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	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His father was the third son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and Lady Henrietta Somerset, which made FitzRoy a great-grandson of both Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and the Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester.
		Grafton allied with the Duke of Newcastle against Lord Bute, whose term as Prime Minister was short-lived.
		Besides his successor, the 4th Duke (1760–1844) and numerous other children, Grafton was the father of General Lord Charles FitzRoy (1764–1829), whose sons Sir Charles FitzRoy (1798–1858), governor of New South Wales, and Robert FitzRoy, the hydrographer, were notable for their achievements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Augustus_Henry_Fitzroy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton (598 words)

	Grafton, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Grafton is reachable by road from Sydney and Brisbane on the Pacific Highway (Highway 1)
		Grafton, (population 17,110), is a small city on the northern east coast of New South Wales, Australia.
		In the 1920s, Grafton had a train ferry to connect the railways north and south of the river, pending construction of a combined road and rail bridge.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Grafton,_New_South_Wales (224 words)

	Duke of Grafton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Duke of Grafton (Augustus Henry FitzRoy) was born on the 28
		Duke of Grafton (Henry FitzRoy) was born on the 10
		Duke of Grafton (Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy) was born on the 22
	www.geraldsegasby.co.uk /RacingHistory/HistoryofOwners/Owners/GraftonDukeof.htm (451 words)

	DUKES OF GRAFTON - LoveToKnow Article on DUKES OF GRAFTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the rebellion of the duke of Monmouth he commanded the royal troops in Somersetshire; but later he acted with Churchill (duke of Marlborough), and joined William of Orange against the king.
		Besides his successor, the 4th duke (1760-1844), and numerous other children, he was the father of General Lord Charles Fitzroy (1764-1829), whose sons Sir Charles Fitzroy (1798-1858), governor of New South Wales, and Robert Fitzroy (q.v.), the hydrographer, were notable men.
		The 4th dukes son, who succeeded as 5th duke, was father of the 6th and 7th dukes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRAFTON_DUKES_OF.htm (402 words)

	Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton (1735 -- 1811)
		Grafton was a founder member of the Jockey Club, along with the second Marquis of Rockingham.
		Mrs Houghton went on to marry the Duke of Cumberland and therefore partly was responsible for the Royal Marriages Act of 1772..
		Grafton effectively was responsible for the conduct of business but knew that his job would be more difficult because the PM was in the House of Lords.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/grafton.html (1297 words)

	The Honor of Grafton and Wakefield Lodge Estate \| British History Online
		Successive dukes added to the estate in both the 18th and 19th centuries and in the 1850s, when the remaining part of Whittlewood was disafforested and inclosed, made extensive freehold acquisitions in the forest, including Wakefield Lodge and its grounds.
		In 1605 Lewis, duke of Lennox was appointed steward, (Footnote 63) to be succeeded by James, duke of Buckingham and later, in 1629, by the earl of Dorset, who was also given the keepership of Grafton and Hartwell parks.
		All the 19th-century dukes were generous supporters of churches, schools and other institutions in parishes on the estate, and the 7th duke in particular was a conscientious member of several local authorities in the area.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22778 (10179 words)

	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The younger Augustus was grandson to Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and Lady Henrietta Somerset, great-grandson to both Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester.
		Grafton allied with the Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of NewcastleDuke of Newcastle against Lord Bute, whose term as Prime Minister was short-lived.
		Besides his successor, the 4th Duke (1760–1844) and numerous other children, Grafton was the father of General Lord Charles Fitzroy (1764–1829), whose sons Sir Charles Fitzroy (governor)Charles FitzRoy (1798–1858), governor of New South Wales, and Robert Fitzroy/, the hydrographer, were notable for their achievements.
	www.infothis.com /find/Augustus_FitzRoy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton (699 words)

	Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton (1735-1811) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Grafton was the second of three sons born to Lord Augustus Fitzroy and Elizabeth Cosby.
		Grafton's maiden speech attacked the peace proposals and consequently, Grafton became one of the victims of the "Massacre of the Pelhamite Innocents", being deprived of his Lord Lieutenancy of Suffolk.
		Grafton effectively was responsible for the conduct of business but knew that his job would be more difficult with the chief minister in the House of Lords.
	www.historyhome.co.uk /pms/grafton.htm (1247 words)

	The Dukes of Grafton
		The Grafton pack was established around 1715 at Wakefield, and toward the end of the season the hounds were transported to Euston to continue the chase; the 3rd and 4th Dukes continued this latter practice.
		The 5th Duke of Grafton had no interest in racing, and the dynasty established by the two Dukes was carried on by others, breeding the descendants of their famous mares and horses.
		Waxy was subsequently purchased by the Duke of Grafton, and was the progenitor of a large number of successful racing horses and broodmares for Grafton.
	www.tbheritage.com /Breeders/Grafton/Grafton3.html (1527 words)

	Getting There - About Grafton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Grafton is situated 650 kilometres north of Sydney and 320 kilometres south of Brisbane.
		Governor Fitzroy officially named the town of Grafton after his grandfather, the Duke of Grafton, and it was proclaimed a city in 1885.
		The mean summer temperature is 26 degrees C with a mean winter temperature of 16 degrees C. As early as 1866 Grafton council resolved to consider by-laws for the planting and preserving of trees and shrubs in the streets and recreation grounds.
	www.pstf.com.au /gettingthere/grafton.htm (520 words)

	Walkabout - Grafton
		Grafton has a very beautiful and very gracious city centre characterised by wide streets, elegant Victorian buildings, a superb location on the banks of the Clarence River, a sense of solidity, and a long-standing concern with civic beauty, manifest in the 6500 trees and 24 parks which adorn the city.
		Grafton is located about 40 km due west of the coast and 625 km north-east of Sydney at the junction of the Pacific and Gwydir Highways.
		With a population of 18 500, Grafton is the major settlement on the Clarence River and the commercial centre of an extensive agricultural and pastoral district.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWGrafton.shtml (3736 words)

	The Ultimate Grafton - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Grafton, a village in the county of Cheshire.
		Grafton, a village in the county of Wiltshire.
		Grafton County, a county in the state of New Hampshire.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Grafton (208 words)

	Duke of Grafton
		Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, was the 2nd illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villers, Duchess of Cleveland.
		This explains the Coat of Arms held by the Dukes of Grafton.
		The Royal Arms of Charles II debruised by a baton sinister showing that the 1st Duke was related by blood to the Sovereign but unable to succeed to the Throne because of being born out of wedlock.
	hereditarytitles.com /Page48.html (260 words)

	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1746, he rode from Wentworth to Carlisle to join the Duke of Cumberland in pursuit of the "Young Pretender." Four years later, he was created Earl of Malton in the Peerage of Ireland, then acceded to his father's marquessate shortly thereafter.
		However, internal dissent within the cabinet led to his resignation and the appointment of Lord Chatham as Prime Minister (the Duke of Grafton was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, one of the few cases in which those two offices were separate).
		The Duke of Richmond - Master-General of the Ordnance
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham (648 words)

	The Dukes of Grafton
		Sometime around 1763 the Duke met Nancy Parsons, a courtesan of beauty and wit, who became his mistress for four years, and that relationship, which the Duke was considered to have flaunted in society, was one of points upon which he was skewered in public letters by Junius.
		Grafton was responsible for appointing to the Cabinet the three men most responsible for alienating the Americans, Lord North, Lord Hillsborough, and Charles Townsend.
		The Duke was famous for dressing whimsically, with a tall hat, brightly-colored frock coat and tightly strapped trousers, and always carrying a tightly-rolled umbrella under his arm at public gatherings.
	www.tbheritage.com /Breeders/Grafton/Grafton2.html (1828 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1041
		William Henry Fitzroy, 6th Duke of Grafton was the son of Henry Fitzroy, 5th Duke of Grafton and Mary Caroline Berkeley.
		Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, 7th Duke of Grafton was the son of Henry Fitzroy, 5th Duke of Grafton and Mary Caroline Berkeley.
		Alfred William Maitland Fitzroy, 8th Duke of Grafton was the son of Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, 7th Duke of Grafton and Anna Balfour.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1041.htm (1008 words)

	The ministry of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton October 1768 - January 1770
		Grafton became PM in his own right after Chatham's resignation, having acted as caretaker Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury in Chatham's ministry (1766-68).
		Grafton's appointment made little difference to government because he was a political light-weight who took office from a sense of loyalty and duty.
		Grafton had to deal with Petitioning Movement and was unable to decide what to do with petitions that had been signed by about a quarter of the electorate
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/adw03/c-eight/ministry/graftmin.htm (298 words)

	Duke of Grafton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1672 in the (The peers of a kingdom considered as a group) peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury.
		The Duke's eldest son and heir uses the (Click link for more info and facts about courtesy title) courtesy title Earl of Euston.
		The title is that of the (Click link for more info and facts about Honour of Grafton) Honour of Grafton in the south east of (Click link for more info and facts about Northamptonshire) Northamptonshire; the titular village now being called (Click link for more info and facts about Grafton Regis) Grafton Regis.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Du/Duke_of_Grafton.htm (303 words)

	Duke of Grafton
		The Duke of Grafton was a colourful figure whose complex private life has overshadowed his time as prime minister.
		Grafton became disillusioned by the failure of the mentally ill Pitt to consult him.
		Grafton attracted scandal for his indiscreet personal life and love of pleasure, but his career was saved by his wife's own indiscretions, which allowed him to divorce her.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page166.asp (399 words)

	Grafton County North Haverhill, New Hampshire (Counties)
		Grafton County is a rural county and is the second largest county geographically, in the west central portion of New Hampshire with 1747 square miles or 1.1 million acres of which 90 percent of it is timberland.
		Grafton was one of the five original counties and, until 1803, contained all the area now known as Grafton and Coos counties.
		Thornton is in Grafton County in the center of the state on Highway 3 near...
	www.ohwy.com /nh/y/y33009.htm (781 words)

	Little Hills Press \| Travel Info \| NSW : Grafton
		Grafton is situated on a bend of the Clarence River, 660km (410 miles) north of Sydney, 320km (199 miles) south of Brisbane, and 160km (99 miles) east of Glen Innes.
		Grafton is very proud of its trees, and 7000 of them line the avenues and shade the 24 well-maintained parks.
		Situated 13km (8 miles) north of Grafton, Ulmarra is a fine example of a 19th century river port, and the township is classified by the National Trust.
	www.littlehills.com /travel_information/nsw.grafton.shtml (1766 words)

	FIFTEENTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Henry FITZROY Duke of Grafton was born in 1663 in London - natural son of Charles II and Barbara.
		He was married to Isabella BENNET Duchess of Grafton (daughter of Henry BENNETT Earl of Arlington) about 1672 in London.
		Isabella BENNET Duchess of Grafton was born in Euston near Saxham.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d10455.htm (68 words)

	british monarchy - mong107 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles Fitzroy Duke of Grafton [Parents] was born in 1683.
		Isabella was born in 1726 and died in 1782.
		Duke Richard II of Normandy died in 1026.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~wakefield/monarchy/mong107.htm (225 words)

	Category:Dukes in the Peerage of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Articles in category "Dukes in the Peerage of England"
		John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
		Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Category:Dukes_in_the_Peerage_of_England (135 words)

	Grafton
		Actually, the importance of the arboreal attractions of the city were under consideration as long ago as 1866, when the Grafton Council resolved to consider by-laws for the planting and preserving of trees and shrubs in the streets and recreation grounds.
		The Grafton Cup is the culmination of the carnival, which draws many nationally rated jockeys and horses competing for the richest race in rural Australia.
		Grafton is also a great base for explorations of the many national parks in the region, and those within a one-hour drive are Yuraygir and Bundjalung on the coast and the World Heritage-listed Washpool and Gibraltar Range parks to the west.
	www.tropicalnsw.com.au /aaa_site/places/towns/grafton.html (1529 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 10295
		Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was the son of Sir Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Lady Isabella Bennet, Countess of Arlington.
		She married Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, son of Sir Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Lady Isabella Bennet, Countess of Arlington, on 30 April 1713.
		She married, firstly, Sir Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, son of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain and Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, on 1 August 1672 and were married again on 6 November 1679.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10295.htm (1355 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Augustus Henry Fitzroy
		Grafton was first lord of the treasury in Pitt's SECOND government (1766-68), but Pitt left much of the political leadership to Grafton, who officially took over as prime minister after Pitt resigned.
		He was thrown out of the House while out of the country in Paris, declared an outlaw, imprisoned, released, expelled from the parliament (1769) twice re-elected and the story continues.
		With all this going on, Grafton was unable to implement his policy of concilation towards the colonies during his time in office.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime12.html (275 words)

	RootsWeb: GENBRIT-L Re: 4th Duke of Grafton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The surname of all the Dikes of Grafton is FitzRoy, taken from the 1st
		Duke, who was a bastard son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess
		The 3rd Duke had two sons, the second of which was a General in the
	archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/GENBRIT/2000-06/0961614868 (452 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Diana Spencer (1961-1997) is a descendant of King Charles II of Great-Britain (1630-1661) through his illigitimate son, the Duke of Grafton.
		The Duke's mother, Barbara Villiers (1641-1709), was not only Charles' mistress, but also mistress of John Churchill (1650-1722), Duke of Marlborough and another ancestor of Diana.
		Henry Fitzroy (1663-1690), 1st Duke of Grafton 1675, illigitimate son of "The Merry Monarch" Charles II of Great-Britain (1630-1661) by Barbara Villiers (1641-1709), married 1st 1672 Isabella Bennet (+1722/3), sole heir of the Earldom of Arlington (she remarried 1698 Thomas Hammer), a son:
	worldroots.com /brigitte/dianalines.htm (960 words)

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