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Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third duke of Grafton
(1735-1811)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
NRA:    Fitzroy, Augustus Henry (1735-1811) 3rd Duke of Grafton, statesman
DNB:    FitzRoy, Augustus Henry, third duke of Grafton (1735–1811), prime minister
LBT ID: DuGraft3    VIAF ID: 18143518    LOC ID: n87869447
B/BAP:   1735-09-28
DIED:   1811-03-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Lord Augustus Fitzroy; educated at Westminster and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was MP for Bury St. Edmunds, 1756 to 1757, when he succeeded to the dukedom. He was prime minister, 1768-70, and chancellor of Cambridge University, 1769.
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