Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice
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Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874–30 October 1914) was a British soldier and courtier.
Petty-Fitzmaurice was the youngest son of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud. He became a Major in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and from 1899–90, he was an aide-de-camp to FM Frederick Roberts during the Boer War. On 20 January 1909, he married Lady Violet Murray-Kynymound (the youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto) and they had two children:
- (Mary) Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910–2003), married Lieutenant Colonel Ririd Myddleton.
- George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice (1912–1999)
From 1909 he was an equerry to the Prince of Wales (later George V) until he was killed in action in the First World War.
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