Career
Her parents were dissatisfied with the match, her father wanted her to marry a commoner who would take the Child name (Sarah Anne being an only child), but Sarah Anne told her mother, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Her father cut her out of his will, leaving his house and fortune to Sarah Anne"s second son or eldest daughter, instead of the Westmorland heir. Sarah Anne and the earl"s surviving children were:
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (1784–1859)
Lady Sarah Sophia Fane (1785–1867), married George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey in 1804. Lady Augusta Fane (1786–1871), m.
1.
John Parker, Lord Boringdon (later 1st Earl of Morley) in 1804, divorced 1809. M. 2 also in 1809 Sir Arthur Paget (1771–1840), son of the 1st Earl of Uxbridge. Lady Maria Fane (1787–1834), m.
1805 John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later 4th Earl of Bessborough.
Lady Charlotte Fane (1793–1822).
