Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton
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(22 June 1821 – 4 December 1918), known as Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was the second son of the 5th Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton was the son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave....
and his wife, Mary Caroline, daughter of Admiral the Hon Sir George Cranfield-Berkeley
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On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour and had four children:
- Lady Eleanor FitzRoy (d. 1905), married Walter Harbord, son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield and had issue.
- Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of EustonHenry FitzRoy, Earl of EustonHenry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston DL was the eldest son and heir of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton.Euston married Kate Walsh, daughter of John Walsh, on 29 May 1871 at St. Michael's Church, Worcester. His wife died in 1903, nine years before him. They had no children...
(1848–1912), married Kate Walsh; no issue. - Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of GraftonAlfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of GraftonAlfred William Maitland FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton , styled Lord Alfred FitzRoy between 1882 and 1912 and Earl of Euston between 1912 and 1918, was the son of the 7th Duke of Grafton and his wife Anna Balfour, daughter of James Balfour [and aunt of Arthur Balfour].He married, firstly, Margaret...
(1850–1930) - Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), married his distant cousin Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of the 3rd Baron SouthamptonCharles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron SouthamptonCharles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton was a British peer.The son of George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton, he succeeded his father in 1810. On 23 February 1826, he married Harriet Stanhope, granddaughter of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington; they had no children...
, and had issue (Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of GraftonCharles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of GraftonCharles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton was a soldier and farmer.Charles was born at Euston Hall near Thetford, the eldest son of the Reverend Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy and of his wife Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton...
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He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury
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