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Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge KCVO (30 January 1846 – 17 December 1922) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy . Biography. FitzGeorge (right) with his father Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, daughter Olga, and grandson George FitzGeorge Hamilton, 1900.
Adolphus FitzGeorge nació el 30 de enero de 1846, segundo hijo del príncipe George, duque de Cambridge y la actriz Sarah Fairbrother. Posteriormente, sus padres pasaron por una forma de matrimonio en contravención de la Ley de Matrimonios Reales de 1772, cuando su madre estaba embarazada de su hermano menor.
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Rear-Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge, KCVO, RN (30 January 1846 - 17 December 1922) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy.
Adolphus FitzGeorge was born 30 January 1846, the second son of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and the actress Sarah Fairbrother. His parents subsequently went through a form of marriage in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, when his mother was pregnant with his youngest brother. Neither he nor his brothers held Royal titles, and were ineligible to succeed to the Dukedom of Cambridge.
Sir Adolphus entered the Royal Navy in March 1859. He became sub-lieutenant in 1865, and a lieutenant in the following year. In June 1867, he joined the Galatea, screw frigate, commanded by Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, and in March 1872, was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. On 30 November 1872, he was promoted to commander. Following a period at the Royal Naval Collegedisambiguation needed, he became Inspecting Officer of Coastguard at Scarborough in February 1874, and in September of the next year, was given command of the sloop Rapid in the Mediterranean. Other commands he held were those of the Dasher, paddle gun-vessel, stationed off the Channel Islands; and the Salamis, dispatch vessel, in the Channel Squadron, from the latter of which he was promoted captain on 14 October 1881. In March 1885, he became captain of the troopship Jumna, in the transport service to India, and his two years or more in this command marked the limit of his active naval employment. He retired on 1 January 1893, and was advanced to rear-admiral on the retired list on 20 October 1896. On leaving the Navy he received the appointment of Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park. For many years he acted as equerry to his father, and in 1904, the year in which the Duke died, he was gazetted a K.C.V.O.
Sir Adolphus married, on 21 September 1875 in Kingston upon Hull, Sophia Jane Holden (2 April 1857 – 3 February 1920), the daughter of Mr. Thomas Holden, of Winstead Hall, Hull, by whom he had one daughter. Following the death of the first Lady FitzGeorge, the Admiral married, on 28 October 1920 in London, Marguerite Beatrice Daisy Watson (14 April 1863 – 26 February 1934), daughter of John Watson, of Waresley Court, Hartlebury, Worcestershire.
Sir Adolphus died 17 December 1922 at his residence, 20 Eccleston Square, London.
•Sir Adolphus Fitz George Career In The Navy, The Times, 18 December 1922; pg. 14.
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Adolphus FitzGeorge (30 de enero de1846-17 de diciembre de 1922), casado con Sofia Holden; en segundas nupcias con Margaret Watson. Coronel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge, KCVO, CB (12 de junio de 1847-30 de octubre de 1933).
3 de feb. de 2021 · Death: December 22, 1922 (76) 20 Ecclestone Square, London, United Kingdom. Place of Burial: London, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Son of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and Sarah (Louisa) FitzGeorge (Fairbrother) Husband of Sophia Jane FitzGeorge and Margarita FitzGeorge. Father of Jane Lane.
- London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
- January 30, 1846
- London, United Kingdom
- December 22, 1922
Biography. Colonel George William Adolphus FitzGeorge was the eldest of the three sons of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge and Sarah Louisa Fairbrother. He was a great-grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom and first cousin to Princess Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, consort of British King George V.
Colonel George William Adolphus FitzGeorge (24 August 1843 – 2 September 1907) was a British soldier and a great-grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom.
