List of Bailiffs of Guernsey
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The Bailiwick
of Guernsey is a British
crown dependency
off the coast of France
.
Holders of the post of Bailiff
of Guernsey
.
Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...
of Guernsey is a British
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
crown dependency
Crown dependency
The Crown Dependencies are British possessions of the Crown, as opposed to overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea....
off the coast of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Holders of the post of Bailiff
Bailiff (Channel Islands)
The Bailiff is the chief justice in each of the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, also serving as president of the legislature and having ceremonial and executive functions. Each bailiwick has possessed its own bailiff since the islands were divided into two jurisdictions in the...
of Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
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13th century
- Hugh de Trubleville, (1270-1277)
- Guillaume de St Remi, (1278-1281)
- Renault de Ashwell, (1282-1287)
- Guillaume de St Remi, (1288-1291)
- Guillaume de St Remi, (1292-1296)
- Sir Nicholas de Cheney, (1297)
- Pierre Le Marchant, (1298)
- Radulphus de Gand, (1299)
14th century
- Robert Comberwell, (1300)
- Radulph de Haverland, (1301)
- John de Newent, (1302)
- Radulphus Gaultier, (1303)
- Pierre Le Marchant, (1304)
- Massey de la Court, (1305-1309)
- James de Vinchelez, (1310)
- Robert Le Gay, (1311-1312)
- Gaultier de la Hogue, (1313-1314)
- Massey de la Court, (1315-1316)
- Pierre Le Marchant, (1317)
- Massey de la Court, (1318)
- Robert Le Gay, (1319)
- Radulphus Gaultier, (1320)
- John Le Marchant, (1321)
- James de Vinchelez, (1322)
- William Le Petit, (1323)
- Guillaume de Souslemont, (1324)
- William Le Petit, (1325)
- Pierre de Garis, (1326)
- Henry de St Martin, (1327)
- Radulphus Le Gay, (1328)
- Radulphus Cokerel, (1329)
- Geoffrey de la Hogue, (1330)
- Thomas d'Esterfield, (1331)
- Radulphus Le Gay, (1332-1339)
- Jean de la Lande (1340-1346)
- Jean de la Lande (1347-1356)
- John Le Marchant (1357-1383)
- John Nicholas (1384-1386)
- Gervais de Clermont (1387-1411)
15th century
- James Cocquerel (1412-1432)
- Thomas de la Court (1433-1445)
- John Henry (1446-1447)
- Guillaume Cartier (1447-1465)
- Thomas de la Court (1466-1469)
- Pierre de Beauvoir (1470-1479)
- Edmund de Cheney (1480-1481)
- Nicholas Fouaschin (1481-1482)
- John Blondel (1483-1498)
- John Martin (1499-1510)
16th century
- James Guille (1511-1537)
- Thomas Compton (1538-1544)
- John Haryvell (1545-1549)
- Hellier Gosselin (1549-1562)
- Thomas Compton (1562-1570)
- Guillaume de Beauvoir (1571-1581)
- Thomas Wigmore (1581-1588)
- Louis de Vic (1588-1600)
17th century
- Amice de Carteret (1601-1631)
- Jean de Quetteville (1631-1643)
- Pierre de Beauvoir (1644-1651,1652-1653,1656-1660)
- Amias Andros (1661-1674)
- Edmund AndrosEdmund AndrosSir Edmund Andros was an English colonial administrator in North America. Andros was known most notably for his governorship of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. He also governed at various times the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and...
(1674-1713)
18th century
- Jean de Sausmarez (1714-1728)
- Josué Le Marchant (1728-1751)
- Eleazar Le Marchant (1752-1758)
- Samuel Bonamy (1758-1771)
- William Le Marchant (1771-1800)
19th century
- Robert Porrett Le Marchant (1800-1810)
- Peter De Havilland (1810-1821)
- Daniel De Lisle BrockDaniel de Lisle BrockDaniel de Lisle Brock , was bailiff of Guernsey from 1821 to 1842.Brock belonged to an English family established in Guernsey as early as the sixteenth century. His father, John Brock of St...
(1821-1843) - Jean Guille (1843-1845)
- Peter Stafford Carey (1845-1883)
- John de Havilland Utermarck (1883-1884)
- Edgar McCulloch (1884-1895)
- Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey Kt., LL.D., (1895-1902) married Eliza de Sausmarez Grassic, daughter of Thomas Ritchie Grassic, of Halifax, N.S. January 22nd, 1901. He served as Attorney- General of Guernsey, Bailiff of Guernsey, and President of the States of Guernsey.
20th century
- Henry Alexander Giffard (1902-1908)
- William Carey (1908-1915)
- Edward Chepmell Ozanne (1915-1922)
- Havilland Walter de Sausmarez (1922-1929)
- Arthur William Bell (1929-1935)
- Victor Gosselin Carey (1935-1946)
- Ambrose SherwillAmbrose SherwillSir Ambrose James Sherwill KBE MC was Bailiff of Guernsey from 1946 to 1959.Sherwill was commissioned into The Buffs in 1916 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917, being promoted Lieutenant shortly afterwards...
(1946-1959) - William Arnold (1959-1973)
- John Loveridge (1973-1982)
- Charles Frossard (1982-1992)
- Graham Martyn DoreySir Graham DoreySir Graham Martyn Dorey, born in Guernsey 15 Dec 1932, was the Bailiff of Guernsey from February 1992 to March 1999. The second son of a local grower, Martyn Dorey, he was evacuated to Scotland during world war II...
(1992-1999) - de Vic Carey (1999-2005)
21st century
- Geoffrey RowlandGeoffrey RowlandSir Geoffrey Robert Rowland, QC, is the current Bailiff of Guernsey .-Life:Rowland was called to the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1970 and admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court, Guernsey, in 1971. He was in practice as an Advocate of the Royal Court in the firm of Collas, Day & Rowland 1971 -...
(2005-present) http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=013081&category=news&year=2005
See also
- List of Governors of Guernsey
- List of Lieutenant Governors of GuernseyLieutenant Governor of GuernseyThe Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the...