Disambiguation evidence for The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) via surface form

"Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton"


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Predicate Object
birthDate 1735-09-28
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
child George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
child Lord Augustus FitzRoy
surface form: Lord Charles FitzRoy
cooperatedWith Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
cooperatedWith William Pitt the Elder
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1811-03-14
deathPlace Euston Hall, Suffolk
educatedAt Peterhouse, Cambridge
educatedAt Westminster School
era 18th century
familyName FitzRoy
father Lord Augustus FitzRoy
givenName Augustus
grandfather Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
instanceOf British politician
instanceOf Prime Minister of Great Britain
instanceOf human
involvedIn British policy toward the American colonies
involvedIn Townshend Acts era
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
monarchDuringTerm George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
monarchServed George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
nobleTitle The Duke of Grafton
surface form: 3rd Duke of Grafton
notableFor governing during rising tensions preceding the American Revolution
notableFor leading a Whig government during the early reign of George III
officeEndTime 1770-01-28
officeStartTime 1768-10-14
parliamentaryRole Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
parliamentaryRole Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
parliamentaryRole Member of the House of Lords
peerage Peerage of England
politicalAlignment Rockingham Whig
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury
positionHeld Lord Chamberlain
positionHeld Lord Privy Seal
positionHeld Prime Minister of Great Britain
positionHeld Secretary of State for the Northern Department
precededBy Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
religion Unitarianism
residence Euston Hall, Suffolk
surface form: Euston Hall
spouse Anne Liddell
spouse Elizabeth Wrottesley
style The Duke of Grafton
succeededBy Lord North