Seigneur of Sark

Seigneur of Sark
Seigneur of Sark
	Arms of Sark: Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure
Creation date	1563
Created by	Elizabeth I
First holder	Hellier de Carteret, 1st Seigneur of Sark
Present holder	Christopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark
Remainder to	heirs and assigns whatsoever
Status	extant
Seat(s)	La Seigneurie (traditional)

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]

^ Black, HC (1968), Law Dictionary (4th ed.), citing Blackstone, Commentaries, vol. 3, p. 210
^ Collings Hathaway, Sibyl (1975). Dame of Sark, an autobiography. Heinemann.

[1] Black, HC (1968), Law Dictionary (4th ed.), citing Blackstone, Commentaries, vol. 3, p. 210

[Collings_Hathaway-2] Collings Hathaway, Sibyl (1975). Dame of Sark, an autobiography. Heinemann.

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Seigneur of Sark
Arms of Sark: Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure
Creation date	1563
Created by	Elizabeth I
First holder	Hellier de Carteret, 1st Seigneur of Sark
Present holder	Christopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark
Remainder to	heirs and assigns whatsoever
Status	extant
Seat(s)	La Seigneurie (traditional)

Seigneur of Sark

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