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- ↑ Who's Who 2024. London: A & C Black. 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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- 1 2 "Jersey's Deputy Bailiff sworn in". ITV News. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.
- ↑ Frost, Kelly (1 October 2024). "Bailiff of Jersey announces his retirement from role". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 1 October 2024.
