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The most notable duke of Grafton was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister from 1768–1770. [ 3] The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1675 in the peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury. [ 1]
Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978), known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather, Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, on 7 April 2011.
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735 – 14 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era.
Henry Fitzroy, 1st duke of Grafton (born September 1663—died Oct. 9, 1690, Cork, County Cork, Ire.) was the first duke of Grafton and the second illegitimate son of Charles II of England by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland.
Grafton became secretary of state in the first Rockingham administration, but resigned in April 1766 after the failure to negotiate Pitt's entry into the ministry. Grafton returned to office in July, when Pitt (now earl of Chatham) succeeded Rockingham as prime minister.
The Duke of Grafton believed, according to Horace Walpole, that ‘the world should be postponed to a whore and a horse – race’. He was the last of a succession of weak Prime Ministers during the 1760s who struggled with the challenges presented by victory in the Seven Years’ War.
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton was a colourful figure whose complex private life overshadowed his time as Prime Minister. His short period of office was taken up with issues...
Duke of Grafton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for Henry FitzRoy, his second illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland. The most notable duke of Grafton was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister from 1768–1770.
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton (born Oct. 1, 1735—died March 14, 1811, Euston Hall, Suffolk, Eng.) was the 3rd duke of Grafton and a British prime minister (1768–70). He was a prominent figure in the period of the American Revolutionary War.
Augustus Henry Fitzroy served as Prime Minister from 14 October 1768 to 28 January 1770. The second of three sons born to Lord Augustus Fitzroy and Elizabeth Cosby, Grafton became the heir upon the death of his older brother. The family was descended from one of the illegitimate sons of Charles II and Barbara Villiers; Grafton inherited the ...
