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1 de jun. de 2024 · In 1672 Arlington's only daughter and heiress Isabella married Henry FitzRoy when she was five years old and he nine; they were remarried in 1679 when she was 12, four years after FitzRoy, created earl of Euston in 1672, had been made duke of Grafton.
Hace 3 días · During the survey, Beagle 's captain, Pringle Stokes, committed suicide and command of the ship was given to the young aristocrat Robert FitzRoy, a nephew of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton.
12 de may. de 2024 · Among them was Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Northern Secretary during Rockingham’s first term as prime minister of the United Kingdom, in 1765-66 — and who would become prime minister himself in October 1768, a post he held until January 1770.
1 de jun. de 2024 · George Seabrooke was tenant in 1830 but in 1833 the house was modernised to become the home for many years of Capt. (later Lieut.Col.) George FitzRoy, a grandson of the third duke, who continued to run the property as a working farm.
Hace 1 día · After her death at the end of 1705, instead of reverting to the Crown, the honor passed under a reversionary grant of 1673 to the 2nd duke of Grafton, the son of one of Charles II's illegitimate sons by Barbara Villiers, duchess of Cleveland.
13 de may. de 2024 · Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3 rd Duke of Grafton, who had sat for Reynolds in 1759 and for whom this picture is believed to have been painted, was one of the first of these young Whigs to order work from Stubbs.
13 de may. de 2024 · The picture is believed to have been painted for the Prime Minister of Britain from 1768-1770, Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), who was part of the closely-connected nexus of ‘Whig’ statesmen that provided Stubbs with his most important patronage during this career-defining period.
