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unusual facts about Augustus FitzRoy



Grafton, Virginia

By renaming their town, the citizens unknowingly named their community after the 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister Lord Augustus FitzRoy, who served as the head of government for the United Kingdom 1768–1770.

James Marriott

For the next ten years he relentlessly demanded further promotion, provoking Lord Grafton to fury in the process, but did not receive anything further until 1778 when he was knighted and made the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, responsible for naval and maritime cases.

Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet

Wrottesley's political connections were strengthened when his uncle, Gower, joined the Cabinet as Lord President of the Council in 1767, and again two years later when his sister married the Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton.


see also

Henry Fitzroy

Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), eldest son of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton