Editing Jethou (section)

===Modern history===
[[Image:Herm, Sark and Jethou.jpg|left|thumb|330 px|An aerial shot showing Jethou centre right next to its bigger neighbour [[Herm]], with [[Sark]] in the background and the east coast of [[Guernsey]] in the foreground.]]

In 1867 Lt Colonel Montague Fielden became the island's tenant. However he was discovered using the island as a storehouse for smuggling [[brandy]] from France.<ref name=BBC08/>

From 1920 to 1934 it was leased by the Scottish novelist [[Compton MacKenzie]] along with [[Herm]] and remained part of that estate for years, although it is currently part of a different one.<ref name=BBC08/>

From September 1964 until December 1971 the island was occupied by the Faed family – Angus Faed, his wife Susan Faed and their four children, Colin, Erik, Colette and Amanda. Mrs Susan Faed was the 22nd tenant of Jethou.<ref name=BBC08/>

In the 1950s and 60s the island was open to the public. During that period [[postage stamp]]s were issued. Local stamps on the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]] were banned on 1 October 1969, and the Isle of Jethou was closed to the public from 1970.<ref name=stamps>{{cite web |url=http://www.silverdalen.se/stamps/cje98/jethou_about.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422104624/http://www.silverdalen.se/stamps/cje98/jethou_about.htm | archive-date=22 April 2019 |title=Stamps issued from 1960 to 1969 |publisher=silverdalen stamps (SE) |author=Anders Backman |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref>

In 1972, [[Charles William Hayward|Charles Hayward]], founder of the [[Firth Cleveland]] Group of Companies, purchased the Crown tenancy of the island and lived there with his wife Elsie Darnell George until his death in 1983.

In 1996 the island was leased by [[Peter Ogden (businessman)|Sir Peter Ogden]] of IT company [[Computacenter]].<ref name="Graham">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/when-killers-came-to-a-rich-mans-playground-1326486.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/when-killers-came-to-a-rich-mans-playground-1326486.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=When killers came to a rich man's playground |last=Graham |first=Bob |date=30 January 1996 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>

It was recognised in 2016 as an area of international environmental importance under the [[Ramsar Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://guernseypress.com/news/2016/01/28/herm-and-jethou-get-ramsar-status/ |title=Herm and Jethou get Ramsar status |work=[[Guernsey Press]] |date=28 January 2016|access-date= 12 February 2021}}</ref>

It is flanked by two [[islet]]s, [[Crevichon]] to the north and Fauconnière to the south. There is one house on the island and two cottages as well as a large garage where vehicles such as [[quad bike]]s and [[tractor]]s are stored.