List of Bailiffs of Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France.

This is a list of holders of the post of Bailiff of Guernsey.

13th century

• Hugh de Trubleville (1270–77)
• Guillaume de St Remi (1278–81)
• Renault de Ashwell (1282–87)
• Guillaume de St Remi (1288–91)
• Guillaume de St Remi (1292–96)
• 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 (1305–09)
• James de Vinchelez (1310)
• Robert Le Gay (1311–12)
• Gaultier de la Hogue (1313–14)
• Massey de la Court (1315–16)
• 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^[1] (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 (1332–39)
• Jean de la Lande (1340–46)
• Jean de la Lande (1347–56)
• John Le Marchant (1357–83)
• John Nicholas^[1] (1384–86)
• Gervais de Clermont^[1] (1387–1411)

15th century

• James Cocquerel^[1] (1412–32)
• Thomas de la Court (1433–45)
• John Henry^[1] (1446–47)
• Guillaume Cartier^[1] (1447–65)
• Thomas de la Court^[1] (1466–69)
• Pierre de Beauvoir^[1] (1470–79)
• Edmund de Cheney (1480–81)
• Nicholas Fouaschin^[1] (1481–82)
• John Blondel^[1] (1483–98)
• John Martin^[1] (1499–1510)

16th century

• James Guille^[1] (1511–37)
• Thomas Compton^[1] (1538–44)
• John Haryvell^[1] (1545–49)
• Hellier Gosselin^[1] (1549–62)
• Thomas Compton^[1] (1562–70)
• Guillaume de Beauvoir^[1] (1571–81)
• Thomas Wigmore^[1] (1581–88)
• Louis de Vic^[1] (1588–1600)

17th century

• Amice de Carteret^[1] (1601–31)
• Jean de Quetteville^[1] (1631–43)
• Pierre de Beauvoir^[1] (1644–51, 1652–53, 1656–60)
• Amias Andros^[1] (1661–74)
• Edmund Andros (1674–1713)

18th century

• Jean de Sausmarez (1714–28)
• Josué Le Marchant (1728–51)
• Eleazar Le Marchant (1752–58)
• Samuel Bonamy (1758–71)
• William Le Marchant (1771–1800)

19th century

• Robert Porrett Le Marchant (1800–10)
• Peter De Havilland (1810–21)
• Daniel De Lisle Brock (1821–43)
• Jean Guille (1843–45)
• Peter Stafford Carey (1845–83)
• John de Havilland Utermarck (1883–84)
• Edgar McCulloch (1884–95)
• 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^[2]

20th century

• Henry Alexander Giffard (1902–08)^[3][4]
• William Carey (1908–15)
• Edward Chepmell Ozanne (1915–22)
• Havilland Walter de Sausmarez (1922–29)
• Arthur William Bell (1929–35)
• Victor Gosselin Carey (1935–46)
• Ambrose Sherwill (1946–59)
• William Arnold (1959–73)
• John Loveridge (1973–82)^[5]
• Charles Frossard (1982–92)
• Graham Martyn Dorey (1992–99)
• de Vic Carey (1999–2005)

21st century

• Geoffrey Rowland (2005–12)^[6]
• Richard Collas (2012–present)^[7]

See also

• List of Governors of Guernsey
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey

References

1. Le Roy, Pierre. Note book of Pierre Le Roy. Guille Alles Library 1893.
2. Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903)
3. The Times (London). Saturday, 1 February 1902. (36680), p. 11.
4. The London Gazette: no. 27403. p. 709. 4 February 1902.
5. "The London Gazette" (46042). p. 9038.
6. "Guernsey's Bailiff announces 2012 retirement". BBC News Guernsey. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
7. "Guernsey's new Bailiff sworn in « This Is Guernsey". Retrieved 2012-03-24.