1913.] SIR EDMUND, HIS SON. 63 



Such an appointment of the Bailiff of the Island to act 

 as Lieut.-Governor was almost unheard of, and it was evidently 

 pointed out to the authorities that it was impossible for the 

 same man to undertake the two sets of duties at the same 

 time, so on March 7th, 1704, Queen Anne issued an order ^ 

 which must be considered almost unique among our official 

 archives. This was to the effect that " whereas Charles II., 

 in 1672, had made Sir Edmund Andros Bailiff' of Guernsey 

 for life, and that he had constituted Eleazar le Marchant, 

 Esq., to be his Lieut, and whereas we have been pleased to 

 appoint the said Sir Edmund Andros to be our Lieut.- 

 Governor. . . . Now that the said Sir Edmund may attend 

 our service as our Lieut.-Governor there wee do hereby, at 

 the humble desire of the said Sir Edmund, dispense with the 

 said Sir Edmund executing- of the office of Bailiffe during the 

 time he shall be our Lieut*- Governor, and do hereby approve 

 of the nomination of the said Sir Edmund . . of Eleazar le 

 Marchant to be his Lieut. Bailiffe there, to enjoy all the 

 Powers and Profitts belonging to the Bailiffe during such time." 



Sir Edmund was now sixty-seven years of age, years 

 spent in fighting, voyaging and undergoing hardships all over 

 the world, and the energy and initiative of his American days 

 had gone by. 



The islanders, absorbed in their petty quarrels and insular 

 jealousies, must have appeared dull and insignificant to a man 

 accustomed to " the lore of men that ha' dealt with men 

 in the new and naked lands," and his absences from the 

 Island seem to have grown longer and longer. On Lord 

 Hatton's death in 1706 his appointment as Lieut.-Governor 

 ceased, and he resumed his Bailiffship, and it was as Bailiff of 

 the Island that on December 31st, 1712, he signed a letter to 

 Queen Anne from the States of Guernsey congratulating her 

 on the victorious termination of the glorious campaign in 

 which Marlborough had won the victories of Blenheim, 

 Oudenarde and Malplaquet. In this letter is expressed the 

 pious hope " qu'il n'y ait plus dons vos Etats n'y Papiste n'y 

 Nonconformists, come il n'y en a aucun parmy nous." < 2) This 

 was his last public action of which we have any record, and 

 on Feb. 27 th, 1714, the greatest Guernsey man of his day, 

 died in London at his house in Denmark Hill. 



His third wife, Elizabeth Fitz Herbert, < 3 > apparently 

 predeceased him, and as he had no children his property was 

 divided amongst his nephews and nieces. 



(1) Guille MSS. 



(2) Actes des Etats, Vol. II., p. 123. 



(3) Jacobs' Annals of Guernsey, Sequel p. 103. 



