NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Villiers Sarah Sophia Child- (1785-1867) nee Fane wife of 5th Earl of Jersey DNB: Villiers, Sarah Sophia Child- [née Lady Sarah Sophia Fane], countess of Jersey (1785-1867), political hostess LBT ID: LyJerse5 | B/BAP: 1785-03-04 DIED: 1867-01-26 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
Heiress and Whig hostess, the daughter of John Fane, earl of Westmorland (1759-1841), she
married George Child-Villiers, earl of Jersey (1773-1859) in 1804. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sarah Sophia Child- Villiers, countess of Jersey [née Fane]: Lord Byron to the Countess of Jersey, 5 October 1814 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) |