In accordance with his wishes, his sister Albina (who died in 1957) made a bequest to the States of Jersey which became the "Lord Portsea Gift Fund".
In 1997, he was awarded the Churchill Award for Courage by the States of Jersey, for his climb of Everest.
The States are mentioned in a document of 1497 regarding the endowments of the grammar schools; by 1526 attendance by members at the assembly was evidently a requirement, as in that year the Rector of Saint Mary was fined for failure to attend.
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In the 2011-2014 assembly, elected voting members comprise ten Senators (elected on an island-wide basis), twenty-nine Deputies (elected to represent singe- or multi-member constituencies), and twelve Connétables (head of each parish "who are members of the States by virtue of their office").
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Le Marquand was first sworn in as a Senator for the States of Jersey on 8 December 2008, after topping the polls in the Jersey general election of 2008.
In Jersey, each parish elects a constable for a three-year mandate to run the parish and also represent the parish in the legislature, the States of Jersey.
In the 1590s, Laurens Baudains - a wealthy farmer from St. Martin, lobbied the monarch and the States of Jersey to support a scheme for the establishment of a college.
Francis du Heaume Le Gresley, MBE is a member of the States of Jersey since he was first elected in the Jersey by-election of 2010.
Before her election to the States of Jersey as a deputy for Saint Peter in 2011, she spent over ten years working as a broadcast journalist based in the Channel Islands and the UK and presented Channel Television's nightly regional news programme, Channel Report.
In recent years, a former State's member Mr Stuart Syvret has argued in legal proceedings in England and Jersey that all members of the Jersey judiciary lack the appearance of independence and impartiality.