List of bailiffs of Guernsey

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

13th century

• Hugh de Trubleville (1270–1277)
• William de St Remi (1278–1281)
• Raynald de Ashwell (1282–1287)
• William de St Remi (1288–1291)
• William de St Remi (1292–1296)
• Nicholas de Cheney (1297)
• Peter Le Marchant (1298)
• Radulph de Gand (1299)
• Robert Comberwell (1300)

14th century

• Radulph de Haverland (1301)
• John de Newent (1302)
• Radulph Gaultier (1303)
• Peter Le Marchant (1304)
• Massey de la Court (1305–1309)
• James de Vinchelez (1310)
• Robert Le Gay (1311–1312)
• Walter de la Hogue (1313–1314)
• Massey de la Court (1315–1316)
• Peter Le Marchant (1317)
• Massey de la Court (1318)
• Robert Le Gay (1319)
• Radulph Gaultier (1320)
• John Le Marchant (1321)
• James de Vinchelez (1322)
• William Le Petit (1323)
• William de Souslemont (1324)
• William Le Petit (1325)
• Peter de Garis^[1] (1326)
• Henry de St Martin (1327)
• Radulph Le Gay (1328)
• Radulph Cokerel (1329)
• Geoffrey de la Hogue (1330)
• Thomas d'Esterfield (1331)
• Radulph Le Gay (1332–1339)
• John de la Lande (1340–1346)
• John de la Lande (1347–1356)
• John Le Marchant (1357–1383)
• John Nicholas^[1] (1384–1386)
• Gervase de Clermont^[1] (1387–1411)

15th century

• James Cocquerel^[1] (1412–1432)
• Thomas de la Court (1433–1445)
• John Henry^[1] (1446–1447)
• William Cartier^[1] (1447–1465)
• Thomas de la Court^[1] (1466–1469)
• Peter de Beauvoir^[1] (1470–1479)
• Edmund de Cheney (1480–1481)
• Nicholas Fouaschin^[1] (1481–1482)
• John Blondel^[1] (1483–1498)
• John Martin^[1] (1499–1510)

16th century

• James Guille^[1] (1511–1537)
• Thomas Compton^[1] (1538–1544)
• John Haryvell^[1] (1545–1549)
• Hellier Gosselin^[1] (1549–1562)
• Thomas Compton^[1] (1562–1570)
• William de Beauvoir^[1] (1571–1581)
• Thomas Wigmore^[1] (1581–1588)
• Louis de Vic^[1] (1588–1600)

17th century

• Amice de Carteret^[1] (1601–1631)
• John de Quetteville^[1] (1631–1643)
• Peter de Beauvoir^[1] (1644–1651, 1652–1653, 1656–1660)
• Amias Andros^[1] (1661–1674)
• Edmund Andros (1674–1713)

18th century

• John de Sausmarez (1714–1728)
• Josuah Le Marchant (1728–1751)
• Eleazar Le Marchant (1752–1758)
• Samuel Bonamy (1758–1771)
• William Le Marchant (1771–1800)
• Robert Porrett Le Marchant (1800–1810)

19th century

• Peter de Havilland (1810–1821)
• Daniel de Lisle Brock (1821–1843)
• John Guille (1843–1845)
• Peter Stafford Carey (1845–1883)
• John de Havilland Utermarck (1883–1884)
• Edgar MacCulloch (1884–1895)
• Thomas Godfrey Carey (1895–1902)

20th century

• Henry Alexander Giffard (1902–1908)^[2][3]
• William Carey (1908–1915)
• Edward Chepmell Ozanne (1915–1922)
• Havilland Walter de Sausmarez (1922–1929)
• Arthur William Bell (1929–1935)
• Victor Carey (1935–1946)
• Ambrose Sherwill (1946–1959)
• William Arnold (1959–1973)
• John Loveridge (1973–1982)^[4]
• Charles Frossard (1982–1992)
• Graham Martyn Dorey (1992–1999)
• de Vic Carey (1999–2005)

21st century

• Geoffrey Rowland (2005–2012)^[5]
• Richard Collas (2012–2020)^[6]
• Richard McMahon (2020–)

See also

• List of governors of Guernsey
• List of lieutenant governors of Guernsey
• List of bailiffs of Jersey
• List of lieutenant governors of Jersey

References

1. Le Roy, Pierre (1893). Note book of Pierre Le Roy. Guille Alles Library.
2. The Times. No. 36680. London. 1 February 1902. p. 11. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 709.
4. "The London Gazette". No. 46042. p. 9038.
5. "Guernsey's Bailiff announces 2012 retirement". BBC News Guernsey. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
6. "Guernsey's new Bailiff sworn in « This Is Guernsey". Retrieved 24 March 2012.