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List of people from Guernsey

February 21, 2023

This is a selected list of notable people with links to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.

16th century

17th century

  • Edmund Andros (1637–1714), colonial administrator, governor of the Dominion of New England in America[3]

18th century

 
Vice-Admiral James Saumarez was the commander of the Royal Navy in the Baltic campaign of 1808–1814 that secured British trade to the region

19th century

 
Constantin Daniel Rosenthal's portrait of Maria Rosetti
 
Victor Herbert in 1906

20th century

21st century

Moved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey

See also

References

  1. ^ Lempriére, Raoul (1974). History of the Channel Islands. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 51. ISBN 978-0709142522.
  2. ^ "Sir Henry de Vic". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Sir Edmund Andros – English colonial official". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  4. ^ Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 1832. pp. 320–.
  5. ^ "LE MESURIER, Paul (1755–1805)". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  7. ^ "Biography – COLBORNE, JOHN, Baron Seaton – Volume IX (1861–1870) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". biographi.ca.
  8. ^ , Biographical Registers, BYU Studies, archived from the original on 24 January 2010, retrieved 17 May 2009
  9. ^ "THE LONDONGAZETTE, JULY 26, 1881 3675" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Carey, George Jackson (1822–1872)". adb.anu.edu.au.
  11. ^ "First World War.com – Who's Who – Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle". firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  12. ^ Tyson, Cameron (19 September 2020). "Guernsey Post goes for gold". Bailiwick Express.
  13. ^ "Ethel, aged 110, says: "I don't feel any different"", Daily Gazette (Clacton, Frinton and Walton), 18 January 2011.
  14. ^ Harris, Chris. "Essex: 'Amazing' Ethel celebrates her 110th birthday". Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Buccaneering Bonnie – a smuggler and a chancer". Guernsey Press. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Island Archives Acquires the Occupation Diaries of Major Marie Ozanne". www.gov.gg. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Guernsey WWII heroine Marie Ozanne blue plaque unveiled". BBC.
  18. ^ "Obituary: Hubert Nicolle". independent.co.uk.
  19. ^ "BBC – Your Paintings – Peter Le Vasseur". Art UK.
  20. ^ "LE FLEM, Richard". where-are-they-now.co.uk.
  21. ^ Groom, Graham (2013). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. ISBN 9781291576382.
  22. ^ "Donkey author dies". Guernsey Press. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  23. ^ "Karen Dotrice". IMDb. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  24. ^ Groom, Graham (2013), The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games, Lulu Press, p. 374, ISBN 978-1-291-57638-2
  25. ^ "Commonwealth hero is mourned". Guernsey Press.
  26. ^ "englandstats.com – A Complete Database of England Internationals Since 1872". englandstats.com.
  27. ^ "Lowest heart rate". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Glasgow 2014: Guernsey runner Tom Druce retires from athletics". BBC. 31 July 2014.
  29. ^ Jean-François Quénet. "Neo-pro Horton enjoys familiar roads at Tour de Bretagne". Cyclingnews.com.
  30. ^ "Wimbledon 2016: Watson and Kontinen win mixed doubles title". BBC. 10 July 2016.
  31. ^ O'Reilly, Lara (29 October 2015). "The 20 biggest British YouTube stars". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  32. ^ Lester, Paul (6 November 2015). "New band of the week: Mura Masa (No 78)". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  33. ^ Savage, Mark (4 January 2016). "BBC Sound Of 2016: Mura Masa interview". BBC News. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  34. ^ "Thrillers 'Marooned Awakening', 'American Trash' And 'Deadly Games' Set Casts; Gravitas Acquires 'The Other Me' From EP David Lynch And Horror Pic 'Tethered'; More – Film Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Doyle Clan History Part 6". www.doyle.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  36. ^ "Botany". Guernsey Museums and Galleries. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ^ The Editor, Guernsey Evening Press
  38. ^ "CIS: Rediscovering the crime novels of Desmond Bagley » CRIME FICTION LOVER". crimefictionlover.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  39. ^ Ben Farmer (20 August 2007). "UK woman, 59, world's oldest natural mother". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

February 21, 2023
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This is a selected list of notable people with links to the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands Contents 1 16th century 2 17th century 3 18th century 4 19th century 5 20th century 6 21st century 7 Moved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey 8 See also 9 References16th century EditCatherine Cauches Guillemine Gilbert and Perotine Massey 1556 burned at the stake for heresy Perotine Massey gave birth while tied to the stake 1 Sir Henry de Vic 1599 1671 a founding member of the Royal Society Chancellor of the Order of the Garter 2 17th century EditEdmund Andros 1637 1714 colonial administrator governor of the Dominion of New England in America 3 18th century Edit Vice Admiral James Saumarez was the commander of the Royal Navy in the Baltic campaign of 1808 1814 that secured British trade to the region Peter Perchard 1729 1806 privateer goldsmith and merchant served as Lord Mayor of London in 1806 4 Paul Le Mesurier 1755 1805 merchant Lord Mayor of London 1793 4 5 James Saumarez 1757 1836 Vice Admiral of the Blue and first Baron de Saumarez 6 Major General Sir Thomas Saumarez 1760 1845 commandant at Halifax commander in chief of New Brunswick during the War of 1812 7 Daniel de Lisle Brock 1762 1842 chief civic magistrate of Guernsey and brother of Sir Isaac Brock Richard Saumarez 1764 1835 British surgeon and medical author Major General John Gaspard Le Marchant 1766 1812 founder of the first British military college Sir Isaac Brock 1769 1812 Major General and Lieutant Governor of Upper Canada hero of Upper Canada John MacCulloch 1773 1835 geologist in the Channel Islands England and Scotland John Le Mesurier 1781 1843 Major General and governor of Alderney Peter Paul Dobree 1782 1825 English classical scholar and critic Frederick Corbin Lukis 1788 1871 antiquary and natural historian including botany geology conchology and science George Metivier 1790 1881 the island s national poet Margaret Ann Neve 1792 1903 first validated female supercentenarian and oldest ever Guernsey born person 110 years 321 days Thomas de la Rue 1793 1866 printer and stationer John Jeremie 1795 1841 British judge diplomat and abolitionist Ferdinand Brock Tupper 1795 1874 historian Peter Broun 1797 1846 first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia and a member of Western Australia s first Legislative Council Samuel Elliott Hoskins 1799 1888 physician19th century Edit Constantin Daniel Rosenthal s portrait of Maria Rosetti Victor Herbert in 1906 Sampson Avard 1800 1869 leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites 8 William Le Lacheur 1802 1863 sea captain and developed the coffee business in Costa Rica James Jeremie 1802 1872 Dean of Lincoln Bonamy Price 1807 1888 political economist Warren De la Rue 1815 1889 astronomer and chemist Francis Colborne 1817 1895 Commander of British Troops in China Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements Paul Jacob Naftel 1817 1891 artist Edmund Kennedy 1818 1848 explorer Jasper Hume Nicolls 1818 1877 Canadian Anglican priest and first Principal of Bishop s College Maria Rosetti 1819 1893 nee Grant political activist and journalist Effingham Grant 1820 1892 diplomat and businessman brother of Maria Rosetti Robert Carey 1821 1883 Major General in the British Army John Elias Collings 1821 1886 General in the British Army 9 George Jackson Carey 1822 1872 Major General in the British Army 10 Peter le Page Renouf 1822 1897 Egyptologist Denys Corbet 1826 1909 Guernesiais poet Duncan Charles Home 1828 1857 Victoria Cross recipient Terence O Brien 1830 1903 surveyor engineer and colonial governor of Newfoundland Walter Wren 1833 1898 member of Parliament John Richard Magrath 1839 1930 British academic Frederick Moynihan 1843 1910 sculptor Mrs Bartle Teeling 1851 1906 writer Mabel Collins 1851 1927 theosophist and author John Frederick McCrea 1854 1894 Victoria Cross recipient Theodore Fink 1855 1942 elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australia Uchter Knox 5th Earl of Ranfurly 1856 1933 Uchter Knox Governor of New Zealand Samuel Mauger 1857 1936 Australian social reformer and politician Victor Herbert 1859 1924 musician James Arnold 1859 1929 New Zealand Member of Parliament Fanny Davies 1861 1934 pianist Havilland de Sausmarez 1861 1941 judge of various British courts in Africa and Asia the Ottoman Empire and China Sir Henry Beauvoir De Lisle 1864 1955 British Army general 11 Ernest Roberts 1868 1913 Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday 1870 1966 Victoria Cross recipient George Edward Nurse 1873 1945 Victoria Cross recipient Herbert John Fleure 1877 1969 zoologist and geographer Ernest Martin Jehan 1878 1929 commander of a Q Ship that sank German submarine UB 4 in 1915 Arthur Maurice Hocart 1883 1939 anthropologist Percy Hodge 1890 1967 Olympic gold medalist 3 000 metre steeplechase 12 Ambrose Sherwill 1890 1968 President of the Controlling Committee during the German occupation of the Channel Islands until he was deported Major General Sir Thomas MacDonald Donald Banks KCB DSO MC TD 1891 1975 Director General of the Petroleum Warfare Department 1940 45 Barry Jones 1893 1981 actor Herbert Jolly 1895 1983 professional golfer James Parkes 1896 1981 clergyman historian and social activist Marjorie Ozanne 1897 1973 Guernsey author Michael Davidson 1897 1976 journalist Gerald Basil Edwards 1899 1976 author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page Beatrice Collenette 1899 2001 dancer20th century EditEthel Wood 1901 2011 supercentenarian 13 14 John Louis Bonnie Newton 1903 1962 DSC Croix De Guerre etoile en argent born in Alderney Special Operations Executive operative 1940 45 15 John Harold Henry Coombes 1906 1978 Principal of Cadet College Petaro one of the earliest public schools built in Pakistan Marie Ozanne 1906 1943 protester against the German treatment of slave labourers during World War II 16 17 Robert Morley 1908 1992 actor John Le Patourel 1909 1981 historian Philip Maitland Hubbard 1910 1980 crime fiction writer William Billy Spurdle 1911 2011 footballer played for Manchester City F C Mary Eily de Putron 1914 1982 stained glass artist and archaeologist Wallace Le Patourel 1916 1979 Brigadier Victoria Cross recipient John Marr 1918 2009 author George Clarence Bassett Smith 1919 2001 footballer played for Southampton F C Hubert Nicolle 1919 1998 considered to be the first Commando of WW2 landed in occupied Guernsey in September 1940 18 Peter Brock 1920 2006 historian Peter Le Cheminant born 1920 Air Chief Marshal and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Frank Griffiths Caldwell 1921 2014 Major General OBE MC and bar Roy Dotrice 1923 2017 actor winner of Tony and BAFTA Awards Sylvester Houedard 1924 1992 known as dsh poet literary editor and Benedictine monk Len Duquemin 1924 2003 footballer played for Tottenham Hotspur F C William Billy Whare 1925 1995 footballer played for Nottingham Forest F C Frederick Charles Hurrell 1928 2008 Air Vice Marshal and Director General of RAF Medical Services from 1986 to 1988 Tony Fox 1928 2010 doctor and rower represented Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics Charles Wood born 1932 playwright and scriptwriter John Savident born 1938 actor appears in many TV series including Coronation Street Peter Le Vasseur born 1938 artist 19 Nicholas Edward Day born 1939 statistician and cancer epidemiologist Bruce Parker born 1941 BBC television presenter first presenter of Antiques Roadshow Dick Le Flem born 1942 footballer played for Nottingham Forest F C and England U23 20 Noel Duquemin born 1944 shooter Commonwealth and Island Games 21 Chris Foss born 1946 British artist and science fiction illustrator George Torode 1946 2010 writer and radio host 22 Malcolm Wicks 1947 2012 Member of Westminster Parliament Richard Doyle born 1948 British author of thriller novels Michele Dotrice born 1948 actress daughter of Roy Dotrice Simon Kay born 1952 plastic surgeon Adrian Fulford born 1953 judge formerly a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Karen Dotrice born 1955 actress 23 Aden Gillett born 1959 actor Andrew Lawrence King born 1959 baroque harpist director of The Harp Consort Craig Allen born 1959 football player in North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League Adrian Breton 1962 2007 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medal men s rapid fire pistol 24 25 Martine Le Moignan born 1962 squash player Lisa Opie born 1963 squash player Ashley Highfield born 1965 media magnate Sarah Montague born 1966 BBC journalist and news presenter Carl Hester born 1967 dressage rider Team GB Olympian and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal winner Jenny Kendall Tobias born 1967 radio presenter for BBC Radio Guernsey known and loved locally as JKT Matthew Le Tissier born 1968 retired Southampton FC and England footballer 26 Martin Brady born 1969 world record holder of the slowest heart ever recorded in a healthy human 27 Lee Luscombe born 1971 footballer played for Brentford FC Alison Merrien born 1971 indoor bowls player Andrew Singleton born 1972 human geneticist Andy Priaulx born 1973 four times touring car race champion Lee Savident born 1976 cricketer played for Hampshire County Cricket Club Chris Tardif born 1979 footballer played for Portsmouth F C Dawn Porter born 1979 BBC television presenter born in Scotland but grew up in Guernsey Lee Merrien born 1979 athlete and Team GB Olympian Dale Garland born 1980 athlete Paul Le Tocq born 1981 badminton player Tom Druce born 1986 athlete 28 Chris Simpson born 1987 squash player Tobyn Horton born 1989 the Channel Islands first professional cyclist 29 Tim Ravenscroft born 1992 cricketer played for Hampshire County Cricket Club Heather Watson born 1992 tennis player 2009 US Open Girls singles champion Team GB Olympian and Wimbledon champion 30 Harry Lewis born 1996 better known as W2S YouTube personality and member of the Sidemen 31 Alex Crossan born 1996 better known as Mura Masa electronic music producer and DJ 32 33 Cameron Chalmers born 1997 British track and field sprinter Cameron Ashplant born 1999 actor in Marooned Awakening 34 21st century EditMaya Le Tissier born 2002 footballer plays for Brighton amp Hove Albion WFC Harry Lewis also known as W2S or Wroetoshaw member of the YouTube group SidemenMoved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey EditGeneral Sir John Doyle 1756 1834 Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey drained Braye du Valle joining the north of Guernsey to the rest of the Island 35 John Wilson architect from Cumberland lived in Guernsey 1813 1830 and designed some of the island s most iconic buildings including Elizabeth College St James Castle Carey and the market buildings Victor Hugo 1802 1885 author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame lived in self imposed exile on the island for 15 years during which he wrote Les Miserables Toilers of the Sea was dedicated to the island John Tapner 1823 1854 last person executed by Guernsey Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841 1919 artist spent summer of 1883 in Guernsey Henry Watson Fowler 1858 1933 lexicographer moved to Guernsey in 1903 Lilian Lyle 1867 1953 botanist and phycologist studied the marine life of Guernsey during the 1920s 36 Francis George Fowler 1871 1918 lexicographer moved to Guernsey in 1903 Compton Mackenzie 1883 1972 author tenant of Herm Nicholas Monsarrat 1910 1979 author of The Cruel Sea and more than thirty other novels lived in Guernsey from 1959 to 1963 37 John Le Mesurier 1912 1983 actor in Dad s Army lived in Guernsey for the majority of his life Cyril Fletcher 1913 2005 actor comedian Robert Farnon 1917 2005 conductor and composer lived in Guernsey for 40 years Derrick Bailey 1918 2009 founder of Aurigny Airlines Desmond Bagley 1923 1983 best selling writer of thriller novels lived in Guernsey 1976 1983 38 Ronnie Ronalde 1923 2015 siffleur lived in Guernsey from the 1960s to the 1980s Eliza Beresford 1926 2010 writer creator of children s characters The Wombles lived in Alderney G N Georgano 1932 2017 author of reference books about motorcars Brian Walden 1932 2019 broadcaster and Labour politician David and Frederick Barclay both born 1934 businessmen in media retail and property Oliver Reed 1938 1999 actor in Gladiator Oliver and other films lived in Guernsey for many years Dawn Brooke born 1938 world s oldest natural mother gave birth in 1997 at the age of 59 39 Mary Perkins born 1944 co founder and a senior executive of Specsavers Raymond Evison born 1944 nurseryman lecturer author and photographer Norman Wood born 1947 Scottish Ryder Cup player Guy Hands born 1959 financier and investor former chairman of EMI Wayne Bulpitt born 1961 UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association Liam Mooney born 1972 Businessman ex professional rugby player Zef Eisenberg 1973 2020 Maximuscle founder and motorbike land speed records holderSee also EditCategory Guernsey people by parish List of Governors of Guernsey Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey List of Bailiffs of Guernsey Lieutenant Governor of Jersey List of Bailiffs of Jersey List of people from Jersey List of politicians in JerseyReferences Edit Lempriere Raoul 1974 History of the Channel Islands Robert Hale Ltd p 51 ISBN 978 0709142522 Sir Henry de Vic Westminster Abbey Retrieved 12 January 2019 Sir Edmund Andros English colonial official Encyclopaedia Britannica Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Chronicle 1832 pp 320 LE MESURIER Paul 1755 1805 historyofparliamentonline org Person Page www thepeerage com Biography COLBORNE JOHN Baron Seaton Volume IX 1861 1870 Dictionary of Canadian Biography biographi ca Mormon Biographical Register A Biographical Registers BYU Studies archived from the original on 24 January 2010 retrieved 17 May 2009 THE LONDONGAZETTE JULY 26 1881 3675 PDF Carey George Jackson 1822 1872 adb anu edu au First World War com Who s Who Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle firstworldwar com Retrieved 22 November 2018 Tyson Cameron 19 September 2020 Guernsey Post goes for gold Bailiwick Express Ethel aged 110 says I don t feel any different Daily Gazette Clacton Frinton and Walton 18 January 2011 Harris Chris Essex Amazing Ethel celebrates her 110th birthday Retrieved 22 November 2018 Buccaneering Bonnie a smuggler and a chancer Guernsey Press 13 January 2007 Retrieved 10 July 2020 Island Archives Acquires the Occupation Diaries of Major Marie Ozanne www gov gg Retrieved 22 November 2018 Guernsey WWII heroine Marie Ozanne blue plaque unveiled BBC Obituary Hubert Nicolle independent co uk BBC Your Paintings Peter Le Vasseur Art UK LE FLEM Richard where are they now co uk Groom Graham 2013 THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ISBN 9781291576382 Donkey author dies Guernsey Press 22 April 2010 Retrieved 19 May 2010 Karen Dotrice IMDb Retrieved 6 March 2017 Groom Graham 2013 The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games Lulu Press p 374 ISBN 978 1 291 57638 2 Commonwealth hero is mourned Guernsey Press englandstats com A Complete Database of England Internationals Since 1872 englandstats com Lowest heart rate Guinness World Records Retrieved 21 October 2015 Glasgow 2014 Guernsey runner Tom Druce retires from athletics BBC 31 July 2014 Jean Francois Quenet Neo pro Horton enjoys familiar roads at Tour de Bretagne Cyclingnews com Wimbledon 2016 Watson and Kontinen win mixed doubles title BBC 10 July 2016 O Reilly Lara 29 October 2015 The 20 biggest British YouTube stars Business Insider Retrieved 8 December 2015 Lester Paul 6 November 2015 New band of the week Mura Masa No 78 The Guardian Retrieved 10 March 2016 Savage Mark 4 January 2016 BBC Sound Of 2016 Mura Masa interview BBC News Retrieved 10 March 2016 Thrillers Marooned Awakening American Trash And Deadly Games Set Casts Gravitas Acquires The Other Me From EP David Lynch And Horror Pic Tethered More Film Briefs Deadline Hollywood Retrieved 9 June 2022 Doyle Clan History Part 6 www doyle com au Retrieved 12 March 2019 Botany Guernsey Museums and Galleries 14 August 2012 Retrieved 16 January 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link The Editor Guernsey Evening Press CIS Rediscovering the crime novels of Desmond Bagley CRIME FICTION LOVER crimefictionlover com Retrieved 10 November 2018 Ben Farmer 20 August 2007 UK woman 59 world s oldest natural mother The Telegraph London Retrieved 26 October 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Guernsey amp oldid 1139093568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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