List of Seigneurs de Sercq
The Seigneur de Sercq (now common English: Seigneur of Sark ) is the head of the Channel Island Sark . Seigneur is the French word for "Lord". A female head is called Dame de Sercq .
The office of seigneur is hereditary. It can even be sold with the Queen's permission. The seigneur has a suspensive veto right and the right to determine the holder of many offices on the island. See also Sark - Political System
Legislative power is the Chief Pleas, a kind of parliament. Also determined for centuries in its composition by feudalism , it is now completely freely elected after a change in the law approved in 2008. Parallel to this reform process, certain privileges of the seigneur were also questioned and abolished; however, the basic competencies of the office described above have not changed.
- Hellier de Carteret (1563–1578)
- Philippe de Carteret I (1578–1594)
- Philippe de Carteret II (1594-1643)
- Philippe de Carteret III. (1643–1663)
- Philippe de Carteret IV (1663-1693)
- Charles de Carteret (1693-1715)
- John Carteret (1715-1720)
- John Johnson (1720-1723)
- James Milner (1723-1730)
- Susanne le Pelley (1730–1733)
- Nicolas le Pelley (1733–1742)
- Daniel le Pelley (1742–1752)
- Pierre le Pelley I (1752–1778)
- Pierre le Pelley II (1778-1820)
- Pierre le Pelley III. (1820-1839)
- Ernest le Pelley (1839-1849)
- Pierre Carey le Pelley (1849-1852)
- Marie Collings (1852-1853)
- William Thomas Collings (1853-1882)
- William Frederick Collings (1882-1927)
- Sibyl Mary Hathaway (1927–1974, together with Robert W. Hathaway 1929–1945, restricted by the German occupation, see below)
- John Michael Beaumont (1974-2016)
- Christopher Beaumont (2016 – present)
German representatives (subordinate to the German commanding officer of Guernsey )
- Stefan Herdt (1940–1942)
- Johann Hinkel (1942–28 March 1943)
- ??? 1943-45