Lady Sarah Napier
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Lady Sarah Napier was a British aristocrat who became notorious for her status as a royal favourite and for her scandalous extramarital affairs. One of the famous Lennox sisters, she was the frequent
Portrait, 1760
Sarah spent her late childhood years at Carton House in County Kildare, Ireland.
Sarah frequently visited Kensington Palace as a child and then later as an adult.
Sarah married the British Army officer George Napier in 1781.
George III
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George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. He was
Lady Sarah Napier
…favourite of King George II. After her father's death, she spent her late childhood in Ireland before returning to London for her first season. The future King George III fell in love with her over a two-year period, causing Sarah to become a pawn of political factions hoping to influence him. The relationship ended upon…
Coronation portrait, 1762
George (right), his brother Edward, and their tutor, Francis Ayscough (later Dean of Bristol), by Richard Wilson, c. 1749
Pastel of George as Prince of Wales by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1754
Wedding of George and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, oil sketch by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1761