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CAMBRIDGE 499 1870-75; was in command of the ist division in the Russian campaign of 1854, where he served at the battles of Ahna, Balaltlava, and Inkerman, and at the siege of Sebastopol. G.C.H. 1825; K.G. 15 Aug. 1835; G.C.M.G. 26 June 1845, becoming, subsequently (1851) Grand Master and Principal Grand Cross of that Oi-der; K.P. 17 Nov. 1851; G.C.B. 5 July 1855; P.C. 28 July 1856; Admitted P.C. [1.] 21 Apr. 1868; G.C.S.I. 22 June 1877; K.T. 17 Sep. i88i;G.C.l.E. 21 June 1887; G.C.V.O. 30 June 1897; also Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour in France, Apr. 1855; and Knight of St. Andrew of Russia, 15 May 1874; D.C.L. Oxford, i June 1853; LL.D. Cambridge, 3 June 1864; LL.D. Dublin, 21 Apr. 1868. Ranger of Hyde Park and St. James's Park, 1852, and of Richmond Park, 1857 till his death; personal A.D.C. to the Queen, 1882. Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1884 till his death. He »z., privately, in contravention of the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, Q 8 Jan. 1847, at St. John's, Clerkenwell (being described in the Register as George Frederick Cambridge, Gent., of St. Paul's, Deptford, in the co. of Kent), Sarah, () usually known as Louisa, 9th child and 5th da. of Robert Fairbrother, theatrical printer, by ( — ), da. of Thomas Freeman, whitesmith, of Wylecot, Shrewsbury. She, who was b. 1 8 1 6, in Bow Str., Covent Garden, and was a popular actress in burlesques, pantomimes, and similar performances,('^) d. at 6 Queen Str., Mayfair, 12, and was bur. 16 Jan. 1890, at Kensal Green, aged 74. Will dat. 16 Oct. 1889, pr. gross ;^I2,763, net ^{^12,315. He d. s.p. legit., at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, 17, and was bur. 22 Mar. 1904, at Kensal Green, aged nearly 85, when the Dukedom and other English titles became extinct.{^) (^) See note sub Henry, Duke of Cumberland [1766]. C') She is named Sarah in her will and in the marriage h'cence, though called "Louisa" on her coffin plate, and indeed on all other occasions. V.G. (') She began acting at Drury Lane in 1832. She used to appear as Columbine, played "Abdallah" at the Lyceum in 1844, and is believed not to have finally left the stage until 1848, by which time she had borne 3 sons to a Prince of the Blood. Justin McCarthy, in his history, says that "she was of respectable family, and that her character was never reproached." This remark refers to iier married life. By her connection with the Duke, she had three sons (all legally illegitimate) of whom two were born out of wedlock, and the third 5 months after. She was always known after marriage as "Mrs. FitzGeorge," which name was adopted by her sons by the Duke. They were (i) George William Adolphus FitzGeorge, b. 27 Aug. 1843, C°'- late 20th Hussars; served in Egypt at Tel el Kebir; 4th class Osmanieh; ret. 1895. He became bankrupt, and is not mentioned in the will of his father, who is said to have paid ;^i 50,000 for him in his lifetime. He ;«., in 1885, Rosa Frederica, divorced wife of Frank Wigsell Arkwright, of Sanderstead Court, Surrey, da. of William Baring, of Norman Court, Hants. He was living 1905. (2) Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge, b. 1846. Capt. R.N., ret. 1894; Rear Adm. 1896; K.C.V.O. 1904. He OT., 1875, Sophia Jane, da. of Thomas Holden, of Winestcad Hall, Hull. Living 1912. (3) Augustus Charles Frederick FitzGeorge, b. 12 June 1847; Col. late nth Hussars; ret. 1900; K.C.V.O. 1904; living unm. 1912. V.G. ("*) "A bluff, fresh, hale, country gentleman, with something of the vigorous healthy frankness of the English skipper, and something, too, of the Prussian martinet; industrious, punctual, rising early, seeking rest late, fond of life and its pleasures, of