St Ouen’s Manor is the ancestral home of the de Carteret family. The family traces itself back to the year 1000, and family members are recorded as having served with William during the Norman Conquest. The earliest records of the house date from 1135 and, uniquely in the Channel Islands, the house has been handed down from father to son ever since then. The owner of the house is known as the Seigneur de St Ouen and to this day is the first of the Seigneurs to pay homage to the reigning Monarch whenever he or she visits the Island. The family’s name is synonymous with the history of Jersey. Over the centuries the family have played a central role in Jersey’s political life; most prominently during the Civil War when royalist George Carteret gave shelter to the young King Charles II during his exile from England and, after the Restoration, was rewarded with high office and various tracts of land in America, including that part which he named New Jersey. Today, the house is lived in by Philip Malet de Carteret and his wife, Adele. They are passionate about preserving the house and its history for generations to come.