Ernest le Pelley

Seigneur of Sark from 1839, succeeding his drowned brother Pierre le Pelley III, until 1849. He built the girls' school of 1841 from the profits the silver mine was expected to bring the island, and in 1844, desperate for funds to keep the mine pumping, obtained the Crown's permission to mortgage the fief of Sark for £4,000 to the Guernsey privateer John Allaire, the loan that cost his family the island.

In the archive

• Landowner · Sark's Hope Silver Mine (1839–1849) — Seigneur during the mine's final years; mortgaged the fief to fund it in 1844.

Sources

1. Historical Buildings & Sites, Isle of Sark (Sark Tourism)
2. Pierre Carey le Pelley, Wikipedia
3. Silver Mines, Isle of Sark (Sark Tourism)

Record created: 16 October 2026 · Last researched: 16 October 2026