7th November 1911
Ralph Vibert is born
Ralph Vibert was Jersey’s solicitor general from 1948 until 1955 and, for two years from 1957, a deputy representing St Brelade. In 1959 he was elected a senator and remained in post until his retirement in 1987. He spent the Second World War as a cypher instructor in the New Forest before instructing Special Operations Executive recruits in India. He died on 10 November 2008, aged 97.
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Other events that occured in November
Jersey’s Occupation peer dies
- Bertram Godfray Falle fought Jersey’s cause in the House of Lords throughout the occupation, but barely lived long enough to see the island’s revival in the years following the Second World War.
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Diarist and deacon Jen Chevalier dies
- Born in 1589, Jean Chevalier’s diaries describe life in Jersey at a time when the crown and the state were frequently at odds.
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Ian Hislop’s Jersey connection revealed
- Presenter, writer and editor Ian Hislop discovered that he had connections to Jersey on the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are?
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Navy gunship is grounded off Jersey coast
- HMS Ambuscade was run aground off Jersey and could only be freed when the crew had cut away its rigging.
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