Bailhache, from
Norman French meaning to "give axe", perhaps used as an
occupational surname
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
for an
executioner
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Scope and job
The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or order ...
or a
woodman, is a surname known from
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...
,
England
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, and elsewhere. Notable people with this surname include:
* (born 1937), French painter
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Clement Bailhache
Sir Clement Meacher Bailhache (2 November 1856 – 8 September 1924) was an English commercial lawyer and judge.
Early life
Bailhache was born at Leeds, the eldest son of Rev. Clement Bailhache, of Huguenot descent, a Baptist minister and secret ...
(1856–1924), English lawyer and judge
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Jean Bailhache (1911–?), French author and translator
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John Bailhache (1787–1857), 10th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
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Sir Philip Bailhache (born 1946), Jersey politician and lawyer,
Bailiff of Jersey (1994-2009)
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Robin Bailhache (born 1937), a former Australian Test cricket match umpire
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Sir William Bailhache (born 1953), Jersey lawyer, incumbent
Bailiff of Jersey since 2015, brother of Philip Bailhache
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