List of Seigneurs of Sark
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The Seigneur of Sark is the head of Sark in the Channel Islands. "Seigneur" is the French word for "lord". A female head is called the Dame of Sark. The husband of a female ruler of Sark is not a consort but a ruler of Sark himself.
The Seigneur's office is hereditary. With permission of the Queen it may also be sold. The Seigneur had a suspensive veto power and the right to appoint most of the island's officers.
The residents of Sark voted to introduce a fully-elected legislature to replace the Feudalism|feudal government in 2006, and the law change was approved on April 9, 2008.
- Hellier de Carteret (1563-1578)
- Philippe de Carteret I (1578-1594)
- Philippe de Carteret II (1594-1643)
- Philippe de Carteret III (1643-1663)
- Philippe de Carteret IV (1663-1693)
- Charles de Carteret (1693-1715)
- John Carteret (1715-1720)
- John Johnson (Seigneur of Sark)|John Johnson (1720-1723)
- James Milner (Seigneur of Sark)|James Milner (1723-1730)
- Susanne le Pelley (1730-1733)
- Nicolas le Pelley (1733-1742)
- Daniel le Pelley (1742-1752)
- Pierre le Pelley I (1752-1778)
- Pierre le Pelley II (1778-1820)
- Pierre le Pelley III (1820-1839)
- Ernest le Pelley (1839-1849)
- Pierre Carey le Pelley (1849-1852)
- Marie Collings (1852-1853)
- William Thomas Collings (1853-1882)
- William Frederick Collings (1882-1927)
- Sibyl Mary Hathaway, nee Collings (1927-1940 and 1945-1974), with Robert Hathaway (1929-1940 and 1945-1954)
- John Michael Beaumont (1974-2016)
- Christopher Beaumont (2016- )
German Representatives (subordinated to the German Commandant of Guernsey)
- Stefan Herdt (1940-1942)
- Johann Hinkel (1942-28 March 1943)
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Dame Sybil photographed in 1946 by Pierre Roughol[1]
Notes and references
- ↑ Pierre Roughol was an accomplished French war photographer during the Second World War, documenting the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, life in prison camps and other wartime subjects. His collection has now been digitised by his great-niece, Isabelle Roughol
