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
Harriet Gilbert’s starvation death is finally acknowledged
- 14-year-old Harriet Gilbert was starved to death in prison in Jersey after being arrested for petty theft.
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Jersey Railway services restart
- Jersey once had a railway running the length of the south coast, from Corbière to Gorey Pier. It was later amalgamated with its rival.
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The rector of St Helier is humiliated in the States Assembly
- When the rector of St Helier tried to read the previous week's sermon to the States Assembly he was drowned out by a boisterous argument.
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Jersey Zoo opens for the first time
- Jersey Zoo opened for the first time in March 1959 and, the following year, took in three unwanted rattlesnakes from the RAF.
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