Chillandham Cross, Itchen Abbas SO21 1AS
We went to Winchester and whilst Ally and Samuel went to the shops I escaped to the reference library to look at Sarah Ferguson's pedigree. Bliss. A 1985 Debrett's. Well, here goes. Sarah Ferguson was born October 15, 1959, the second daughter of Major Ronald Ivor Ferguson (born Oct 10, 1931), and of Susan Mary his wife (born 1937), daughter of Fitzherbert Wright, Esq, and the Hon Julia Doreen Wingfield (born 1904). We'll look at the paternal side first. Ronald Ferguson is the son of Colonel Andrew Henry Ferguson (1899-1966), and Marian Louisa, his wife (born June, 1908), the eldest daughter of Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott, fifth son of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. Thus, Marian M D S is a first cousin of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. A generation back we have Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson (1867-1943), who married the Hon Margaret Brand (died 1948), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Hampden (1841-1906), who married Susan Henrietta Cavendish, granddaughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Further back up the tree we have Thomas Ferguson (1795-1859), who married Emma Benyon, of New Grange Hall, Leeds. Sarah's maternal branch is just as illustrious. Her mother is a granddaughter maternally of the 8th Viscount Powerscourt, KP, MVO (1880-1947), by his wife Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie (See Radnor E). The 7th Viscount Powerscourt married Lady Julia Coke, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester. The 6th Viscount P married Lady Elizabeth Jocelyn, daughter of the Earl of Roden. Fitzherbert Wright is descended from the Earls of Romney and the Fitzherbert baronets. Sorry about all this, but it makes me feel much better now I've studied Sarah's pedigree. She and Prince Andrew are probably closely related through the Dukes of Devonshire (the Queen Mum is of Cavendish ancestry). Watch this space.
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