The name Brecqhou derives from the Old Norse brekka ( slope or escarpment ; cf.

The Bailiwick of Guernsey comprises three separate jurisdictions: Guernsey, which includes also the islands of Herm and Jethou ; Sark, which also claims jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou ; and the island of Alderney.

Brecqhou is just west of Sark.

Sark claims it as a tenement, and the Ministry of Justice, the department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for the Channel Islands, considers Brecqhou part of Sark-but this is disputed by Brecqhou's current tenants.

Since 1929, the island of Brecqhou is connected to the title of the tenement La Moinerie de Haut, one of the 40 tenements whose owner had to keep a gun for the defence of the fief and, until 2008, had a seat in Chief Pleas.

The rule of Sark over Brecqhou is formally based on the retention of Seigneurial rights included in the contract of sale constituting the change in ownership from the Dame of Sark, Sibyl Hathaway, to Angelo Clarke in 1929.

According to the Barclays, this retention is invalid, as Brecqhou was never part of the fief of Sark.

The Big Roussel ( aka Great Roussel, Big Russel, or Grand Ruau ), is the channel running between Herm on the west, and Brecqhou, and Sark on the east.

The Big / Great Roussel, Big Russel or Grand Ruau is the channel running between Herm on the west, and Brecqhou, and Sark on the east, in the Channel Islands.

The Barclay Brothers ' castle, Brecqhou In 1993, the Barclay brothers bought the island of Brecqhou, a small sister island of Sark, one of the Channel Islands.

* David and Frederick Barclay live on Brecqhou, one of the Channel Islands, located just west of Sark, and give their address as Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, Monte-Carlo.

This British military operation was originally planned for the night of 9 / 10 February 1943 as a set of simultaneous raids on Herm, Jethou and Brecqhou to take prisoners and gain general information about the situation in the occupied Channel Islands.

The Duchy of Normandy survives as the Channel Islands, which for administrative purposes are grouped into the two bailiwicks of Jersey ( comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and Écréhous ) and Guernsey ( comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and Lihou ).

The term survives in administrative usage in the British Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands, which for administrative purposes are grouped into the two bailiwicks of Jersey ( comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and Écréhous ) and Guernsey ( comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and Lihou ).

Leonard Joseph Matchan ( 26 March 1911 in Fulham-6 October 1987 )-was the Tenant of Brecqhou in the English Channel from 1966 until his death.

They have also expressed a desire to make Brecqhou politically independent from Sark – building on the research of William Toplis, the painter, and others, who argued that Brecqhou was not a part of the fief of Sark.

* the Bailiwick of Guernsey comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and Lihou.

File: Brecqhou_from_the_air. JPG | An aerial view of Brecqhou.

Image: Brecqhou-north. jpg | A view of Brecqhou, from the north of Sark

Image: Brecqhou-Barclay Brothers Castle. jpg | The Barclay Brothers ' recently-built mansion on Brecqhou

Image: Brecqhou-southeast. jpg | A view of Brecqhou, from the south east.

When Sibyl Hathaway sold the island of Brecqhou to Angelo Clarke in 1929, she transferred the seat in Chief Pleas connected to this parcel to Brecqhou.

Since 1993 the tenement of Brecqhou has been owned by the Barclay brothers, the co-owners of The Daily Telegraph newspaper and former co-owners of The Scotsman.

Since the purchase the Barclays have been in several legal disputes with the government of Sark, and have expressed a desire to make Brecqhou politically independent from Sark.

While the Seigneur eventually came into the ownership of Brecqhou ( not before 1681 ), the island was not merged into the fief.

Therefore, in respect of Brecqhou, the Seigneurs never held the privileges valid in the fief of Sark, but lost any title to Brecqhou on reselling the island to Clarke.

Matchan occupied Brecqhou until his death on October 6, 1987.

In 1993 they bought the island of Brecqhou, off the coast of Sark.

Too many people think that the primary purpose of a higher education is to help you make a living ; ;

The strong feeling is certainly there ; ;

Since the Supreme Court's decision of that year this is more doubtful ; ;

Their own easier, slower tempo is especially dear to Southerners ; ;

BMEWS intelligence is simultaneously flashed to NORAD ( North American Air Defense Command ) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for interpretation ; ;

They include the Navy's Atlantic Command at Norfolk, Virginia, which is in contact with the Polaris subs ; ;

The aborigine is not deceived ; ;

In spots such as the elbows and knees the second skin is worn off and I realized the aborigines were much darker than they appeared ; ;

For one thing, there is a natural belt of rock across the river bed ; ;

for example, the mode of bravery to this anonymous folk poem: `` They brought me news that Spring is in the plains And Ahmad's blood the crimson tulip stains ; ;

`` It is easy for you to talk '' ; ;

It is interesting, however, that despite this strong upsurge in Southern writing, almost none of the writers has forsaken the firmly entrenched concept of the white-suited big-daddy colonel sipping a mint julep as he silently recounts the revenue from the season's cotton and tobacco crops ; ;

This is not to say that the South is no longer agrarian ; ;