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Sibyl Hathaway

1884–1974 · 20th century

Sibyl Hathaway was the Dame of Sark, the feudal ruler of the Channel Island of Sark, from 1927 until her death in 1974. During the German occupation of 1940 to 1945 she stayed on the island and dealt firmly with the occupying officers on behalf of its inhabitants. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1965.

Sibyl Hathaway
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