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
SS Duchess of York (1928) but twenty seven from the ship. Fearing the flames from the ships would attract U boats, "Duchess of York" and "California" were sunk by Royal Navy torpedoes in position in the early hours of 12 July. According to the regimental records of my fathers regiment, the 675 Artisan and Works R.E., on the 16th of June 1940 they embarked on the SS. Duchess of York from ST Nazaire during the evacuation of France. The next day on the 17th of June RMS Lancastria was sunk off St Nazaire with the loss of over 4,000 lives, the biggest loss of life