Pierre Carey le Pelley

Pierre Carey le Pelley was the 17th Seigneur von Sark from 1849 to 1852 .

Life

In 1844 he tried hopelessly to look for funds to run his father Ernest le Pelley's silver mine on the island. His father, however, had to pawn the feudal system of Sark for £ 4,000 to John Allaire, a resident privateer , due to financial difficulties . In 1845 the ceiling of the deepest tunnel collapsed. The company was not insured and was closed in 1847. Pierre was unable to maintain the pledge payments and was forced to sell the Seigneur von Sark title to Marie Collings , John Allaire's daughter and heir, for £ 6,000.

Individual evidence

^ F. Cohen, N. Bird: Silver in the Channel Islands. (No longer available online.) Pp. 85–86 , archived from the original on March 24, 2009 ; accessed on May 1, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Pelley, Pierre Carey le
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Seigneur von Sark
DATE OF BIRTH	18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH	19th century

[1] F. Cohen, N. Bird: Silver in the Channel Islands. (No longer available online.) Pp. 85–86 , archived from the original on March 24, 2009 ; accessed on May 1, 2017 (English).