Past Prime Ministers

Henry Fitzroy Augustus, Duke of Grafton 1767–70 Whig
Name: Henry Fitzroy Augustus, Duke of Grafton 1767–70 Whig

Born: 28 September 1735

First entered Parliament: 10 December 1756

Age he became PM: 33 years, 16 days

Maiden Speech: 9 December 1762 in the House of Lords on the preliminary terms of the Peace of Paris

Total time as PM: One year, 106 days

Died: 14 March 1811 at Euston Hall, Suffolk

Nicknames: ‘Royal Oak’ and ‘The Turf Macaroni’

Education: Westminster School and Peterhouse, Cambridge

Family: Grafton was the second of three sons. He was married twice (to Anne Liddell and then Elizabeth Wrottesley) and had seven sons and nine daughters

Interests: Hunting, breeding racehorses, farming, collecting books

 
 
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