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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Grafton	17
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton	8
3rd Duke of Grafton	3
The Duke of Grafton canonical	2
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton	1
Dukes of Grafton	1
His Grace The Duke 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	Lord Augustus FitzRoy ⓘ surface form: Augustus Henry FitzRoy
givenName	Augustus ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain
monarchDuringTerm	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III
mother	Elizabeth Cosby ⓘ
nobleTitle	The Duke of Grafton self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Party ⓘ surface form: Whig
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ surface form: 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	John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ surface form: The Earl of Chatham
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ surface form: Euston Hall
spouse	Anne Liddell ⓘ Elizabeth Wrottesley ⓘ
startTime	1735-09-28 ⓘ
succeededBy	Lord North ⓘ
termEnd	1770-01-28 ⓘ
termStart	1768-10-14 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Pitt the Elder → successorAsPrimeMinister → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → nobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

this entity surface form: 3rd Duke of Grafton

The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → style → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Lord North → predecessor → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

The Duke of Grafton → nobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 3rd Duke of Grafton

FitzRoy → heldTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

FitzRoy → hasNotableBearer → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

FitzRoy → heldTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

FitzRoy → hasNobleBranch → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dukes of Grafton

Euston Hall, Suffolk → associatedWithTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Anne Liddell → spouse → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Elizabeth Wrottesley → spouse → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Elizabeth Wrottesley → spouseNobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: 3rd Duke of Grafton

Lord Augustus FitzRoy → father → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton → titleHeld → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → child → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

2nd Earl of Guilford → precededBy → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Frederick → precededBy → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick North, Lord North

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Elizabeth Cosby → child → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Grafton County → namedAfter → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Lord Charles FitzRoy → notableFamilyConnection → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton → nobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Dukes of Grafton family → nobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Dukes of Grafton family → notableMember → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Dukes of Grafton family → currentHeadTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

FitzRoy family → associatedWithTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Duchess of Grafton → associatedTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

House of Grafton → nobleTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

House of Grafton → hereditaryTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

House of Grafton → styleOfHead → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: His Grace The Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston → associatedWith → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston → higherTitle → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston → precedenceBelow → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Grafton