Edward FitzRoy
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Edward FitzRoy | |
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| In office 20 June 1928 – 3 March 1943 | |
| Monarchs | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | John Henry Whitley |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Clifton Brown |
| Member of Parliament for Daventry | |
| In office 14 December 1918 – 3 March 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Manningham-Buller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Algernon FitzRoy 24 July 1869 |
| Died | 3 March 1943 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Viscountess Daventry |
Edward Algernon FitzRoy, DL (24 July 1869 – 3 March 1943) was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death.
Early life
FitzRoy was the second son of the 3rd Baron Southampton. He was a descendant of Charles II's illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton.[1] Through ancestor Anne Warren, the daughter of Admiral Peter Warren, he was a descendant of the Schuyler family, the Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family, all from British North America.[2]
As a boy, he served as a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria.
Political career
A member of Northamptonshire County Council from 1896 to 1921, FitzRoy first entered Parliament in 1900 General election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire South.[3] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire in 1901.[4] He was re-elected during the January 1910 General Election for Northamptonshire South.[5] He held the seat in the December 1910 General Election.[6]
During World War I, whilst still an MP, he served in the military as a captain of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, was injured at the First Battle of Ypres and commanded the mounted troops of the Guards Division from 1915–16.
In the 1918 General Election, he was elected for the seat of Daventry.[7] He held the seat in the 1922,[8], 1923,[9] 1924,[10] 1929,[11] and 1935 General Elections.[12]
He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, briefly during 1923 and from 1924 to 1928. He was made a Privy Councillor in February 1924.[13] He was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on 20 June 1928.[14] In 1931, he was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Cambridge and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Oxford in 1934. In 1935, there was considerable controversy when the Labour Party decided to stand a candidate against him in the general election.[citation needed]
Fitzroy died aged 73 in Westminster in 1943.
Personal life
FitzRoy married Muriel Douglas-Pennant on 19 November 1891. Upon his death she was given a Viscountcy, the customary retirement honour for Speakers, as Viscountess Daventry.
Fitzroy and Lady Daventry had four children:[15]
- Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry (born 10 January 1893, died 7 May 1976)
- Hon Nancy Jean Fitzroy (born 31 May 1894, died Feb 1984)
- Captain Michael Algernon Fitzroy (born 27 June 1895, killed in action 15 April 1915)
- Commander Hon John Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate (born 20 March 1897, died 1976), father of Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry
References
- ^ Rose, Kenneth (1894). King George V. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 369. ISBN 978-0333372241.
while standing only a few feet from the place where his own ancestor, Charles I, had been tried for his life and found guilty.
- ^ ThePeerage.com page 7165 http://www.thepeerage.com/p7165.htm#i71650 Accessed 14 March 2015.
- ^ "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6772.
- ^ "No. 27313". The London Gazette. 14 May 1901. p. 3292.
- ^ "No. 28338". The London Gazette. 11 February 1910. p. 1034.
- ^ "No. 28449". The London Gazette. 23 December 1910. p. 9554.
- ^ "No. 31147". The London Gazette. 28 January 1919. p. 1361.
- ^ "No. 32775". The London Gazette. 8 December 1922. p. 8708.
- ^ "No. 32897". The London Gazette. 11 January 1924. p. 364.
- ^ "No. 32996". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924. p. 8530.
- ^ "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 4112.
- ^ "No. 34223". The London Gazette. 26 November 1935. p. 7502.
- ^ "No. 32906". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1924. p. 1261.
- ^ "Election of Speaker". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 20 June 1928. col. 1719–1728.
- ^ The Peerage, entry for Viscountess Daventry
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- 1869 births
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