Sarah Sophia Fane, Countess of Jersey

Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey

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Sarah Sophia Child Villiers, Countess of Jersey (March 4, 1785 – January 26, 1867 at No. 38, Berkeley Square, Middlesex [now London]), was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland and Sarah Anne Child, only child of Robert Child, the principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co. Under the terms of his will, the Countess of Jersey was the primary legatee, and she not only inherited Osterley Park but became senior partner of the bank. Her husband, George Villiers, added the surname Child by royal license.

Lady Jersey married George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey on May 23, 1804, in the drawing room of her house in Berkeley Square. Her husband's mother, Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (also Lady Jersey), was one of the more notorious mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales.

Lady Jersey was one of the patronesses of Almack's and a leader of the ton during the Regency era. She was immortalized as Zenobia in Disraeli's novel Endymion. Lady Jersey was known, ironically, by the nickname Silence.[citation needed]

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Lady Jersey had seven children by George Child Villiers:

-1. George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (1808–1859)

-2. The Honourable Augustus John Villiers (1810–1847), married Georgiana Elphinstone, daughter of George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith.

-3. The Honourable Frederick William Child Villiers (1815–1871), married Elizabeth Maria van Reede, daughter of the 7th or 8th Earl of Athlone.

-4. The Honourable Francis John Robert Child Villiers (1819–1862).

-5. Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Child Villiers (1822–1853), married Nicholas Paul Carl [Mikl%C3%B3s Pál], 9th Prince Esterhazy (1817–1894).

-6. Lady Clementina Augusta Wellington Child Villiers (1824–1858).

-7. Lady Adela Corisande Maria Child Villiers (1828–1860), married Lt.-Col. Charles Parke Ibbetson.

She outlived not only her husband, but six of her seven children.

Forrás / Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Villiers,_Countess_of_Jersey

See also / Lásd még:

http://genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00037237&tree=LEO