Sarah, Duchess of York Scott, a first cousin of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, an uncle of Queen Elizabeth II. Sarah also has connections to the United States. Through ancestors of her great-great-grandfather, Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, Sarah is probably a descendant of Adam Winthrop, grandfather of Massachusetts Bay Colony founder John Winthrop, and is thus connected to the Winthrop family. Sarah, Duchess of York Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson; 15 October 1959), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a British writer, charity patron, film producer, and television personality. She is the
HMS Duchess of York (1801) early attempt to reach shore. Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham, in "Romney", left "Duchess of York" to salvage anything that could be salvaged and then sailed to Suez from whence he dispatched "Wilhelmina" to pick up the troops on the 15th and carry them back to India. At some point the Navy sold "Duchess of York". Apparently her career was so brief and limited to the Indian Ocean that no records of her service reached the Admiralty. "Duchess of York", Austin Forest, master, arrived at Port Jackson on 4 April 1807 from Bengal. She was primarily carrying merchandise, including an