Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton

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Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886.
Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886.

Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, 7th Duke of Grafton KG CB (June 22, 1821–December 4, 1918), known as Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was the second son of the 5th Duke of Grafton and his wife, the former Mary Caroline Berkeley.

On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour and had four children:

  • Lady Eleanor FitzRoy (d. 1905), married Walter Harbord, son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield and had issue.
  • Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), married Kate Walsh; no issue.
  • Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton (1850–1930)
  • The Reverend Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), married his distant cousin Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton, and had issue.

He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.


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Peerage of England
Preceded by
William FitzRoy		 Duke of Grafton
1882–1918		 Succeeded by
Alfred FitzRoy
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