Robert Hathaway
Robert Hathaway | |
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Seigneur of Sark | |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Woodward Hathaway 20 October 1887 East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | 15 December 1954 Sark | (aged 67)
Spouse | |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Robert Woodward Hathaway (20 October 1887 – 15 December 1954) was jure uxoris seigneur of Sark from 1929 until his death. An American by birth, his rule spanned the reigns of four monarchs: George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II.
Early life and career
Hathaway was born in East Orange, New Jersey, the third of four sons of the Wall Street banker Charles Hathaway and his wife Cora (née Southworth Rountree).[1][2][3][4]
After graduating from
Rule
In 1929, Hathaway met
They immediately moved to her native island, where Hathaway was astonished to learn that, according to the feudal custom, he had become
Shortly after the
Death and succession
Hathaway died on 15 December 1954, leaving his widow as sole ruler. She ruled until her death in 1974, when her grandson succeeded her.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Leonard, John William (1910). History of the City of New York, 1609–1909: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration; Together with Brief Biographies of Men Representative of the Business Interests of the City. Journal of commerce and commercial bulletin.
- ^ a b c Books and Bookmen. Hanson Books. 1977.
- ^ a b c d Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. New Jersey Historical Society. 1948.
- ^ ISBN 0787640662.
- ^ a b Marshall, Michael (1967). Hitler invaded Sark. Paramount-Lithoprint.
- ^ a b c Wood, Alan; Wood, Mary Seaton (1975). Islands in danger: the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, 1940–1945. Elmfield Press.
- ^ a b Hathaway Family Association (1970). Hathaways of America. Gazette Print. Co.
- ^ Collings Hathaway, Sibyl (1975). Dame of Sark, an autobiography. Heinemann.
- ^ Beatty, Jerome (1940). Americans All Over. John Day Company.
- ^ Hawkes, Ken (1977). Sark. David & Charles.