Seigneur of Sark | |
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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) |
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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]