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Guernsey (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr n z i / ⓘ GURN-zee; Guernésiais: Guernési; French: Guernesey) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy.
Events in the year 2024 in Guernsey. Incumbents. Duke of Normandy: Charles III; Lieutenant governor: Richard Cripwell; Chief minister: Lyndon Trott;
The Policy and Finance Committee propose the election dates of dates of 16 November (States), 30 November (Presidency of the States), and 7 December (Representatives of Alderney in the Guernsey States). [1] 10 July The States unanimously approve the aforementioned dates of the elections. [2] 15 October Deadline to register to vote. [3] 24 October
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys is a 1987 book written by Doris Kearns Goodwin and published by Simon & Schuster. It covers two Boston Irish American families, the Kennedys and the Fitzgeralds, from John F. Fitzgerald's baptism to John Fitzgerald Kennedy's inauguration. Upon its release, the book's insightfulness and detail were generally ...
The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry was established for action on the Western Front, [72] as part of 202nd Brigade and 67th Division. [73] Born: Penelope Fitzgerald, English novelist, author of many acclaimed historical novels including The Blue Flower, in Lincoln, England (d.
The surname FitzGerald is a patronymic of the Norman form, fitz meaning "son". "Fitz Gerald" thus means in Old Norman and in Old French "son of Gerald". Gerald itself is a Germanic compound of ger, "spear", and waltan, "rule". Variant spellings include Fitz-Gerald and the modern Fitzgerald. The name can also appear as two separate words Fitz ...
On 27 September 2007, he suffered a stroke and, without regaining consciousness, died on 1 October at Princess Elizabeth Hospital in St Martin, Guernsey. [5] [8] Having been married twice (with two sons from his second marriage) at the time of his death, his partner was Jean Fitzgerald. [4]
General Sir John Doyle (1756–1834), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, drained Braye du Valle joining the north of Guernsey to the rest of the Island [33] John Wilson , architect from Cumberland, lived in Guernsey 1813–1830, and designed some of the island's most iconic buildings, including Elizabeth College , St James , Castle Carey and the ...