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Bailiff of Guernsey (1903-1973)
Sir William Arnold
Born (1903-08-05 ) 5 August 1903Died 21 July 1973(1973-07-21) (aged 69) In office 1960–1973Preceded by
Ambrose Sherwill Succeeded by
John Loveridge
Sir William Henry Arnold
KBE (5 August 1903 - 21 July 1973) was
Bailiff of Guernsey from 1960 to his death in 1973.
Early life
Arnold was born and educated on
Guernsey .
[1] He was called to the English Bar in 1926 and the Guernsey Bar in 1927.
Bailiff
Arnold was Procureur (
Attorney-General ) from 1946 to 1960 and was then appointed Bailiff in 1960.
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[5] In 1964 he led the successful move in Guernsey to abolish the
death penalty for murder.
[6] In 1966 a civil servant, Basil Torode, raised
Clameur de Haro in the
Guernsey Parliament in front of Arnold, leading to an uproar in the house.
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He was active in the fundraising efforts for a new
Arun-class lifeboat for the
Saint Peter Port Lifeboat Station .
[8] He died before the new boat could be commissioned, and she was named
Sir William Arnold in his honour.
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He was made
CBE in the
1955 Queen's Birthday Honours List ,
knighted in the
1963 New Years Honours List and made
KBE in the
1973 Queen's Birthday Honours .
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Personal life
Arnold died in office, just before his 70th birthday.
[13] The
National Portrait Gallery holds a photograph of Arnold by
Walter Bird .
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References
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"National Portrait Gallery: Sir William Arnold" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"London Gazette , 1 March 1946, Issue 37487, page 1186" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"London Gazette , 16 February 1960, Issue 41957, page 1191" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"Guernsey Royal Court: List of Bailiffs" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"National Portrait Gallery: Sir William Arnold" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"On this day in Guernsey: Guernsey abolishes the death penalty for murder" . 29 April 1972. Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
^ Coote Lake, E. F., "Folk-Life and Traditions", Folklore , Vol 77 No 2 (Summer 1966), pp 141-145 at p 141.
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"Lifeboat 52-02" . Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
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"Grimsby Telegraph : "Famous lifeboat that rescued 29 people during hurricane stops over in Grimsby", 21 February 2022" . Grimsbylive . 21 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
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"London Gazette , 3 June 1955, Issue 40497, page 3297" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"London Gazette , 28 December 1962, Supplement 42870, page 1" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"London Gazette , 2 June 1973, Issue 45984, page 6479" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"National Portrait Gallery: Sir William Arnold" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .
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"National Portrait Gallery: Sir William Arnold" . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .