Grafton family
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The Grafton family is a prominent English aristocratic lineage historically linked to major landed estates and titles within the British nobility.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House Grafton of Gulltown | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | English aristocratic family ⓘ |
| associatedWithCounty | Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEstate | Euston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsFeature | royal arms differenced by a baton ⓘ |
| connectedToRoyalHouse | House of Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| founder | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingJurisdictionHistorically | estates in Suffolk and Northamptonshire ⓘ |
| hasFamilySeat | Euston Hall, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHereditaryTitle |
Baron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Baron Sudbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Euston NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Ipswich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
landed aristocracy
ⓘ
large estate owners ⓘ |
| languageOfFamily | English ⓘ |
| linkedToInstitution |
British Parliament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedToMonarch | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | British peerage ⓘ |
| nobleHouseType | FitzRoy family branch ⓘ |
| nobleRank | ducal ⓘ |
| notableTitleCreationYear | 1675 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originOfTitleName | Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | Whig politics (18th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedOfficeHolder | Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| religionTraditionally | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| status | extant ducal family ⓘ |
| surname | FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomicBase | agricultural rents ⓘ |
| typeOfEstate | rural landed estates ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House Grafton of Gulltown