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 ('A noble duke, taken on the Steyne at Brighton')
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1801
NPG D9433
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ('A noble duke, taken on the Steyne at Brighton')
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1801
NPG D13313
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ('A noble duke, taken on the Steyne at Brighton')
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1801
NPG D13407
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ('A noble duke, taken on the Steyne at Brighton')
by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1801
NPG D15389
'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
NPG D12906
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
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