In 1660, as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown during the English Civil War, Edward de Carteret was granted the title of Governor of Alderney by King Charles II.
[3] When de Carteret died, the governorship was in abeyance with acting governors taking the titular leadership of Alderney until 1680 when his widow sold the title to Sir Edmund Andros.
[3] In 1683, Andros was granted the island of Alderney for ninety-nine years in exchange for an annual rent of thirteen shillings.
After Andros died, the Le Mesurier family took control of the governorship with the initial grant being extended by King George III.
[3][4] In 1825, the governor, John Le Mesurier III resigned the grant of the island, returning it to the Crown in exchange for an annual pension of £700 (approximately £51,800 in 2014) in an agreement which eventually expired in 1862.