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Miss Sarah Margaret Ferguson was born October 15, 1959 in Marylebone, London, grew up at Dummer Down Farm at Dummer in Hampshire, and married Andrew, Duke of York on July 23, 1986 in Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was watched by an estimated 1 billion people world-wide, and gave "Fergie" the title of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York (her full title during her marriage was The Princess Andrew, Duchess of York, Countess of Inverness and Baroness Killyleagh'). The Duke and Duchess have two children, Princess Beatrice of York (born 1988) and Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990), who are respectively fifth and sixth in line to the British throne.

Sarah and Andrew were divorced in 1996, but they have remained good friends and share in the upbringing of their daughters. As a former member of the British Royal Family, she is now known as Sarah, Duchess of York, and has become known for both her TV commercial work, and her work with many world charities

John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11, 1767, in a part of town that eventually became Quincy. He was the son of former President John Adams and Abigail Smith. At age seven he witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill from a nearby hilltop with his mother, now marked by the Abigail Adams Cairn. He spent much of his youth and early political career in Europe, and while on a diplomatic mission to England in 1797, he married Louisa Catherine Johnson in London on July 26, 1797. Adams served as Secretary of State for President James Monroe from 1817 to 1825, and succeeded him as President on March 4, 1825, serving until March 4, 1829. Regarded as one of the greatest diplomats in American history, he was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine, and the Transcontinental Treaty with Spain.

Adams died on February 21, 1848 inside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., due to a cerebral hemorrhage suffered two days earlier, and he and his wife are buried in a family crypt in the United Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts