Fairfax Fenwick

Other Events:

• Occupation: British Consul General To Denmark 1761

Nicholas married Hester Lewis in 1757 in S't Anne's Church Soho London. Hester (daughter of Lewis, Admiral) was born in 1742 in Archangel, Russia; died in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Entertained the Duke of Brunswick incognito just before the battle of Waterloo where he was among the first to fall. She asked" Monsieur etes vous francais?" to which he replied "Non Madame je suis vrai Allmand"

Took an English leg of mutton to Queen Caroline Matilda wife of Christian VII King of Denmark and sister of George III as she was a prisoner in Kronberg Castle.

Died of burns sustained when her lace cap caught fire.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Købmand

Notes:

A staunch Royalist and firm adherant to the Stuart cause obliged them to leave Northumberland.

Settled in Stockholm

Nicholas married Elizabeth Watson in Stockholm Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Before the birth of each of her children in Stockholm she moved into the British Embassy so as to claim that her children had been born under the British flag.

"On the death of her husband in Sweden where they had lived for some years having gone there from Northumberland she moved to Elsinore Denmark with her family of 19 children.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Russian Navy

Notes:

When the Czar Peter the great came over to England he visited the Arsenal dock yard where he came across young Lewis, then a midshipman and taking a fancy to him he persuaded him to return with him (the Czar) to Russia where Lewis entered the

Russian Navy and in time was appointed High Admiral. The Emperor decorated him with the Order of St Catherine (Red ribbon) as seen in his portrait. One of his sons was a page to Empress Catherine.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Chamberlaine Of Hull 1699 Major Of Hull 1st 1709 2nd 1727

William married Meliora Fairfax. Meliora (daughter of Isaac Fairfax and Catherine) was born in 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]