List of Bailiffs of Jersey
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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...
s of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
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In 1290, separate bailiffs for 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...
and Jersey were appointed.
The list of bailiffs is only reliably traceable from Philippe L’Evesque’s appointment in 1277, although earlier bailiffs are mentioned and the office may date from before 1204.
See also: list of Bailiffs of Guernsey, list of Seigneurs of Sark.
16th century
- Hostes Nicolle 1561-1564
- John Dumaresq 1566-1583
- George Paulett 1583-1586
- John Dumaresq 1586-1587
- George Paulett 1587-1591
- John Dumaresq 1591-1594
- George Paulett 1594-1614
17th century
- Jean Herault 1614-1621
- William Parkhurst 1622-1624
- Jean Herault 1624-1626
- Philippe de CarteretPhilippe de Carteret IIPhilippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur of Sark was the son of Philippe de Carteret I and Rachel Poulet ....
1627-1643 - Michel Lemprière 1643
- George de CarteretGeorge CarteretVice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet , son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy...
1643-1651 - Michel Lemprière 1651-1660
- George de CarteretGeorge CarteretVice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet , son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy...
1660-1661 - Philippe de CarteretPhilippe de Carteret IIISir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet , also known as Philippe de Carteret III, was the 4th Seigneur of Sark. He was the son of Philippe de Carteret II...
1661-1662 - Philippe de Carteret 1662-1665
- Edouard de Carteret 1665-1682
- Philippe de CarteretPhilippe de Carteret IVSir Philip Carteret, 2nd Baronet , also known as Philippe de Carteret IV, was the 5th Seigneur of Sark from 1663 to 1693.When his father died, he was still under age. He is said to have come of age in 1671....
1682-1693 - Edouard de Carteret 1694-1703
18th century
- Charles de CarteretCharles de CarteretSir Charles Carteret, 3rd Baronet was Seigneur of Sark from 1693 to 1715.-External links:*...
1703-1715 - John, Lord CarteretJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
1715-1763 - Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville 1763-1776
- Henry Frederick, Lord CarteretHenry Carteret, 1st Baron CarteretHenry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC was a British politician, known as the Honourable Henry Thynne until 1776.-Biography:...
1776-1826
19th century
- Thomas Le Breton 1826-1831
- Jean de Veulle 1831-1848
- Thomas Le Breton 1848-1857
- Jean Hammond 1858-1880
- Robert Pipon MarettRobert Pipon MarettSir Robert Pipon Marett was a lawyer, journalist, poet, politician, and Bailiff of Jersey from 1880 until his death.He was born in St. Peter on 20 November 1820 and studied at the University of Caen and the Sorbonne...
1880-1884 - George Clement Bertram 1884-1898
- Edouard Charles Malet de Carteret 1898
20th century
- W. H. Venables Vernon 1899-1931
- Charles E. Malet de Carteret 1931-1935
- Alexander Coutanche 1935-1962
- Cecil Stanley HarrisonCecil Stanley HarrisonCecil Harrison was Bailiff of Jersey from 1961 to 1962.- References :Profile on Guernsey Society ....
1962 - Robert Le MasurierRobert Le MasurierSir Robert Le Masurier was Bailiff of Jersey from 1962 to 1974.- References :* Philip Jeune, , The Independent, 2 August 1996.* Profile on Guernsey Society ....
1962-1975 - Frank EreautFrank EreautSir Frank Ereaut was Bailiff of Jersey from 1975 to 1985.- Early years :Ereaut was born in London, the son of and May Julia Cobbold...
1975-1985 - Peter CrillPeter CrillSir Peter Leslie Crill KBE was Bailiff of Jersey from 1986 to 1995.- Early years :Crill attended Victoria College, Jersey between 1932 and 1943...
1986-1995 - Philip BailhachePhilip BailhacheSir Philip Martin Bailhache KBE is a Jersey politician and lawyer. He was elected as a Senator in the States of Jersey in October 2011. He previously held elected office as Deputy of Grouville 1972-1975...
1995-2009