Richard Collas
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Lieutenant Governor and Bailiff of Guernsey.jpg
| caption = Richard Collas (right) attending the Queen's birthday parade 2016 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey.
| office = Bailiff of Guernsey
| term_start = March 2012
| term_end = May 2020
| predecessor = Geoffrey Rowland
| successor = Richard McMahon
| name = Sir Richard Collas
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| children = 3
| alma_mater = Elizabeth College
Jesus College, Oxford
| deputy = Richard McMahon
}}
Sir Richard Collas (born 1953) was Bailiff of Guernsey from 2012 until his retirement in 2020.
Early life
He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, before he went on to study Engineering Science at Jesus College, Oxford.{{cite web |title=THE BAILIFF OF GUERNSEY SIR RICHARD JOHN COLLAS |url=http://www.guernseyroyalcourt.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1268&p=0 |url-status=deviated |publisher=Guernsey Royal Court}} After studying engineering and accountancy, he moved to law in which he practised for a number of years before moving into the civic duty of Deputy Bailiff.
Career
He joined Lever Brothers Limited before completed the exams for the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants then, in 1980, changed to Law as a profession.
Called to the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1982 he returned to Guernsey to attend the University of Caen Normandy for the necessary Certificat d’Études Juridtiques Françaises et Normandes and the following year was admitted as a Royal Court Advocate. Joining his father's firm of Collas Day & Rowland, Advocates, he became a partner and continued to practise there until 2005.
Collas was appointed to the office of Deputy Bailiff 2005–2012. In March 2012 he was sworn in and became the 89th Bailiff of Guernsey, taking over the position of Bailiff from Sir Geoffrey Rowland.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-17487939 |title=Guernsey's Richard Collas appointed next Bailiff |publisher=BBC |date=23 March 2012}}
The Bailiff of Guernsey is ex-officio President of the Guernsey Court of Appeal. Collas has been a member of the Court of Appeal of Jersey since 2012.
He was awarded a knighthood in June 2014 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list,{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-27830204 |title= Guernsey Bailiff Richard Collas awarded knighthood |publisher=BBC |date=14 June 2016}} receiving his knighthood as a Knight Bachelor of the British Empire at an investiture in Buckingham Palace the following November.{{cite web |url= http://guernseypress.com/news/2014/11/27/bailiff-at-the-palace-to-receive-knighthood/ |title= Bailiff at the palace to receive knighthood |publisher=Guernsey Press |date=27 November 2014}}{{London Gazette |issue=61320 |date=11 August 2015 |page=14934}}
He became an Honorary Master of the Bench of The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.graysinn.org.uk/news/new-honorary-benchers-0 |title=New Honorary Benchers |publisher=Gray’s Inn |date=14 October 2015}}
The Bailiff would normally retire at the age of 65; however, Her Majesty granted a two-year extension of the date to May 2020.{{cite web |url=http://guernseypress.com/news/2017/02/09/the-queen-grants-bailiff-a-two-year-extension-in-role/ |title=The Queen grants Bailiff a two-year extension in role |publisher=Guernsey Press |date=9 February 2017}}
Family
Sir Richard has three children, Jonathan, Oliver and Lydia.
See also
References
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Category:People educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey
Category:Members of Gray's Inn