William Arnold (bailiff)

Arnold was Procureur (attorney general) from 1946 to 1960 and was then appointed Bailiff in 1960.^[2][3][4][5] In 1964 he led the successful move in Guernsey to abolish the death penalty for murder.^[6] In 1966 a civil servant, Basil Torode, raised Clameur de Haro in the Guernsey Parliament in front of Arnold, leading to an uproar in the house.^[7]

He was active in the fundraising efforts for a new Arun-class lifeboat for the Saint Peter Port Lifeboat Station.^[8] He died before the new boat could be commissioned, and she was named Sir William Arnold in his honour.^[9]

He was made CBE in the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, knighted in the 1963 New Year Honours and made KBE in the 1973 Birthday Honours.^[10][11][12]

Arnold died in office, just before his 70th birthday.^[13] The National Portrait Gallery holds a photograph of Arnold by Walter Bird.^[14]