1985

YEAR DATE EVENT
1775 17 january Claimed by Britain
1832 Part of UK colony of Falkland

1985-1999

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1985 3 october UK Colony Gordon Wesley Jewkes
1988 William H. Fullerton
1992 august David E. Tatham
1996 8 january Richard Ralph

1999-

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1999 12 may Donald Lamont


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