Biography of the dame of sark

Hereditary title in Sark, Channel Islands

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

Further information: Sark § Politics

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 littl