Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton facts for kids
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The Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886
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| Born | Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy 21 June 1821 London, England |
| Died | 4 December 1918 (aged 97) Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England |
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Anna Balfour
(m. 1847; died 1857) |
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Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton KG CB (22 June 1821 – 4 December 1918), styled Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was a British Army officer. He was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.
On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour (15 June 1825 – 23 December 1857), daughter of James Balfour MP. Together, they had four children:
- Lady Eleanor FitzRoy (1853–1905), 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)
- Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), married his distant cousin Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton, and had issue (Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton).
He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
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