sentences:  After the capture of Gibraltar by an Anglo-Dutch fleet in the name of the Archduke Charles, the Franciscan friars did not follow the exodus of the Spanish population and remained in Gibraltar, at least for some years (their presence was recorded in 1712).The Franciscan friary was later taken over as the residence of the British governors in 1728 and has remained so ever since.The building was heavily rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Georgian style with Victorian elements.