Graham Dorey
Sir Graham Martyn Dorey, born in Guernsey 15 Dec 1932, was the Bailiff of Guernsey from February 1992 to March 1999.
Biography
The second son of a local grower, Martyn Dorey, he was evacuated to Scotland during world war II. Later he was educated Kingswood Sch Bath, University of Bristol, and then Ecole des Roches Verneuil in Caen in 1959, he was made an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey 1960.
He did not open public buildings in his name, however while Deputy Bailiff he campaigned for a Guernsey Flag, and chaired the Guernsey Flag Committee. Whilst in office as Bailiff of Guernsey he oversaw the response to territorial fishing disputes with French fishermen within the Gulf of St Malo.
Both he and his wife Penelope supported local causes. He lost his first wife Lady Penelope to cancer while in office in September 1996, she received a public funeral. He has four children Suzanne, Jane, Robert and Martyn.
Sir Graham Dorey, after the loss of his wife, Penelope, later married widowed, Cicely Ruth Lummis, (August 1998), having four children from her deceased husband, including, Jane, Sarah, Andrew and Kathryn. Sir Graham and Lady Dorey moved to "Le Marche Farm", Guernsey, (ca 2001), where they lived together until 2012, when Sir Graham was rehoused due to illness. In 2013, Lady Cicely Dorey relocated to undisclosed location on Guernsey.