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Lord Augustus FitzRoy (16 October 1716 – 24 May 1741) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, and was involved in the capture of the Spanish ship of the line, Princesa, a major prize in the war. He was also the father of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Grandson of the 2nd duke, Charles Fitzroy (1683–1757), and great-grandson of the 1st, he was educated at Westminster School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was secretary of state in 1765 under the Marquess of Rockingham but retired the following year. William Pitt formed a ministry in which Grafton was first lord of the Treasury (1766).
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Peterhouse, Cambridge. Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (1 October 1735 – 14 March 1811) was a British Whig statesman. He was one of a handful of dukes who were Prime Minister of Great Britain .
Nel mese di ottobre / novembre 1739, Lord Augustus Fitzroy è stato promosso a capitano della HMS Orford. Il 26 ottobre 1740 partecipò a una spedizione per sostenere l'ammiraglio Vernon nelle Indie Occidentali contro la Spagna. Il 18 aprile 1740 catturò la nave spagnola, la Princessa.
29 de dic. de 2017 · Born 28 September 1735. Died 14 March 1811, Euston Hall, Suffolk. Dates in office 1768 to 1770. Political party Whig. Biography
25 de mar. de 2015 · Augustus Henry FitzRoy, third Duke of Grafton, was the last of those to enjoy relatively short periods as First Lord of the Treasury during the 1760s. Born in September 1735, the death of his father in 1741 and his paternal uncle in 1747 made him heir to his grandfather, the second Duke, Lord Chamberlain to George II.
