Guernsey Timeline 18th Century

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Year Event
1714 Jean de Sausmarez appointed Bailiff.
1715 Lieut-General Daniel Harvey appointed Governor
1727 Population estimated at 10,500, of whom some 4,500 live in the town
1728 Joshua Le Marchant appointed Bailiff
1732 Earl of Cholmondeley appointed Governor
1733 Maj-General Richard Sutton appointed Governor
1738 The Marquis de Montandre appointed Governor
1742 Duke of Somerset appointed Governor
1750 Sir John Ligonier appointed Governor
1751 Publication of Thomas Dicey's History of Guernsey.
1752 Lord de la Warr appointed Governor. Eleazar Le Marchant appointed Bailiff.
1758 Samuel Bonamy appointed Bailiff
1765 Duke of Gloucester visits Guernsey.
1766 Sir Richard Littleton appointed Governor.
1770 Sir Jeffrey Amherst appointed Governor.
1771 William Le Marchant appointed Bailiff.
1778 First regular packet service between Guernsey and England established.
1780 Construction of Fort George commenced.
1782 Assembly Rooms founded
1783 Mutiny at Fort George.
1787 Publication of William Gardner's Map of Guernsey, surveyed by order of the Duke of Richmond
1789 Holy Trinity Church built
1791 La Gazette de Guernesey, Guernsey's first French-language newspaper published.
1794 Regular post office packet service between Guernsey and Southampton established.
1797 Earl Grey appointed Governor
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