Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

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Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 during the early reign of King George III.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Townshend Acts controversy ⓘ
Wilkesite agitation in Britain ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Euston Hall ⓘ
birthDate 1735-09-28 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
burialPlace Euston, Suffolk ⓘ
child George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Lord Charles FitzRoy ⓘ
Lord Henry FitzRoy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1811-03-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ
educatedAt Peterhouse, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
familyName FitzRoy ⓘ
father Lord Augustus FitzRoy ⓘ
givenName Augustus ⓘ
grandfather Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
heldPeerage Peerage of England ⓘ
house House of Stuart (illegitimate branch) ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George III ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Cosby ⓘ
nobleFamily FitzRoy family ⓘ
nobleTitle 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
notableFor leadership during the period of growing tensions with the American colonies ⓘ
serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the early reign of George III ⓘ
officeEnd 1770-01-28 ⓘ
officeStart 1768-10-14 ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
precededBy William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
signature Signature of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
spouse Anne Liddell ⓘ
Elizabeth Wrottesley ⓘ
succeededBy Lord North ⓘ

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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford → precededBy → Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Dukes of Grafton → notableMember → Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Dukes of Grafton → primeMinisterHolder → Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Grafton family → hasNotableMember → Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Lord William FitzRoy → father → Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton → nobleTitle → 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ
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