5th August 1880
Law Lord who oversaw Channel Island refugees is born
Born in St Helier and educated at Oxford, Herbert du Parcq was admitted to the Jersey Bar in 1906 and became King’s Counsel two decades later. He was knighted in the 1930s and, as Baron du Parcq of Grouville, became a life peer following the Second World War. During the war he had chaired the Channel Islands Refugees Committee to raise funds for islanders who found themselves evacuated to the mainland in advance of the occupation.
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Other events that occured in August
ITV broadcasts final episode of Island at War
- Island at War was a tale of life in the occupied Channel Islands. Taking inspiration from real-life events, it was set on a fictional island.
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Work begins on St Helier harbour
- Until work began on St Helier Harbour, visitors arriving on the packet steamer had to come ashore in small boats when the tide was out.
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Victor Hugo flees France and heads for Jersey
- Victor Hugo lived in Jersey for three years after fleeing Napoleonic France, before moving on to neighbouring Guernsey.
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Jersey plane makes bomb threat detour
- Thirty passengers on their way to Jersey strapped themselves in as their aircraft performed an about turn in mid-air
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