Famous islanders
This section is all about Jerseymen and women who have become famous for what they achieved in the island of their birth, or elsewhere in the world. It also includes prominent long-time residents of Jersey who were not born in the island but achieved fame within the island and outside during their lifetimes.
Read about Edwardian actress Lillie Langtry (pictured left), famous 20th century sportsmen who have made their homes in Jersey, adventurers who left the island to seek their fortune thousands of miles away, military officers who served in some of the most famous battles in history and others who served their island with great distinction at home.
You can add articles on famous islanders - click on User contributions in the left column - and also record the histories of less famous members of your own families.
Many of the biographies in this section of Jerripedia draw on information published in A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey by George Balleine, and the second volume edited by Francis Corbet.
Main subjects
Recent additions
Among the more recent biographies added to Jerripedia are
- Abraham Le Cras, 19th century political agitator who kept petitioning the Privy Council, not without success
- Charles Robin, founder of the Gaspé cod fishing industry
- Nigel Mansell, world motor racing champion
- Gerald Durrell, author and zoo-ologist
- Jesse and Florence Boot, Baron and Lady Trent, of Boot's the Chemist fame and island benefactors
- Lillie Langtry, actress
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, the highest ranking Jerseyman in the armed services of all time
Holders of public office
This section includes the most comprehensive and accurate lists of holders of Jersey's most important public offices over the past 1,000 years, with links to a growing number of biographies of the most famous (and infamous). The picture shows Lord of the Isles Richard Neville, otherwise known as Warwick the Kingmaker.
- Lord of the Isles
- Warden of the Isles
- Governor
- Lieut-Governor
- Bailiff
- Lieut-Bailiff
- Deputy Bailiff
- Attorney-General
- Solicitor-General
- Viscount
- Jurat
- Constables
- Dean
- Index to other lists
Feature article
Sir George Carteret
Born George de Carteret, arguably the most famous Jerseyman of them all joined the Navy, dropped the 'de' from his name because it sounded too French, became a Member of Parliament, Bailiff of Jersey, friend of the future King Charles II, and eventually founded the State of New Jersey, naming it after the island of his birth.
