Lady Edward FitzGerald

Stéphanie Caroline Anne Syms, Lady Edward FitzGerald (c. 1773 – 9 November 1831) was the wife of Lord Edward FitzGerald, the radical revolutionary and leading United Irishman, and was herself an enthusiastic supporter of Irish independence, scarcely less celebrated at the time than her husband.

However, according to her marriage registration, she was born in Fogo, near Newfoundland, the illegitimate daughter of Guillaume de Brixey and Mary Sims.

They settled at his home in Kildare and had three children: Edward Fox (1794–1863); Pamela, afterwards wife of General Sir Guy Campbell; Lucy Louisa, who married Captain Lyon, RN.

Deemed a traitor to the British crown, his estates were confiscated, and his widow was compelled to leave the country to avoid possible charges of treason.

During the Franco-Prussian War, her gravestone was damaged, so in 1880 her remains were brought back to England and were buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey, with her elder daughter, Pamela (Lady Guy Campbell).