6th March 1902
Social Security pioneer Cyril Le Marquand is born
The imposing Cyril Le Marquand House, in Union Street, is the home of Jersey’s civil service, and with good reason: the man it was named after was elected to the States Assembly in 1948 and is responsible for setting up the island’s social security system to provide hospital treatment and pensions.
Le Marquand was born in 1902 and spent the Second World War on the mainland where he worked for the Ministry of Food. Upon his return to Jersey, after several years serving in the States, he was given responsibility for the island’s overall finances. He also argued to preserve the island’s autonomy when Britain joined the European Community – later the European Union – and was remembered through the creation of a scholarship upon his death on 27 February 1980.
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Other events that occured in March
Mystery man’s fatal fall at Fort Regent
- Mystery surrounded the death of John Edward Redden in 1899, who had died shortly after falling on steps at Fort Regent.
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Jerseyman sentenced for Nazi propaganda
- After being imprisoned in Germany, John Lingshaw saw an opportunity to offer his services in spreading German propaganda.
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Jersey rewrites its inheritance laws
- Prior to 2010, Jersey women got a raw deal when their spouses died, being entitled in law to only a third of their husband’s estate.
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Nurse Tracy Burns is killed at First Tower
- Tracy Burns was killed on 14 March. Two days later, a man was arrested and charged with murder, robbery and attempted rape of the 35-year-old.
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