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Seigneur of Sark

Seigneur of Sark
Arms of Sark: Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure
Creation date1563
Created byElizabeth I
First holderHellier de Carteret, 1st Seigneur of Sark
Present holderChristopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark
Remainder toheirs and assigns whatsoever
Statusextant
Seat(s)La Seigneurie (traditional)
Politics of Sark
Flag of Sark

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]

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

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