The Duke of Grafton

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British statesman Prime Minister of Great Britain human nobleman

The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III and the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution.

Aliases (4)

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ×6
Duke of Grafton ×6
3rd Duke of Grafton ×3
Dukes of Grafton ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British statesman → Prime Minister of Great Britain → human → nobleman →
child	General Sir Henry FitzRoy → George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton → Lord Charles FitzRoy →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1735-09-28 →
dateOfDeath	1811-03-14 →
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge → Westminster School →
endTime	1811-03-14 →
familyName	FitzRoy →
father	Lord Augustus FitzRoy →
fullName	Augustus Henry FitzRoy →
givenName	Augustus →
memberOf	House of Lords → Privy Council of Great Britain →
monarchDuringTerm	George III →
mother	Elizabeth Cosby →
nobleTitle	3rd Duke of Grafton →
notableEvent	Oversaw government during the lead-up to the American Revolution →
notableFor	Serving as Prime Minister under King George III in the late 1760s →
notableWork	Leadership during early years of the American colonial crisis →
officeContested	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge → Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds →
parliamentaryGroup	Whig →
placeOfBirth	England → London →
placeOfDeath	England → Euston Hall → Suffolk →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster → First Lord of the Treasury → Lord Privy Seal → Lord of the Bedchamber → Member of Parliament → Prime Minister of Great Britain →
precededBy	The Earl of Chatham →
religion	Church of England →
residence	Euston Hall →
spouse	Anne Liddell → Elizabeth Wrottesley →
startTime	1735-09-28 →
succeededBy	Lord North →
termEnd	1770-01-28 →
termStart	1768-10-14 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ("Duke of Grafton") → Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton ("Duke of Grafton") →	heldTitle
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ("3rd Duke of Grafton") → The Duke of Grafton ("3rd Duke of Grafton") →	nobleTitle
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") → Frederick North, Lord North ("Duke of Grafton") →	precededBy
Anne Liddell ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") → Elizabeth Wrottesley ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") →	spouse
Euston Hall, Suffolk ("Duke of Grafton") →	associatedWithTitle
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") →	child
Lord Augustus FitzRoy ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") →	father
FitzRoy ("Dukes of Grafton") →	hasNobleBranch
FitzRoy ("Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton") →	hasNotableBearer
Lord North ("Duke of Grafton") →	predecessor
Elizabeth Wrottesley ("3rd Duke of Grafton") →	spouseNobleTitle
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton →	style
William Pitt the Elder →	successorAsPrimeMinister
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton ("Duke of Grafton") →	titleHeld