John FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton
John Charles William Fitzroy, 9th Duke of Grafton (1 August 1914 – 4 August 1936), was a British peer, known from 1914-30 as Lord Sudbury.
FitzRoy was the eldest son of William FitzRoy, Viscount Ipswich (himself the eldest son of the 8th Duke of Grafton and his first wife, Margaret Rose Smith) and his wife Auriol Margaretta Brougham, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. When his father died in a flying accident in 1918, FitzRoy became the heir to his grandfather's titles and succeeded to them in 1930.
In 1929 he gave away his mother on the occasion of her second marriage, to Major Gavin Hume-Gore.[1]
The duke died aged twenty-two, unmarried and childless, after his Bugatti crashed during a motor race in Limerick, Ireland. His dukedom was inherited by his cousin, Charles, but his viscountcy of Thetford and earldom and barony of Arlington fell into abeyance between his sisters, Lady Jane and Lady Mary-Rose. The viscountcy and earldom remain abeyant, but the abeyance of his barony was terminated in 1999, in favour of Lady Jane's eldest daughter, Jennifer.
External links
- Dukedom of Grafton
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Grafton
- ↑ "Picturesque Society Wedding 1929". British Pathe.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by Alfred FitzRoy |
Duke of Grafton 1930 – 1936 |
Succeeded by Charles FitzRoy |
| Earl of Arlington 1930 – 1936 |
In abeyance | |
| Viscount Thetford 1930 – 1936 | ||
| Baron Arlington 1930 – 1936 |
In abeyance Title next held by Jennifer Forwood | |
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