Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
(1735-1811), Prime MinisterMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 27 portraits
Augustus Henry Fitzroy became Prime Minister in 1768, and led an unstable Government for two years from 1768 to 1770. As a young man of twenty he married Anne Liddell, but the marriage was not happy and they divorced in 1769.
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by Pompeo Batoni
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1762
NPG 4899
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by James Watson, after Pompeo Batoni
mezzotint, (1762)
NPG D2496
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ('The Turf Macaroni')
published by Mary Darly
etching, published 2 January 1771
NPG D48067
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D9769
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by James Sayers, published by Charles Bretherton
etching, published 14 May 1782
NPG D15423
'Razor's levée, or ye heads of a new Whig ad...........n on a broad bottom'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 21 April 1783
NPG D12233
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 July 1791
NPG D13073
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ('Egalite')
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
soft-ground etching, published 12 May 1794
NPG D9770
'John Bull's sacrifice to Janus'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 17 March 1794
NPG D12257
'The eruption of the mountain, - or - the horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 July 1794
NPG D12490
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 2 March 1795
NPG D12519
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1795
NPG D12522
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
NPG D12528
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
NPG D12543
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
NPG D12548
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, soft-ground etching and engraving, published 30 April 1795
NPG D13083
'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
NPG D12579
'Les membres du Conseil des Anciens'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple and etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12636
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