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Sir
Robert Pipon Marett (
1820-
1884, pseudonym
Laelius) was a
lawyer,
journalist,
poet, politician, and
Bailiff of
Jersey from 1880 until his death.
He was born in
St. Peter on
20 November 1820 and studied at the
University of Caen and the
Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Bar of Jersey as advocate in
1845, but in
1846 the family moved to
Blois in
France as a result of his mother's ill health. Returning to Jersey, he entered the
political scene and was elected
Constable of
St. Helier in
1856. During his short term in municipal office, he laid out the Parade as an urban promenade.
The death of the Bailiff, Sir
Thomas Le Breton, created a vacancy among the
Crown Officers and on
6 March 1858 Robert Pipon Marett was appointed
Solicitor-General. He rose through the legal hierarchy, becoming
Attorney-General in 1866, and Bailiff in 1880.
He was knighted in 1880. He was one of the founders of the
Société Jersiaise and a patron of education for girls. He was the father of
Robert Ranulph Marett.
He died on the 10 November 1884 at his home, La Haule Manor in
St. Brelade, after a long illness.
Literature
On his return from Blois, Robert Pipon Marett was one of the founders of the newspaper
La Patrie in which his poetry in
Jèrriais appeared from
1849 under the
pseudonym Laelius.
His
La Fille Malade was widely admired and
François-Victor Hugo reproduced it in his
La Normandie inconnue. It has been suggested that his
Lé R'tou du Terre-Neuvi oprès san prumi viage influenced
Victor Hugo's
Les Pauvres gens written in Jersey in 1854. He corresponded publicly in verse form with
George Métivier, the
Guernsey poet. His comparatively small poetic output belies its continuing influence. His poetry is generally social rather than political, but
La Bouonne Femme et ses Cotillons satirises conservative resistance to constitutional reform.
He took a philological interest in Jèrriais and through his prestige did much to standardise Jèrriais
orthography on the pattern of French orthography. On being appointed to high office he stopped publishing poetry, and a fire at his home, Blanc Pignon, in St. Brelade in 1874 destroyed his papers – a loss to
Jèrriais literature.
Note
- Des Filles, une sorcière, Dame Toumasse et quelques autres R.-J. Lebarbenchon, 1980, Azeville
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