Sarah Fairbrother - Mrs FitzGeorge

Mrs FitzGeorge

As the marriage was not legal, Sarah could not take on the title of Duchess of Cambridge or the style Her Royal Highness. Instead she was first known as Mrs Fairbrother and later as Mrs FitzGeorge.

Her three children by the Prince were:

• Colonel George FitzGeorge (24 August 1843–2 September 1907); married Rosa Baring (9 March 1854-10 March 1927), daughter of William Baring of Norman Court, Hants., by Elizabeth Hammersley.
• Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge, KCVO (30 January 1846–17 December 1922); married (1) Sofia Holden (1857–3 February 1920), daughter of Thomas Holden of Winestead Hall, Hull; and had issue; (2) Margaret Watson (1863–26 February 1934), daughter of John Watson; no issue.
• Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge, KCVO, CB (12 June 1847–30 October 1933).

Mrs FitzGeorge died at 6 Queen Street, Mayfair, London, on 12 January 1890, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 16 January 1890, very near to another of the Prince's mistresses, Mrs Louisa Beauclerk, who had died in 1882, he having determined in 1849 that he would be buried near Mrs Beauclerk. He had known Mrs Beauclerk since 1837, saw much of her from 1847, and she was his mistress from 1849, he later describing her as 'the idol of my life and my existence'.