Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton

Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton KG CB (22 June 1821 4 December 1918), styled Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton and his wife, Mary Caroline, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.[1]


The Duke of Grafton

KG CB
Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886.
BornAugustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy
(1821-06-21)21 June 1821
London, England
Died4 December 1918(1918-12-04) (aged 97)
Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England
Spouse(s)
Anna Balfour
(m. 1847; died 1857)
Issue
ParentsHenry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley
Pictured in Suffolk Celebrities, 1893
Shield of arms of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.

On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour, daughter of James Balfour MP, and had four children:

He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.

References

  1. "Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton". The Peerage. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
Peerage of England
Preceded by
William FitzRoy
Duke of Grafton
18821918
Succeeded by
Alfred FitzRoy


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