Charles Frossard

Sir Charles Keith Frossard (18 February 1922 – 15 July 2012) was a Guernsey politician who served as Bailiff of Guernsey from 1982 to 1992.

Early life Charles Keith Frossard was born on 18 February 1922; his father, Edward Frossard, was a priest who served as the Dean of Guernsey from 1947 to 1967.

Frossard was educated at Elizabeth College, following which he began studying at the University of Caen in Normandy until the German invasion of France in 1940, when he fled to England. Subsequently, Frossard enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders (later transferring to the Black Watch and the Indian Army) and served in the North West Frontier from 1942 to 1946, earning the rank of captain. During this time, he befriended mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. The couple married in 1950 at the Town Church in Guernsey. made a Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in 1985, He was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa by the University of Caen on 23 January 1990 and is the eponym of Sir Charles Frossard House (also known as Custard Castle by locals), a government office in Guernsey that opened in January 1993.

National honours

Death On 15 July 2012, Charles Frossard died at the age of ninety. Offering his condolences to the family of Sir Charles, then-bailiff Richard Collas stated, "Guernsey has lost a most distinguished son, who enjoyed an extraordinary lifetime of remarkable achievements."