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Edward John Louis Paisnel (1925 – 1994), dubbed the Beast of Jersey, was a notorious sex offender who terrorised the Channel Island of Jersey between 1960 and 1971. He entered homes at night dressed ...
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Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire (known until 1776 as the Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne), was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1757–1761) ...
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Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche, Baron Coutanche (9 May 1892 – 18 December 1973) was a former Bailiff of Jersey and member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.
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Michael Jacob Beloff, (born 18 April 1942) is a prominent English barrister. A member of Blackstone Chambers, he practises in a number of areas including human rights and administrative law.
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Sir Philip Martin Bailhache, KBE (born 28 February 1946) is a former Jersey politician and lawyer. He was elected as a Senator in the States of Jersey in October 2011 and served as an Assistant Minister ...
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Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption, OBE, PC, FSA, FRHistS (born 9 December 1948), is a British author, medieval historian and former senior judge.
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Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut (6 May 1919 – 11 September 1998) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1975 to 1985. Sir Peter Crill was appointed Deputy Bailiff in 1974 and then succeed Sir Frank Ereaut as Bailiff ...
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Francis Joseph Huchet (1927 - 9 October 1959) was the last convicted criminal to be executed by hanging in the Channel Islands. He had been sentenced to death on 10 September 1959 by the Deputy Bailiff ...
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The jurats are lay people in Guernsey and Jersey who act as judges of fact rather than law, though they preside over land conveyances and liquor licensing. In Alderney, however, the jurats are judges ...
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Connétables or constables (Jèrriais: Connétabl'ye) are the civic heads of the twelve parishes of Jersey and ten parishes of Guernsey. The Connétable is grounded in Norman customary law. The structure ...
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The States Assembly (French: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: Êtats d'Jèrri) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes.
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Frederick John Hill, known as Bob Hill, is a Jersey politician and human rights campaigner. For 18 years he was Deputy for the parish of St Martin in the States of Jersey.
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Sir Robert Pipon Marett (20 November 1820 – 10 November 1884, pseudonym Laelius) was a lawyer, journalist, poet, politician, and Bailiff of Jersey from 1880 until his death.