Robert Le Masurier

Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier (29 December 1913 – 30 July 1996) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1962 to 1974.

I'm a chief magistrate, I preside over the States, and I act as a kind of Ombudsman too'.

[7] In 1971, he sentenced Patrick Welch, a 21-year-old kitchen porter, to death for the murder of a 17-year-old girl on holiday in Jersey from Essex.

[9] As Bailiff, he oversaw Jersey's talks with the UK Government over its accession to the EEC, 'though he played little part in the substantive negotiations'.

[10] He retired from office early, to enjoy his hobbies of sailing and carpentry.