List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands

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 Template:HMS 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)

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Template:Abbr	Name Template:Small	Title	Portrait	Tenure		Notes	Governor of Pitcairn	Monarch
				From	Until
1	Fletcher Christian Template:Small	Leader		23 January 1790	3 October 1793		rowspan="77" Template:N/a	rowspan="5" Template:N/a
2	Edward "Ned" Young Template:Small			3 October 1793	25 December 1800
3	John "Jack" Adams Template:Small		File:John Adams (mutineer).jpg	25 December 1800	5 March 1829
–	VacantTemplate:Efn			5 March 1829	October 1832
4	Joshua Hill Template:Small	President	File:Joshua Hill.png	October 1832	1838
5	Edward Quintal Template:Small	Magistrate		1838	1839		File:Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg Victoria
6	Arthur Quintal I Template:Small			1840	1841
7	Fletcher Christian II Template:Small			1842	1842
8	Matthew McCoy Template:Small			1843	1843	1st term
9	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1844	1844	1st term
10	Arthur Quintal II Template:Small			1845	1846	1st term
11	Charles Christian II Template:Small			1847	1847
12	George Adams Template:Small			1848	1848
13	Simon Young Template:Small			1849	1849
14	Arthur Quintal II Template:Small			1850	1850	2nd term
15	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1851	1851	2nd term
16	Abraham Blatchly Quintal Template:Small			1852	1852
17	Matthew McCoy Template:Small			1853	1853	2nd term
18	Arthur Quintal II Template:Small			1854	1854	3rd term
19	George Martin Frederick Young Template:Small			1855	3 May 1856
–	Vacant due to relocation to Norfolk Island			1856	1864
20	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small	Magistrate	File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1864	1864	3rd term
21	Moses Young Template:Small		File:Moses Young.jpg	1865	1866	1st term
22	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1867	1867	4th term
23	Robert Pitcairn Buffett Template:Small			1868	1868
24	Moses Young Template:Small		File:Moses Young.jpg	1869	1869	2nd term
25	James Russell McCoy Template:Small			1870	1872	1st term
26	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1873	1874	5th term
27	Moses Young Template:Small		File:Moses Young.jpg	1875	1875	3rd term
28	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1876	1877	6th term
29	James Russell McCoy Template:Small			1878	1879	2nd term
30	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1880	1880	7th term
31	Moses Young Template:Small		File:Moses Young.jpg	1881	1881	4th term
32	Thursday October Christian II Template:Small		File:Thursday October Christian II.jpg	1882	1882	8th term
33	James Russell McCoy Template:Small			1883	1883	3rd term
34	Benjamin Stanley Young Template:Small			1884	1885	1st term
35	James Russell McCoy Template:Small			1886	1889	4th term
36	Charles Carleton Vieder Young Template:Small			1890	1891
37	Benjamin Stanley Young Template:Small			1892	1892	2nd term
38	James Russell McCoy Template:Small	President of the Council		1893	1896	5th term
39	William Alfred Young Template:Small			1897	1897	1st term
40	James Russell McCoy Template:Small			1897	1903	6th term
							File:Eduard VII.jpg Edward VII
41	William Alfred Young Template:Small			1904	1904	2nd term
42	James Russell McCoy Template:Small	Magistrate		1905	1906	7th term
43	Arthur Herbert Young Template:Small			1907	1907	1st term
44	William Alfred Young Template:Small			1908	1908	3rd term
45	Matthew Edmond McCoy Template:Small			1909	1909
46	Gerard Bromley Robert Christian Template:Small			1910	1919
							File:King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg George V
47	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1920	1920	1st term
48	Frederick Martin Christian Template:Small			1921	1921	1st term
49	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1922	1922	2nd term
50	Edgar Allen Christian Template:Small			1923	1924	1st term
51	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1925	1925	3rd term
52	Richard Edgar Christian Template:Small			1926	1929	1st term
53	Arthur Herbert Young Template:Small			1930	1931	2nd term
54	Edgar Allen Christian Template:Small			1932	1932	2nd term
55	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1933	1934	4th term
56	Richard Edgar Christian Template:Small			1935	1938	2nd term
							File:HRH The Prince of Wales No 4 (HS85-10-36416).jpg Edward VIII
							File:King George VI LOC matpc.14736 A (cropped).jpg George VI
57	Arthur Herbert Young Template:Small			1939	1939	3rd term
58	Richard Edgar Christian Template:Small			1940	1940	3rd term
59	Andrew Clarence David Young Template:Small			1940	1940
60	Arthur Herbert Young Template:Small			1941	1941	4th term
61	Frederick Martin Christian Template:Small			1942	1943	2nd term
62	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1944	1945	5th term
63	Norris Henry Young Template:Small			1945	1948
64	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1949	1949	6th term
65	Warren Clive Christian Template:Small			1950	1951	1st term
66	John Lorenzo Christian Template:Small			1952	1954	1st term
							File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg Elizabeth II
67	Charles Richard Parkin Christian Template:Small			1955	1957	7th term
68	Warren Clive Christian Template:Small			1958	1959	2nd term
69	John Lorenzo Christian Template:Small			1959	1966	2nd term
70	Pervis Ferris Young Template:Small			1967	December 1975
								Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy
								Sir David Aubrey Scott
71	Ivan Christian Template:Small			December 1975	December 1984			Sir Harold Smedley
								Richard Stratton
72	Brian Young Template:Small			December 1984	1 January 1991			Terence Daniel O'Leary
								Robin Byatt
								David Moss
73	Jay Warren Template:Small			1 January 1991	7 December 1999	1st term
								Robert John Alston
								Martin Williams
74	Steve Christian Template:Small	Mayor		7 December 1999	8 November 2004	Template:Efn
								Richard Fell
75	Brenda Christian Template:Small	Acting Mayor		8 November 2004	15 December 2004
76	Jay Warren Template:Small	Mayor		1 January 2005	31 December 2007	2nd term
								George Fergusson
77	Mike Warren Template:Small		File:Mike Warren (cropped).jpg	1 January 2008	31 December 2013
								Mike Cherrett
								Victoria "Vicki" Treadell
78	Shawn Christian Template:Small			1 January 2014	31 December 2019
								Jonathan Sinclair
								Robin Shackell
								Laura Clarke
79	Charlene Warren-Peu Template:Small			1 January 2020	31 December 2022
								Iona Thomas
							File:King Charles III (July 2023).jpg Charles III
80	Simon Young Template:Small		File:Pitcairn Deputy Mayor Simon Young (cropped).jpg	1 January 2023	Incumbent
Sources: Pitcairn Island Civil Recorder (1864–1964)<ref>Pitcairn Island Civil Recorder</ref>

Colonial governors (1898–present)

See separate articles:

• Governors of Fiji (1898–1970)
• British High Commissioners to New Zealand (1970–present)

See also

• List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies
• History of the Pitcairn Islands