List of seigneurs of Sark

The Seigneur de Sark ( in use today: English Seigneur of Sark ) is the head of the Channel Island of Sark. Seigneur is the French word for "Lord." A female head is called Dame de Sark.

The Office des Seigneurs is hereditary. With the permission of the Queen it can even be sold. The Seigneur has a suspensive veto and the right to determine the holder of many offices on the island. See also Sark - Political System

Legislature, the Chief Pleas, a kind of parliament. For centuries also determined in its composition by feudalism, he was elected today completely free after a change in the law approved in 2008. Parallel to this process of reform, certain privileges of the lords have been challenged and abolished; the above-described basic competences of the Office but have not changed.

German representatives ( the German commander of Guernsey subordinate )

  • Stefan Herdt (1940-1942)
  • John Hinkel ( 1942-28. March 1943 )
  • ? 1943-45

William Thomas Collings (1853-1882)

Sibyl Hathaway (1927-1974)

John Michael Beaumont ( since 1974)

  • List (ruler )
  • Briton
  • Guernsey
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