King of the Cocos Islands
King of the Cocos Islands was a title, initially given by the press[1] but later self-proclaimed, to John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish sea captain, and other members of his family.
He went to live on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1827. Queen Victoria granted the islands in perpetuity to the Clunies-Ross family in 1886. Thus, the title to the islands was claimed by his descendants, until 1978 when John Cecil Clunies-Ross sold the islands (under threat of expropriation) to the Commonwealth of Australia for £2.5m ($4.75m). The Commonwealth had already been administering the islands since 1955.
John Cecil Clunies-Ross currently lives in Perth, Western Australia, but his son John George Clunies-Ross (born 1957) lives on West Island.[2]
List of kings
| King | Regnal name | Born-Died | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clunies-Ross | Ross I | 1786–1854 | 27 February 1827 | 26 May 1854 |
| John George Clunies-Ross | Ross II | 1823–1871 | 26 May 1854 | 8 June 1871 |
| George Clunies-Ross | Ross III | 1842–1910 | 8 June 1871 | 7 July 1910 |
| Sydney Clunies-Ross | Ross IV | 1868–1944 | 7 July 1910 | 14 August 1944 |
| John Cecil Clunies-Ross | Ross V | 1928– | 14 August 1944 | 1 September 1978[3] |
See also
References
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Clunies-Ross, John Cecil; Souter, Gavin The Clunies-Ross Cocos Chronicle, Self, Perth 2009, ISBN 9780980586718
External links
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