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Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, séptimo duque de Grafton KG CB (22 de junio de 1821 – 4 de diciembre de 1918), llamado Lord Augustus FitzRoy antes de 1882, fue un oficial del ejército británico. Era el segundo hijo de Henry FitzRoy, quinto duque de Grafton, y su esposa Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley, hija del almirante Excmo.
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3º duque de Grafton, KG, PC (28 de septiembre de 1735 – 14 de marzo de 1811), conocido conde de Euston de 1747 hasta 1757, estadista y político británico Whig de la época georgiana.
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, tercer duque de Grafton, KG, PC (28 de septiembre de 1735 - 14 de marzo de 1811), llamado Conde de Euston entre 1747 y 1757, fue un estadista whig británico de la era georgiana. Es uno de los pocos duques que se han desempeñado como primer ministro.
Augustus Henry Fitzroy was the great-great grandson of Charles II, to whom he bore a certain physical resemblance, and of one of his more long-term mistresses, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Born on 28 September 1735, he was the elder surviving son of Lord...
- Dick Leonard
- 2011
Fitzroy had been given two Commissions, dated respectively 20 and 21 February 1846, the first as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the territory of New South Wales, and the second as Governor and Commander-in-Chief over the colony of North Aus-tralia, a new colony created by Letters Patent dated 17 February 1846.
Augustus Henry Fitzroy was the great-great grandson of Charles II, to whom he bore a certain physical resemblance, and of one of his more long-term mistresses, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Born on 28 September 1735, he was the elder surviving son of Lord Augustus D. Leonard, Eighteenth-Century British Premiers © Dick Leonard 2011
Overview. 3rd duke of Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy. (1735—1811) prime minister. Quick Reference. (1735–1811). Prime minister. 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.
