Seigneur of Sark
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The Seigneur of Sark is the lord of the manor of Sark in the Channel Islands. A female seigneur of Sark is called Dame of Sark, of which there have been three. The husband of a female ruler of Sark is not a consort but is jure uxoris ("by right of (his) wife"[1]) a seigneur himself.[2]
Description
Template:See The title is hereditary, but with permission of the Crown, it may be mortgaged or sold, as happened in 1849 when Pierre Carey le Pelley sold the fief to Marie Collings for £6,000.[3]
The Seigneur was, before the constitutional reforms of 2008, the head of the feudal government of Sark, with the British monarch being the feudal overlord. The Seigneur had a suspensive veto power and the right to appoint most of the island's officers. Many of the laws, particularly those related to inheritance and the rule of the Seigneur, had changed little since Queen Elizabeth I, by Letters Patent, granted a fiefdom to Hellier de Carteret in 1565.[4][5]
The residents of Sark voted to introduce a fully elected legislature to replace the feudal government in a 2006 referendum,[6] and the law change was approved on 9 April 2008.[7] The first democratic election was held on 10 December 2008.[8] The changes in the political system mostly apply to the parliament, the Chief Pleas, not to the Seigneur.Template:Fact
Many seigneurs are buried at St. Peter's Anglican Church, Sark.Template:Fact
Seigneurs of Sark
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hellier de Carteret | 1563–1578 | ||
| 2 | Philippe de Carteret I (1552–1594)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1578–1594 | ||
| 3 | Philippe de Carteret II (1584–1643)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1594–1643 | ||
| 4 | Philippe de Carteret III (1620–1663/1675)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1643–1663 | ||
| 5 | Philippe de Carteret IV (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1650–1693)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1663–1693 | ||
| 6 | Charles de Carteret (1679–1715)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1693–1715 | ||
| 7 | File:John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville by William Hoare.jpg | John Carteret (1690–1763)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1715–1720 | |
| 8 | John Johnson (Died 1723)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1720–1723 | ||
| 9 | James Milner (Died 1730)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1723–1730 | ||
| 10 | Susanne le Pelley (1668–1733)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1730–1733 | ||
| 11 | Nicolas le Pelley (1692–1742)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1733–1742 | ||
| 12 | Daniel le Pelley (1704–1752)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1742–1752 | ||
| 13 | Pierre le Pelley I (1736–1778)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1752–1778 | ||
| 14 | Pierre le Pelley II (1763–1820)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1778–1820 | ||
| 15 | Pierre le Pelley III (1799–1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1820–1839 | ||
| 16 | Ernest le Pelley (1801–1849)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1839–1849 | ||
| 17 | Pierre Carey le Pelley | 1849–1852 | ||
| 18 | Marie Collings (1791–1853)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1852–1853 | ||
| 19 | File:William Thomas Collings.jpg | William Thomas Collings (1823–1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1853–1882 | |
| 20 | William Frederick Collings (1852–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1882–1927 | ||
| 21 | File:Sibyl Hathaway.jpg | Sibyl Hathaway (1884–1974[9])Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1927–1974 | Reigned under the German occupation from 1940 to 1945. |
| Robert Hathaway (1887–1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn |
1929–1954 | |||
| 22 | File:Michael Beaumont.jpg | Michael Beaumont (1927–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1974–2016 | |
| 23 | Christopher Beaumont (born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2016–present |
The heir apparent to the seigneurship is the present seigneur's son, Hugh Rees-Beaumont.
Notes
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