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2 giorni fa · Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton: 1821–1918 1883 779 Prince Albert Victor of Wales: 1864–1892 1883 Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale 780 George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: 1823–1900 1884 Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire and former Lord Privy Seal 781 Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby: 1826–1893 1884 Secretary of State ...
9 mag 2024 · FitzRoy was born on 17 July 1764. He was the third, but second surviving, son of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton and, his first wife, Anne Liddell, a daughter of Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. After education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he entered the army in 1782 as an ensign. Career
3 giorni fa · Lord Chatham fell ill in 1767, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, took over the government. Grafton did not formally become prime minister until 1768. That year, John Wilkes returned to England, stood as a candidate in the general election, and came top of the poll in the Middlesex constituency.
Mary Howard also became Mary FitzRoy owing to her marriage to Henry FitzRoy, but other than that, there was no precedent for non-acknowledged bastards as well as their descendants to bear the surname FitzRoy. That said, I'm more curious where the middle name "FitzRoy" came from.
16 mag 2024 · Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton. 1811–34: William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester. 1834–40: John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis Camden. 1840–7: Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland. 1847–61: Prince Albert, the Prince Consort. 1861–91: William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. 1892–1908: Spencer Compton Cavendish, Duke of ...
1 mag 2024 · "Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of" published on by Oxford University Press. Prime minister. Grafton came from an aristocratic Whig background and opposed Lord *Bute in the early years of George
13 mag 2024 · The picture is believed to have been painted for the Prime Minister of Britain from 1768-1770, Augustus Fitzroy, 3 rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), who was part of the closely-connected nexus of ‘Whig’ statesmen that provided Stubbs with his most important patronage during this career-defining period.
