Risultati di ricerca
Charles Fitzroy, I barone Southampton; Ritratto di Charles Fitzroy eseguito da Sir Joshua Reynolds: Barone Southampton; Stemma: In carica: 1780 – 1797: Successore: George FitzRoy, II barone Southampton Nascita: 25 giugno 1737: Morte: 21 marzo 1797 (59 anni) Dinastia: FitzRoy Padre: Augustus FitzRoy: Madre: Elizabeth Cosby Consorte ...
9 apr 2024 · Charles Fitzroy, 1st duke of Southampton (baptized June 18, 1662—died September 9, 1730) was the natural son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, countess of Castlemaine. When his mother became duchess of Cleveland and countess of Southampton in 1670, he was allowed to assume the name of Fitzroy and the courtesy title of earl of ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Charles Palmer, later Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton, KG, Chief Butler of England (18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730), styled Baron Limerick before 1670; Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675; and known as the Duke of Southampton from 1675 until 1709, when he succeeded his mother as Duke of Cleveland.
- Early Military Service
- Political Career
- Baron Southampton
Charles FitzRoy was born on 25 June 1737, the second son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy and Elizabeth née Cosby, who was the daughter of Colonel William Cosby. Descended from the aristocratic FitzRoy family, FitzRoy's older brother Augustus would go on to become the third Duke of Grafton. When FitzRoy's father died of a fever while serving at the Battle ...
Like his brother Grafton, an established politician, FitzRoy was a Whig, part of a political faction that was often brought together more by kinship than by shared ideology. While serving in the Seven Years' War, he was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the constituency of Orford in August 1759. The election was organised by the prime mini...
FitzRoy was promoted to major-general in 1772, and on 20 October transferred his colonelcy from the 14th Dragoons to that of the 3rd Dragoons. He moved as an MP from Bury St Edmunds to Thetford in 1774, at which point he began to operate more independently in politics. When Grafton moved to the opposition over the prime minister Lord North's aggres...
Henry FitzRoy, I duca di Grafton. Madre. Isabella Bennet, II contessa di Arlington. Consorte. Henrietta Somerset. Religione. Anglicanesimo. Charles FitzRoy II duca di Grafton ( Londra, 25 ottobre 1683 – Londra, 6 maggio 1757) è stato un nobile e politico inglese .
Charles FitzRoy, II duca di Cleveland; Barbara Palmer con il figlio Charles, di Sir Peter Lely, 1664. Duca di Cleveland; Stemma: In carica: 1709 – 1730: Predecessore: Barbara Palmer, I duchessa di Cleveland: Successore: William FitzRoy, III duca di Cleveland Nascita: Londra, 17 giugno 1662: Morte: Londra, 9 settembre 1730 (68 anni ...
26 mag 2024 · Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland, Duke and Earl of Southampton, Earl of Chichester, Baron of Newbury and Nonsuch, Knight of the Garter, was buried on 3rd November 1730 in the Duke of Ormond's vault at the east end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
