Biography of George Fitzroy Earl Euston 1715-1747

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Maternal Family Tree: Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester 1666-1712

On 30th April 1713 [his father] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 29] and [his mother] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton and [his grandmother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton [aged 45]. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 24th August 1715 George Fitzroy Earl Euston was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 31] and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton [aged 24]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th February 1723 [his grandmother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton [aged 55] died. Her son [his father] Charles [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Arlington, 3rd Viscount Thetford, 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

On 9th August 1726 [his mother] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton [aged 35] died.

On 12th February 1737 George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 21] was elected MP Coventry at a by-election.

On 15th February 1737 George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 21] stood for MP Coventry at a by-election which was declared void.

On 29th May 1741 [his brother-in-law] Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 22] and [his sister] Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 57] and [his mother] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 10th October 1741 George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 26] and Dorothy Boyle Countess Euston [aged 17] were married. She died seven months later. He was accused of treating her with the "utmost brutality". She the daughter of Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington [aged 47] and Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington [aged 42]. He the son of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 57] and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. They were fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 2nd May 1742 [his wife] Dorothy Boyle Countess Euston [aged 17] died.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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On 29th June 1743 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford [aged 25] wrote to Horace Mann 1st Baronet [aged 36]:

[Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 59]]... is so unhappy in his heir apparent, that he checks his hand in almost everything he undertakes. Last week he heard a new exploit of his barbarity. A tenant of Lord Euston [aged 27] in Northamptonshire brought him his rent, and the Lord said it wanted three and sixpence: the tenant begged he would examine the account, that it would prove exact - however, to content him, he would willingly pay him the three and sixpence. Lord E. flew into a rage and vowed he would write to the Duke to have him turned out of a little place he has in the post office of thirty pounds a year. The poor man, who has six children, and knew nothing of my Lord's being on no terms of power with his father, went home and shot himself.

In August 1743 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford [aged 25] wrote to Horace Mann 1st Baronet [aged 36]:

[George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 27]]... forced himself to the Duke of Grafton's [aged 59] house... threw himself at his feet, professed great remorse for his past conduct, and promised an entire reformation for the time to come. But the Duke told him he had tried him too often to be deceived any more and that God was his witness that no man ever loved his son more tenderly, and seen him lost with greater pain, but that was over now; that he attempted in vain to move the bowels of a father who had long since looked upon himself to have no son.

Around September 1744 George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 29] to Italy with a Miss Nevill, "of a very ancient family in Lincolnshire, with eleven thousand pounds for her fortune, and a celebrated beauty" after his father had disowned him for his brutal behaviour. He give her a promise of marriage, which he never fulfilled.

On 11th August 1746 [his brother-in-law] William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington [aged 26] and [his sister] Caroline Fitzroy Countess Harrington [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 62] and [his mother] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. He the son of William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington [aged 63] and Anne Griffith.

On 7th July 1747 George Fitzroy Earl Euston [aged 31] died without issue.

Ancestors of George Fitzroy Earl Euston 1715-1747

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Glemham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bennet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crofts 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susannah Crofts 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Crofts 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange

Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Maurice I of Orange 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Saxony 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Nassau Beverweert 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretha van Mechelen

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

George Fitzroy Earl Euston Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Worcester 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dormer 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dormer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Molyneux 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux

GrandFather: Charles Somerset Marquess Worcester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden

Mother: Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Child

Great x 1 Grandfather: Josiah Child

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft

GrandMother: Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester

Biography of George Fitzroy Earl Euston 1715-1747

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Ancestors of George Fitzroy Earl Euston 1715-1747