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Elias Dumaresq, 3rd Seigneur Of Augrès
Elias Dumaresq, Seigneur of Augres, 3rd Seigneur of Augrès (c. 1620-1677) was born to Abraham Dumaresq, 2nd Seigneur of Augrès and Susan de Carteret daughter of Philippe de Carteret I, Philippe de Carteret I, 2nd Seigneur of Sark and his wife Racheal Paulet. He was a Cavalier, Royalist and a Jurat, Jurat of the Royal Court. Civil War Elias was a staunch Royalist during the English Civil War along with his cousins George Carteret and Philippe de Carteret II, Phillip de Carteret, and remained loyal to the crown during the Interregnum (1649–1660), Interregnum. For his loyalty the proclaimed Charles II of England, King Charles II visited him at Les Augrès Manor in 1649 and gave Elias a Grant to the fief of Seigneur of Augres, Augrès, and was then held by Knight-service, Knight's Service. Family Elias married Jane Payn the daughter of Rev. Thomas Payn, Rector of Saint Lawrence, Jersey, St. Laurence. They had the following Issue: * Elias Dumaresq Seigneur of Augres, 4th Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greffier
A greffier is the clerk to a legislature or a court in some countries where French is, or used to be, the language of the legal system. The word greffe refers to the records kept by the greffier or the department of government under the greffier's management. Guernsey In Guernsey, HM Greffier is the Clerk of the Royal Court whilst the States' Greffier is the Clerk of the legislative assembly known as the States of Deliberation. Jersey Since 1931, there have been two Greffiers in Jersey. The Judicial Greffier is the clerk or Registrar of the Royal Court and the other courts of the Island. The Greffier also carries out some of the administrative functions of the Royal Court, for example registering doctors. The Greffier of the States is the clerk and record-keeper for the States Assembly The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey People
The Jersey people (Jèrriais: ''Jèrriais''; french: Jersiais, links=no) also referred to as Islanders, are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands who share a common history, Norman ancestry and culture. There is no standard demonym for Jersey people, however common demonyms include Jerseyman/Jerseywoman or Jèrriais. Jersey people are colloquially known as 'beans', after the Jersey bean crock - a traditional meal, or (the Jèrriais word for toad), the reason being that Jersey has toads and Guernsey does not. There is a statue in St. Helier of a toad, known as Le Crapaud. The Jersey toad is a unique species, which are bigger, breed earlier and use different habitats than English toads. Population Jersey is the largest and most populous island of the Channel Islands, an archipelago near the coast of France that is part of the British Isles. Jersey is a British Crown dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carteret Family
Carteret is a location in Normandy, France, and most if not all uses derive from there. Carteret may refer to: Places * Carteret, New Jersey, a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A., named after George Carteret ** Carteret High School, a four-year comprehensive public high school, the lone secondary school in Carteret School District ** Carteret School District, a comprehensive community public school district in Carteret, New Jersey ** West Carteret, New Jersey, an unincorporated community located within Carteret, New Jersey ** Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret, a Jewish institution based in Carteret, New Jersey * , a former commune, since 1964 part of Barneville-Carteret, Normandy, France ** , a peninsula near Carteret, Normandy *** , located on Cape Carteret, Normandy * Carteret County, North Carolina, named after either George Carteret or John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville ** Cape Carteret, North Carolina, a town within Carteret County ** Carteret Community College, a commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Paulett
George Paulett (1534-1621) was Bailiff of Jersey multiple times during a period from 1583 to 1611 and was temporary Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey. Biography George Paulett was the son of Sir Hugh Paulett, Governor of Jersey, and his wife Philippa Pollard, daughter of Sir Lewis Pollard (1465–1540) and Agnes Hext. George's older brother was Sir Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey, and the gaoler for Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1583 he took over the position of Bailiff for Jersey from Jean Dumaresq. After a few year in 1586 Dumaresq would resume his role as Bailiff but only for a few months and George Paulet would become Bailiff once more. The position of Bailliff was handed back to Jean Dumaresq in 1591 for a period of five years as Paulett would serve as Lieutenant-Governor in Guernsey. Family Paulett married Elizabeth Perrin (1538–1615), daughter of Edmund Perrin (1494–1552), Seigneur of Rose. They had a daughter: * Rachel Paulett (1561–1650) married Philippe de Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellier De Carteret
Hellier de Carteret ( fl. 1563 – 1578) was the first Seigneur of Sark, reigning from 1563 to 1578. He was the son of Édouard de Carteret, Seigneur of Saint Ouen (d. 1533), and grandson of Philip de Carteret, 8th Seigneur of St Ouen. It was Hellier's idea and initiative to re-cultivate the deserted island in 1563, and he was rewarded by being granted, by a Letters Patent, the fief in 1565 by Elizabeth I. He was also Seigneur of Saint Ouen in Jersey. He married his cousin, Margaret de Carteret. She was the widow of Clement Dumaresq and daughter of the bailiff Helier de Carteret, the uncle and namesake to the Seigneur of Sark. Hellier and Margaret's son was Philippe de Carteret I. References External linksdecarteret.org.uk Person Sheet Helier de Carteret Hellier de Carteret (floruit, fl. 1563 – 1578) was the first List of seigneurs of Sark, Seigneur of Sark, reigning from 1563 to 1578. He was the son of Édouard de Carteret, Seigneur of Saint Ouen (d. 1533), and gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Paulet
Sir Hugh Paulet (bef. 1510 – 6 December 1573) (or Poulet, his spelling) of Hinton St George in Somerset, was an English military commander and Governor of Jersey. Origins Born after 1500, he was the eldest son of Sir Amias Paulet of Hinton St George, by his second wife, Lora Keilway/Laura Kellaway. He was the grandson of Sir William Paulet of Hinton St George, by his wife Elizabeth Denebaud, daughter and heiress of John Denebaud of Hinton St George. A younger brother, John Paulet (born c. 1509), became, in 1554, the last Roman Catholic Dean of Jersey. Career In 1532, Hugh was in the commission of the peace for Somerset; and he was heir and sole executor to his father in 1538, receiving a grant of the manor of Sampford-Peverel, Devon. He was supervisor of the rents of the surrendered Glastonbury Abbey in 1539, had a grant of Upcroft and Combe near Crewkerne, Somerset, in 1541, and was Sheriff of Somerset and Sheriff of Dorset in 1536, 1542, and 1547 and was Knight of the Shir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Durell
Vice-Admiral Philip Durell (1707 – 26 August 1766) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Port Admiral at Plymouth. Naval career Durell joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in 1721. In 1742 he was appointed post captain on and sailed to the West Indies. In 1745 he took part in the successful Siege of Louisbourg during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was appointed captain of and took part in the defeat of the French Navy at Cape Ortegal off Spain in 1747. As captain of from March 1755, he joined Rear-Admiral Francis Holburne's squadron supporting Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen in North America off Louisbourg later that year. Becoming captain of he was part of Vice-Admiral John Byng's fleet which engaged the French at the Battle of Minorca. The admiral's flagship nearly rear-ended ''Trident'' when Durell ordered the top mainsails aback in an attempt to cover HMS ''Intrepid'' which was, at that time, severely damaged. According to Dudley Pope, it was Dure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Saumarez
General Sir Thomas Saumarez (1 July 1760 – 4 March 1845) was a British General who served in the American Revolutionary War. Early life: 1760–1776 Thomas Saumarez was born in Guernsey on 1 July 1760 to Matthew Saumarez (1718–1778) and Cartaret Le Marchant. He was the youngest of four. His brothers were Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (1757–1836) and Richard Saumarez (1764–1835), a surgeon and medical author. Remainder: 1776–1845 Saumarez entered the British Army in 1776 where he fought in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He fought in the Siege of Charleston (1780). On 15 March 1781 Saumarez commanded one wing of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Battle of Guilford Court House. In October later that year, he was captured at the Siege of Yorktown. In 1787, he married Harriet Brock. In 1793, he was made Brigade major of the Guernsey military. In 1795, he was knighted by the Prince of Wales and promoted to Quartermaster-General to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Saumarez, 1st Baron De Saumarez
Admiral of the Red James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (or Sausmarez), Order of the Bath, GCB (11 March 1757 – 9 October 1836) was an admiral of the British Royal Navy, known for his victory at the Second Battle of Algeciras. Early life Saumarez was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey to an old island family, the eldest son of Matthew de Sausmarez (1718-1778) and his second wife Carteret, daughter of James Le Marchant. He was a nephew of Captain Philip Saumarez and John de Sausmarez (1706-1774) of Sausmarez Manor. He was also the elder brother of General (United Kingdom), General Sir Thomas Saumarez (1760-1845), Equerry and Groom of the Chamber to the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Duke of Kent, and afterwards Commander-in-Chief of New Brunswick and of Richard Saumarez (1764-1835), a surgeon and medical author. Their sister married Henry Brock, the uncle of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock and Daniel de Lisle Brock. Many of de Sausmarez's ancestors had distinguished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Saumarez
Captain Philip de Saumarez (1710–1747) was a British naval officer, notable for his role as captain of '' HMS Nottingham'' in capturing the French ship ''Mars'' and as the first lieutenant of George Anson,1st Baron Anson in his voyage around the world. He designed what would eventually be the first uniforms for the Royal Navy. Early life Philip de Saumarez was born in 1710, to Matthew de Saumarez and Anne Durell, daughter of John Durell and Ann Dumaresq. Saumarez had many notable naval officers in his family. His uncle was Captain Thomas Durell who was famous for the capture of the Spanish Princesa. His nephew was an even more famous de Saumarez, Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez. He was also cousins with Admiral Thomas Dumaresq and Vice-Admiral Philip Durell. Global expedition Phillip de Saumarez served as first lieutenant on '' HMS Centurion'' under commodore George Anson,1st Baron Anson during his voyage around the world. As first lieutenant, Saumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Durell
Captain (naval), Captain Thomas Durell (1685-1741) was a British naval officer most famous for his role in the capture of the Spanish ship HMS Princess (1740), ''Princesa''. Early life Thomas Durell was born in 1685 to John Durell, who was the Lieutenant-Bailiff of Jersey and Ann Dumaresq, who was the daughter of Elias Dumaresq, 3rd Seigneur of Augrès. Early career Durell joined the Royal Navy in 1697 and was promoted to Lieutenant (Royal Navy), lieutenant in 1705 after passing the lieutenant's examination. He was promoted to commander (Royal Navy), commander in 1716 and was later given command of the 42-gun HMS Speedwell (1716), HMS ''Speedwell''. He was promoted to post-captain in 1720. Nova Scotia After the Peace of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession, the British gained control of part of the Acadian lands in modern-day Nova Scotia. Durell who was in command of HMS Seahorse (1712), HMS ''Seahorse'' under the orders of General Richard Philipps, who was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
