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Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735 – 14 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister.
- St Genevieve Churchyard, Euston, Suffolk, England
- Whig
- Lord Augustus FitzRoy (father)
The most notable duke of Grafton was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister from 1768–1770. The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1675 in the peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury.
- Alfred FitzRoy, Earl of Euston
- Peerage of England
10 de mar. de 2024 · Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton (born Oct. 1, 1735—died March 14, 1811, Euston Hall, Suffolk, Eng.) was the 3rd duke of Grafton and a British prime minister (1768–70). He was a prominent figure in the period of the American Revolutionary War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
29 de dic. de 2017 · Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton was a colourful figure whose complex private life overshadowed his time as Prime Minister. His short period of office was taken up with issues...
The Duke of Grafton believed, according to Horace Walpole, that ‘the world should be postponed to a whore and a horse – race’. He was the last of a succession of weak Prime Ministers during the 1760s who struggled with the challenges presented by victory in the Seven Years’ War.
20 de may. de 2020 · Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. A man who is currently of particular note to Tatler as one of a handful of dukes who served as Prime Minister and during his time in office, barely a window of a year, successfully divorced and remarried.
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. Grafton returned to office in July, when Pitt (now earl of Chatham) succeeded Rockingham as prime minister.
