Charles Duret Aubin
Charles Duret Aubin
Charles at an Animal Shelter fete in 1936
Charles Duret Aubin (1894- ) was Attorney-General under Bailiff Alexander Coutanche from 1935 to 1948, including the difficult years of the German Occupation
Charles was the son of Walter Duret Aubin, a doctor of medicine, Deputy for St Helier (1894-1898), Jurat of the Royal Court (1899) and Lieut-Bailiff (1906-1917), and Catharine Francesca, nee Murrow. He was born in St Helier on 22 May 1894. Educated at Victoria College, he studied law at the Middle Temple in London and was called to the Jersey Bar in 1920 and the English Bar in 1922.
On 9 May 1919 he married Isobel Mary Touzel and there were two daughters of the marriage.
He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1931 and Attorney-General in 1936.
Throughout the German Occupation he was Bailiff Alexander Coutanche's right-hand man and is mentioned frequently in Lord Coutanche's memoirs. He was present at the Airport to meet the arriving German officers.
He was made a CBE in 1946 in recognition of his wartime service, which took a toll on his health. He retired in 1948.
He was president of the Jersey Football Association from 1928 to 1934 and prominent member and sometime president of the Jersey Swimming Club. He was chairman of the Jersey New Waterworks Company, the Jersey Gas Company, and board member of the Jersey Savings Bank.
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Charles Duret Aubin (second from left) and colleagues ready for a Christmas Day swim at Havre des Pas Pool in 1928 -
Charles' wife Isabel -
A card sent from France in 1899 when he was five years old -
This is a postcard which was sent to him from Fecamp in Normandy when he was a child in 1901 -
The address side of the 1901 card -
A telegram sent from Sark congratulating him on his appointment
