Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
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His Grace The Duke of Grafton KG DL |
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Duke of Grafton, by Allan Warren
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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In office 11 November 1970 – 11 November 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton |
| Succeeded by | House of Lords Act 1999 |
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| Born |
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy 3 April 1919 Cape Town, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 7 April 2011 (aged 92) Euston Hall, Euston, Suffolk, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Fortune Smith (m. 1946; his death 2011) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton KG DL (3 April 1919 – 7 April 2011) was the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, second daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton. He was known from 1936 to 1970 as the Earl of Euston.
He was born in 1919 in Cape Town, Union of South Africa.
He was a descendant of Charles II of England, through Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers. The FitzRoys are thus a direct but illegitimate line of the House of Stuart.
Through an ancestor Anne Warren, a daughter of Adml. Sir Peter Warren, he is a descendant of the Schuyler family, the Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family, all from British North America.
He was educated at Eton College and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was subsequently commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, and for three years from 1943 was Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal Viscount Wavell.
Grafton devoted much of his life to the conservation and protection of historic buildings. He was chairman and later president of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and also chaired at various times the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, the Architectural Heritage Fund, the Church of England's Cathedral Advisory Commission and Sir John Soane's Museum.
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