Seigneur of Sark

Seigneur of Sark
Seigneur of Sark
	Coat of arms of Sark
	Flag of Sark
	Incumbent; Christopher Beaumont; since 3 July 2016
Residence	La Seigneurie (traditional)
Appointer	Hereditary (male-preference primogeniture)
Inaugural holder	Hellier de Carteret
Formation	1563

The Seigneur of Sark is the head of Sark in the Channel Islands. "Seigneur" is the French word for "lord", and a female head 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
Coat of arms of Sark
Flag of Sark
Incumbent Christopher Beaumont since 3 July 2016
Residence	La Seigneurie (traditional)
Appointer	Hereditary (male-preference primogeniture)
Inaugural holder	Hellier de Carteret
Formation	1563