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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 a British Army officer.
He was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley. Among his siblings were Lady Mary Elizabeth Emily FitzRoy (wife of the Rev. Hon. Augustus Phipps, the youngest son of The Earl of Mulgrave), Lady Maria Louisa FitzRoy (wife of Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn), William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton, and Lord Frederick FitzRoy (who married Catherine Sarah Wilhelimna Wescomb, daughter of the Rev. William Wescomb).
His paternal grandparents were George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (a daughter of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole, herself the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole). His maternal grandparents were Adm. Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley and Emilia Charlotte Lennox (a daughter of Lord George Lennox).
He joined the army in 1837 and was wounded in the Crimean War.
In 1882 upon the death of his elder brother, William, who died without issue, he succeeded to the dukedom of Grafton (created in September 1675 in the Peerage of England for his direct ancestor, Henry FitzRoy, an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers), as well as the subsidiary titles, Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich and Baron Sudbury.
His older brother, the 6th Duke of Grafton had taken a new London residence at No. 4 Grosvenor Place, Belgravia in April 1874, which Augustus inherited following his succession to the Dukedom. During the first years of his tenure as Duke, Augustus also resided at the Grosvenor Place house whilst in London, before eventually selling the lease of the property in March 1890. Augustus subsequently took a lease of a new London house overlooking The Mall at No. 17 Carlton House Terrace from 1891 until 1901. From 1902 his London home was No. 6 Chesterfield Gardens, which he continued to occupy whilst in London for the remainder of his life.
On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour (1825–1857), daughter of James Balfour, MP, and Lady Eleanor Maitland (a daughter of the Tory politician James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale). Together, they had four children:
He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
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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 a British Army officer.
He was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley. Among his siblings were Lady Mary Elizabeth Emily FitzRoy (wife of the Rev. Hon. Augustus Phipps, the youngest son of The Earl of Mulgrave), Lady Maria Louisa FitzRoy (wife of Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn), William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton, and Lord Frederick FitzRoy (who married Catherine Sarah Wilhelimna Wescomb, daughter of the Rev. William Wescomb).
His paternal grandparents were George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (a daughter of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole, herself the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole). His maternal grandparents were Adm. Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley and Emilia Charlotte Lennox (a daughter of Lord George Lennox).
He joined the army in 1837 and was wounded in the Crimean War.
In 1882 upon the death of his elder brother, William, who died without issue, he succeeded to the dukedom of Grafton (created in September 1675 in the Peerage of England for his direct ancestor, Henry FitzRoy, an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers), as well as the subsidiary titles, Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich and Baron Sudbury.
His older brother, the 6th Duke of Grafton had taken a new London residence at No. 4 Grosvenor Place, Belgravia in April 1874, which Augustus inherited following his succession to the Dukedom. During the first years of his tenure as Duke, Augustus also resided at the Grosvenor Place house whilst in London, before eventually selling the lease of the property in March 1890. Augustus subsequently took a lease of a new London house overlooking The Mall at No. 17 Carlton House Terrace from 1891 until 1901. From 1902 his London home was No. 6 Chesterfield Gardens, which he continued to occupy whilst in London for the remainder of his life.
On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour (1825–1857), daughter of James Balfour, MP, and Lady Eleanor Maitland (a daughter of the Tory politician James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale). Together, they had four children:
He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
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