Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton KG CB (22 June 1821 – 4 December 1918), styled Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was a British Army officer. He was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.[1]
The Duke of Grafton | |
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 The Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886 | |
| Born | Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy 21 June 1821 London, England |
| Died | 4 December 1918 (aged 97) Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Anna Balfour
(m. 1847; died 1857) |
| Issue |
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| Parents | Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley |
He joined the army in 1837 and was wounded in the Crimean War.[2]
On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour (15 June 1825 – 23 December 1857), daughter of James Balfour MP. Together, they had four children:
- Lady Eleanor FitzRoy (1853–1905), married Walter Harbord, son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield, and had issue.
- Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), married Kate Walsh; no issue.
- Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton (1850–1930)
- Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), married his distant cousin Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton, and had issue (Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton).[1]
He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
References
edit- ^ a b "Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton". The Peerage. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Tinniswood, Adrian (2016). The Long Weekend: Life in the English country house between the wars. Jonanthan Cape. p. 58. ISBN 9780224099455.
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