Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Vice-Admiral of England | |
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In office 1682–1689 | |
Preceded by | The Duke of Cumberland |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Torrington |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry FitzRoy 28 September 1663 |
Died | 9 October 1690 Cork, Ireland | (aged 27)
Spouse |
Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington (m. 1672) |
Children | Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland |
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton,
Early life and military career
Born to
FitzRoy was brought up as a sailor and saw military action at the
Death
FitzRoy died in Ireland in 1690 of a wound received at the
In October 1697 his widow married Sir Thomas Hanmer,[1] a young Flintshire baronet, who became Speaker of the House of Commons and an authority on the works of William Shakespeare. She died in 1723.
Legacy
The Duke of Grafton owned land in what was then countryside near Dublin, Ireland, which later became part of the city. A country lane on this land eventually developed into Grafton Street,[6] one of Dublin's main streets. Grafton Alley in Cork, close to where he was shot, also bears his name.[7]
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Notes and references
- ^ a b c Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grafton, Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 316–317.
- ISBN 978-0-8142-0249-4.
- ^ Bays, John (2015). "Royal Bastards and Mistresses: The Shadow Courts of Restoration England". Charleston, IL: Eastern Illinois University. p. 17. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1894). The life of John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, to the accession of Queen Anne. R. Bentley and Son. p. 201.
- ^ "Grafton Street". The Irish Times. 27 January 1931.
- ^ Gina Johnson (2002). The Laneways of Medieval Cork (PDF). Cork City Council. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2012.