Rich County Reaper | 1930-12-19 | Page 1 | Widow with 6 Children Rules British Island

widow with 6 children rules british island london A widow with six children mrs dudley beaumont holds the distinction of being the only woman governor within the british empire possessing full fall administrative powers mrs airs beaumont who holds the title of the dame of sark rules the island of sark which consists of less than acres with w ath a population of approximately Inia tely GOO it is one of the channel group of islands she presides over a parliament which meets thrice yearly and supervises finances of the island where taxes still are paid in ili kind hind and the houses assessed according to the number of their chimneys because of her position she alone on the island Is allowed to keep loves doves according to 0 philologists the people of sark speak th the purest norm norman french to be helid anywhere and faithfully preserve the speech of william the conqueror and his followers