Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton

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His Grace
The Duke of Grafton
KG DL
Duke of Grafton, by Allan Warren
Member of the House of Lords
In office
11 November 1970 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byCharles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton
Succeeded byHouse of Lords Act 1999
Personal details
Born
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy

3 April 1919
Cape Town, Union of South Africa
Died7 April 2011(2011-04-07) (aged 92)
Euston Hall, Euston, Suffolk, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1946; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2011)​
Children5
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
UnitGrenadier Guards

Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton KG DL (3 April 1919 – 7 April 2011) was the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, second daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton. He was known from 1936 to 1970 as the Earl of Euston.

Biography

He was born in 1919 in Cape Town, Union of South Africa.[1][2]

He was a descendant of Charles II of England, through Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers. The FitzRoys are thus a direct but illegitimate line of the House of Stuart.[citation needed]

Through an ancestor Anne Warren, a daughter of Adml. Sir Peter Warren, he is a descendant of the Schuyler family, the Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family, all from British North America.[3]

He was educated at Eton College and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was subsequently commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, and for three years from 1943 was Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal Viscount Wavell.

Grafton devoted much of his life to the conservation and protection of historic buildings. He was chairman and later president of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and also chaired at various times the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, the Architectural Heritage Fund, the Church of England's Cathedral Advisory Commission and Sir John Soane's Museum.

The 11th Duke of Grafton outside Euston Hall

He was a member of the Historic Buildings Council from its foundation in 1953, and until he succeeded his father in 1970 he was the National Trust's administrator for Sussex and Kent, and later East Anglia. He was also vice-chairman of the National Portrait Gallery.

The Duke of Grafton's home was Euston Hall, near Thetford. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1976.[4]

Death

He died in 2011 at Euston Hall, Suffolk.[5]

Marriage and children

On 12 October 1946, he married Ann Fortune Smith, (the current Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II). The Duke and Duchess had five children:[1]

  • James Oliver Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Euston (13 December 1947 – 1 October 2009), married Lady Claire Amabel Margaret Kerr, daughter of the 12th Marquess of Lothian and had issue, one son, Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton, and four daughters Louise, Emily, Charlotte, and Isobel. The eldest daughter, Lady Louise FitzRoy, is now married to Charles Vaughan and has a daughter, Cristabel. Lady Emily married Conor Mullan and has a daughter, Constance.
  • Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen FitzRoy, now Lady Henrietta St. George (born 14 September 1949), married Edward St. George (deceased) and has a son, Henry, and a daughter, Katie.
  • Lady Virginia Mary Elizabeth FitzRoy, now Lady Virginia FitzRoy (born 10 April 1954), married (and divorced) Lord Ralph Kerr, son of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian; remarried, but has no issue.
  • Lord Charles Patrick Hugh FitzRoy (born 7 January 1957), married Diana Miller-Stirling, and has two sons, Nico and George.
  • Lady (Olivia) Rose Mildred FitzRoy, now Lady Rose Monson (born 1 August 1963), married Guy Monson, an investment funds manager, and has two daughters, Olivia and Leonora.[6]

Ancestry

Family of Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
16. Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
8. Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton
17. Mary Berkeley
4. Lord Charles FitzRoy
18. James Balfour
9. Anna Balfour
19. Lady Eleanor Maitland
2. Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton
20. George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton
10. Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton
21. Frances Seymour
5. The Hon. Ismay FitzRoy
22. Walter Nugent
11. Ismania Nugent
23. Georgiana Jenkinson
1. Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
24. Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, of Belfield
12. Charles Buxton
25. Hannah Gurney
6. Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
26. Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, of Sandlebridge
13. Emily Holland
27. Margaret Caldwell
3. Lady Doreen Buxton
28. John Smith
14. Hugh Smith
29. Anne Jervoise
7. Mildred Smith
30. Henry Adeane
15. Constance Adeane
31. The Hon. Matilda Stanley

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Charles Mosley, ed. (2004). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. II (107 ed.). pp. 1616–19. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ National Portrait Gallery. "Hugh Denis Charles Fitzroy, 11th Duke of Grafton". Collections subjects. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. ^ ThePeerage.com page 245 http://www.thepeerage.com/p245.htm#i2442 Accessed March 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "No. 46885". The London Gazette. 27 April 1976.
  5. ^ The Daily Telegraph (London) 10 April 2011, Death Announcements, online [1]
  6. ^ Dylan Lobo (19 April 2008). "Fund Manager Profile: Sarasin's Guy Monson". City Wire. According to this story, Lady Rose Monson works at Trinity Hospice, London. The Monsons' daughters are Olivia and Leonora.

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