Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry
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Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (17 December 1921 – 15 February 2000) succeeded to the title as 3rd Viscount Daventry on the death of his uncle, the 2nd Viscount Daventry in 1986.
He was the son of John Maurice FitzRoy, (brother of Oliver FitzRoy, 2nd Viscount Daventry) who in 1919 married Lucia Charlotte Susan Newdigate Newdegate, heiress of Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate of Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, who took the additional surname of Newdegate and who inherited the Arbury estates on the death of his father-in-law in 1936.
He came into the Arbury estates on the death of his father in 1976.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 1990-1996.
He married Rosemary Norrie in 1959 and was succeeded by his son James.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- The Peerage
| Honorary Titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hugh Kenrick |
High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1970-1971 |
Succeeded by Sir William Dugdale, 2nd Baronet |
| Preceded by Charles Smith-Ryland |
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 1990–1996 |
Succeeded by Martin Dunne |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Oliver FitzRoy |
Viscount Daventry 1986–2000 |
Succeeded by James FitzRoy Newdegate |
