List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands

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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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  Pitcairn Islands  
No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Title Portrait Tenure Notes Governor of Pitcairn Monarch
From Until
1 Fletcher Christian
(1764–1793)
Leader 23 January 1790 3 October 1793 N/A N/A
2 Edward "Ned" Young
(1762–1800)
Leader 3 October 1793 25 December 1800
3 John "Jack" Adams
(1767–1829)
Leader 25 December 1800 5 March 1829
Vacant[a] 5 March 1829 October 1832
4 Joshua Hill
(1773–1844?)
President October 1832 1838
5 Edward Quintal
(1800–1841)
Magistrate   1838 1839  
Victoria
6 Arthur Quintal I
(1795–1872)
Magistrate   1840 1841
7 Fletcher Christian II
(1812–1852)
Magistrate   1842 1842
8 Matthew McCoy
(1819–1853)
Magistrate   1843 1843 1st term
9 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1844 1844 1st term
10 Arthur Quintal II
(1816–1902)
Magistrate   1845 1846 1st term
11 Charles Christian II
(1818–1886)
Magistrate   1847 1847
12 George Adams
(1804–1873)
Magistrate   1848 1848
13 Simon Young
(1823–1893)
Magistrate   1849 1849
14 Arthur Quintal II
(1816–1902)
Magistrate   1850 1850 2nd term
15 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1851 1851 2nd term
16 Abraham Blatchly Quintal
(?–?)
Magistrate   1852 1852
17 Matthew McCoy
(1819–1853)
Magistrate   1853 1853 2nd term
18 Arthur Quintal II
(1816–1902)
Magistrate   1854 1854 3rd term
19 George Martin Frederick Young
(?–?)
Magistrate   1855 3 May 1856
Vacant due to relocation to Norfolk Island 1856 1864
20 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1864 1864 3rd term
21 Moses Young
(1829–1909)
Magistrate   1865 1866 1st term
22 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1867 1867 4th term
23 Robert Pitcairn Buffett
(?–?)
Magistrate   1868 1868
24 Moses Young
(1829–1909)
Magistrate   1869 1869 2nd term
25 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
Magistrate   1870 1872 1st term
26 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1873 1874 5th term
27 Moses Young
(1829–1909)
Magistrate   1875 1875 3rd term
28 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1876 1877 6th term
29 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
Magistrate   1878 1879 2nd term
30 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1880 1880 7th term
31 Moses Young
(1829–1909)
Magistrate   1881 1881 4th term
32 Thursday October Christian II
(1820–1911)
Magistrate   1882 1882 8th term
33 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
Magistrate   1883 1883 3rd term
34 Benjamin Stanley Young
(1851–1934)
Magistrate   1884 1885 1st term
35 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
Magistrate   1886 1889 4th term
36 Charles Carleton Vieder Young
(?–?)
Magistrate   1890 1891
37 Benjamin Stanley Young
(1851–1934)
Magistrate   1892 1892 2nd term
38 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
President of the Council   1893 1896 5th term
39 William Alfred Young
(1863–1911)
President of the Council   1897 1897 1st term
40 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
President of the Council   1897 1903 6th term
 
Edward VII
41 William Alfred Young
(1863–1911)
President of the Council   1904 1904 2nd term
42 James Russell McCoy
(1845–1924)
Magistrate   1905 1906 7th term
43 Arthur Herbert Young
(1873–1943)
Magistrate   1907 1907 1st term
44 William Alfred Young
(1863–1911)
Magistrate   1908 1908 3rd term
45 Matthew Edmond McCoy
(1868–1929)
Magistrate   1909 1909
46 Gerard Bromley Robert Christian
(1870–1919)
Magistrate   1910 1919
 
George V
47 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1920 1920 1st term
48 Frederick Martin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1921 1921 1st term
49 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1922 1922 2nd term
50 Edgar Allen Christian
(1879–1960)
Magistrate   1923 1924 1st term
51 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1925 1925 3rd term
52 Richard Edgar Christian
(1882–1940)
Magistrate   1926 1929 1st term
53 Arthur Herbert Young
(1873–1943)
Magistrate   1930 1931 2nd term
54 Edgar Allen Christian
(1879–1960)
Magistrate   1932 1932 2nd term
55 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1933 1934 4th term
56 Richard Edgar Christian
(1882–1940)
Magistrate   1935 1938 2nd term
 
Edward VIII
 
George VI
57 Arthur Herbert Young
(1873–1943)
Magistrate   1939 1939 3rd term
58 Richard Edgar Christian
(1882–1940)
Magistrate   1940 1940 3rd term
59 Andrew Clarence David Young
(?–?)
Magistrate   1940 1940
60 Arthur Herbert Young
(1873–1943)
Magistrate   1941 1941 4th term
61 Frederick Martin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1942 1943 2nd term
62 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1944 1945 5th term
63 Norris Henry Young
(1887–1974)
Magistrate   1945 1948
64 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1949 1949 6th term
65 Warren Clive Christian
(1914–2003)
Magistrate   1950 1951 1st term
66 John Lorenzo Christian
(1895–1984)
Magistrate   1952 1954 1st term
 
Elizabeth II
67 Charles Richard Parkin Christian
(1883–1971)
Magistrate   1955 1957 7th term
68 Warren Clive Christian
(1914–2003)
Magistrate   1958 1959 2nd term
69 John Lorenzo Christian
(1895–1984)
Magistrate   1959 1966 2nd term
70 Pervis Ferris Young
(1928–2003)
Magistrate   1967 December 1975
 
Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy
 
Sir David Aubrey Scott
71 Ivan Christian
(1919–1991)
Magistrate   December 1975 December 1984  
Sir Harold Smedley
 
Richard Stratton
72 Brian Young
(born 1954)
Magistrate   December 1984 1 January 1991  
Terence Daniel O'Leary
 
Robin Byatt
 
David Moss
73 Jay Warren
(born 1956)
Magistrate   1 January 1991 7 December 1999 1st term
 
Robert John Alston
 
Martin Williams
74 Steve Christian
(born 1951)
Mayor   7 December 1999 8 November 2004 [b]
 
Richard Fell
75 Brenda Christian
(born 1953)
Acting Mayor   8 November 2004 15 December 2004
76 Jay Warren
(born 1956)
Mayor   1 January 2005 31 December 2007 2nd term
 
George Fergusson
77 Mike Warren
(born 1964)
Mayor   1 January 2008 31 December 2013
 
Mike Cherrett
 
Victoria "Vicki" Treadell
78 Shawn Christian
(born 1975)
Mayor   1 January 2014 31 December 2019
 
Jonathan Sinclair
 
Robin Shackell
 
Laura Clarke
79 Charlene Warren-Peu
(born 1979)
Mayor 1 January 2020 31 December 2022
 
Iona Thomas
 
Charles III
80 Simon Young Mayor   1 January 2023 Incumbent
  1. The death of John Adams led to a constitutional crisis. An important leader was Thursday October Christian, the first son of Fletcher Christian and the first child born on the island. In the ensuing period, the islanders tried to relocate to Tahiti, until the arrival of Joshua Hill.
  2. Dismissed from office by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office following his four rape convictions.