Rt Hon Sir
Alexander
Moncrieff
"Baron Coutanche of St Brelade"
Coutanche
Born in Saint Saviour, Jersey
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ruth Sophia Joan (Gore) Coutanche
— married
1924 [location unknown]
Father of
John Alexander Gore Coutanche
Died
at age 81
in Saint Brelade, Jersey
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Biography
Alexander Coutanche is Notable.
Alexander was born in 1892. He was Bailiff in the Channel Islands during the German Occupation. He refused to ratify the registration of the eighth German order requiring the wearing of a yellow star for Jewish residents as a "measure too far."
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| Plaque commemorating Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche, Bailiff of Jersey, announcing that the Island was to be liberated. |
He was later knighted and made a life peer.
He passed away in 1973.
Sources
- Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947.
See Also:
- Wikipedia: Alexander Coutanche
- Wikidata: Item Q2833569, en:Wikipedia
- https://www.thepeerage.com/p2006.htm#i20053
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