Talk:Duke of Grafton
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[edit] Name misspelled
Quoting from Bernard Falk's The Royal Fitz Roys: Dukes of Grafton through Four Centuries (Hutchinson, 1950), page 7: "The Dukes of Grafton write their family name as two words, Fitz Roy, and this style has been followed throughout the book. It distinguishes them from those other descendants of Charles II, mentioned in the course of the narrative, who were privileged to call themselves 'FitzRoy'."
Frankly, I don't feel like changing all those article headings, but someone needs to, I think. -----Michael K. Smith 14:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
- If they once did, they don't seem to do it any more. Burke's says: THE 11TH DUKE OF GRAFTON in the Co of Northampton, Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich and Baron Sudbury of Sudbury (Sir Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, KG (1976), DL (Suffolk 1973)) [His Grace The Duke of Grafton KG DL, Euston Hall, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2QW] (my emphasis), and Cracroft's (which is even more reliable than Burke's) calls them all "FitzRoy". Proteus (Talk) 15:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
