Sarah Anne Child Fane, Countess of Westmorland
Lady Sarah was the only child of Robert Child, the owner of Osterley Park and principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co, and Sarah Child.
She married John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, on 20 May 1782 at Gretna Green after they eloped together.
Lady Sarah's parents were extremely dissatisfied with her marriage to Lord John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland.
Being an only child, Lady Sarah's father wanted her to marry a commoner, who would take the Child surname.
However, Lady Sarah told her mother, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Lady Sarah's father changed his will, disinheriting Sarah Anne and leaving his estate in trust for her second-born son or eldest daughter on condition that they assume his surname of Child.
Lady Sarah died of a fever at Phoenix Park, Dublin on 9 November, 1793.
Very interesting story of Lady Sarah's life: https://www.justsaying2u.com/2014/05/the-countess-of-westmorland-returns-to.html?m=1
Lady Sarah was the only child of Robert Child, the owner of Osterley Park and principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co, and Sarah Child.
She married John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, on 20 May 1782 at Gretna Green after they eloped together.
Lady Sarah's parents were extremely dissatisfied with her marriage to Lord John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland.
Being an only child, Lady Sarah's father wanted her to marry a commoner, who would take the Child surname.
However, Lady Sarah told her mother, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Lady Sarah's father changed his will, disinheriting Sarah Anne and leaving his estate in trust for her second-born son or eldest daughter on condition that they assume his surname of Child.
Lady Sarah died of a fever at Phoenix Park, Dublin on 9 November, 1793.
Very interesting story of Lady Sarah's life: https://www.justsaying2u.com/2014/05/the-countess-of-westmorland-returns-to.html?m=1
Sarah Anne Child Fane, Countess of Westmorland
Lady Sarah was the only child of Robert Child, the owner of Osterley Park and principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co, and Sarah Child.
She married John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, on 20 May 1782 at Gretna Green after they eloped together.
Lady Sarah's parents were extremely dissatisfied with her marriage to Lord John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland.
Being an only child, Lady Sarah's father wanted her to marry a commoner, who would take the Child surname.
However, Lady Sarah told her mother, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Lady Sarah's father changed his will, disinheriting Sarah Anne and leaving his estate in trust for her second-born son or eldest daughter on condition that they assume his surname of Child.
Lady Sarah died of a fever at Phoenix Park, Dublin on 9 November, 1793.
Very interesting story of Lady Sarah's life: https://www.justsaying2u.com/2014/05/the-countess-of-westmorland-returns-to.html?m=1
Lady Sarah was the only child of Robert Child, the owner of Osterley Park and principal shareholder in the banking firm Child & Co, and Sarah Child.
She married John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, on 20 May 1782 at Gretna Green after they eloped together.
Lady Sarah's parents were extremely dissatisfied with her marriage to Lord John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland.
Being an only child, Lady Sarah's father wanted her to marry a commoner, who would take the Child surname.
However, Lady Sarah told her mother, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Lady Sarah's father changed his will, disinheriting Sarah Anne and leaving his estate in trust for her second-born son or eldest daughter on condition that they assume his surname of Child.
Lady Sarah died of a fever at Phoenix Park, Dublin on 9 November, 1793.
Very interesting story of Lady Sarah's life: https://www.justsaying2u.com/2014/05/the-countess-of-westmorland-returns-to.html?m=1
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