Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton

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(Ann) Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton GCVO (b. 1920) was born Ann Fortune Smith, the daughter of Captain Evan Smith, and his wife Helen Williams. Her younger brother, Sir John Smith, was a financier with the family bank (formerly Smiths of Nottingham, later the National Provincial Bank and then part of NatWest), a Conservative MP, and the founder of the Landmark Trust.

She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II between 1953 and 1966 and has been Mistress of the Robes since 1967.

In 1970, Hugh Fitzroy, Earl of Euston succeeded his father as 11th Duke of Grafton, whereupon Ann became Duchess of Grafton.

[edit] Personal life

On 12 October 1946 Ann Fortune Smith married the then Earl of Euston, son of Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton. Together they had five children:

  • James Oliver Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Euston (13 Dec 1947–)
  • Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen Fitzroy (14 Sep 1949–)
  • Lady Virginia Mary Elizabeth Fitzroy (10 Apr 1954–)
  • Lord Charles Patrick Hugh Fitzroy (7 Jan 1957–)
  • Lady Olivia Rose Mildred Fitzroy (1 Aug 1963–)
Court offices
Preceded by
The Duchess of Devonshire		 Mistress of the Robes to
Queen Elizabeth II
1967–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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