Augustus FitzGeorge

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| name = Sir Augustus FitzGeorge

| honorific_suffix = KCVO, CB

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| birth_name = Augustus Charles Frederick FitzGeorge

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1847|06|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, UK

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|10|30|1847|06|12|df=y}}

| death_place = 31 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, UK

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| placeofburial = Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

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| alma_mater = Royal Military College, Sandhurst

| serviceyears = 1864–1900

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| unit = 37th Regiment of Foot
Rifle Brigade
11th Hussars

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| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath (1895)
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1904)

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| relations = Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (father)
Sarah Fairbrother (mother)
George FitzGeorge (brother)
Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge (brother)
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (grandfather)
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (grandmother)
King George III (great-grandfather)
Queen Mary (first cousin)

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Colonel Sir Augustus Charles Frederick FitzGeorge, {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCVO|CB}} (12 June 1847{{spnd}}30 October 1933) was a British Army officer and a relative of the British royal family. FitzGeorge was born in 1847 to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Sarah Fairbrother. His parents' marriage contravened the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and therefore invalid, thus FitzGeorge was ineligible to inherit the Dukedom of Cambridge.

FitzGeorge graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1864, and served as an officer in the British Army until his retirement in 1900. He served as an aide-de-camp, accompanied Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during his visit to India (1875–1876), and served as private secretary and equerry to his father, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. In his later years, FitzGeorge served as the chairman of the Cobalt Townsite Silver Mining Company and the Casey Cobalt Mining Company, and as president of the National Health League.

Early life and family

FitzGeorge was born on 12 June 1847 at 31 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London.{{Harvnb|Weir|1989|p=297.}}{{Harvnb|Cokayne|1912|p=499.}}{{cite news | title = Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 9 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1933-10-31/9/1.html | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121034746/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1933-10-31/9/1.html | url-status = live }} He was the third and youngest son of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, a member of the British royal family, by Sarah Fairbrother.{{Harvnb|Stock|1904|pp=6–7.}}{{cite news | title = Sir Augustus FitzGeorge | newspaper = The Manchester Guardian | location = Manchester | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 10 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63631712/sir-augustus-fitzgeorge/ | access-date = 19 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120040342/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63631712/sir-augustus-fitzgeorge/ | url-status = live }}{{Harvnb|Cambridge|1906|p=210.}} FitzGeorge's two older brothers were George FitzGeorge and Adolphus FitzGeorge.

His parents had gone through a form of marriage several months before his birth, at St John Clerkenwell, London, on 8 January 1847. However Prince George had not sought and received Queen Victoria's consent to the marriage. Without the Queen's consent, the wedding ceremony was in contravention of the 1772 Royal Marriages Act, rendering the marriage void.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9a1TDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 |title=Constitutional History of the UK|first= Ann |last=Lyon|year= 2016 |publisher=Taylor and Francis|isbn=978-1317203988 |page=432}} This meant the Duke's wife was not titled Duchess of Cambridge or accorded the style Her Royal Highness, while Augustus was, like his older brothers, illegitimate and ineligible to inherit the Dukedom of Cambridge from his father. Through his father, FitzGeorge was a male-line grandson of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and great-grandson of King George III.{{Harvnb|Stock|1904|pp=5–6.}}{{Harvnb|St. Aubyn|1964|p=xiii.}} As a descendant of George{{nbsp}}III, he was a first cousin once-removed of Queen Victoria and a first cousin of Queen Mary, who was the daughter of his paternal aunt, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.{{Harvnb|St. Aubyn|1964|pp=xii–xiii.}}

The three sons were raised by their mother at a house at 6 Queen Street in Mayfair, while their father lived nearby at his official residence, Gloucester House at Piccadilly and Park Lane.{{cite news | title = Canadian Mine Owner Royally Descended | newspaper = Richmond Times-Dispatch | location = Richmond, Virginia | date = 5 September 1913 | page = 5 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63671506/canadian-mine-owner-royally-descended/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120224715/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63671506/canadian-mine-owner-royally-descended/ | url-status = live }} FitzGeorge received his early education at private schools in England and Brussels.{{cite news | title = Sir A. FitzGeorge, Noted Soldier, Dead: British Colonel, a Big Game Hunter, Was Great-Grandson of King George III | newspaper = The New York Times | location = New York | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 21 | url = https://nyti.ms/3kSgR5f | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = TimesMachine | archive-date = 23 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201123005008/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/10/31/90649143.html?zoom=16 | url-status = live }}

Military career

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FitzGeorge followed in his father's footsteps by serving in the British Army. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was gazetted in December 1864 as an ensign into the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. On 24 January 1865, FitzGeorge transferred from the 37th Regiment of Foot to become ensign in the Rifle Brigade.{{London Gazette|issue=22932|date=24 January 1865|page=318}} While serving in the Rifle Brigade, he was stationed in Montreal with the 1st Battalion for five years, from 1865 to 1870.{{cite news | title = King's Cousin Here | newspaper = The New York Times | location = New York | date = 4 September 1913 | page = 20 | url = https://nyti.ms/3kOIHiU | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = TimesMachine | archive-date = 23 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201123005013/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/09/04/100405258.html?zoom=14.49 | url-status = live }} On 14 July 1869, he was promoted to a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade.{{London Gazette|issue=23516|date=13 July 1869|page=3957}}

In 1870, FitzGeorge was appointed aide-de-camp to General Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Commander-in-Chief of India and served in this position from 1870 until 1875. While in India, he was part of the suite that accompanied Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during his visit there from September 1875 until May 1876.

FitzGeorge was promoted to captain in the Rifle Brigade in November 1877, and on 20 March 1878, he transferred as a captain to the 11th Hussars, which were then stationed at Colchester Garrison.{{London Gazette|issue=24564|date=19 March 1878|page=2068}} He served with the 11th Hussars at Aldershot Garrison, Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, and Birmingham. While FitzGeorge was stationed at Aldershot, his regiment was ordered to embark for service at the Cape of Good Hope following the outbreak of the First Boer War. However, this order was cancelled soon after, and he missed his first and only opportunity for active service. In July 1881, FitzGeorge was promoted to major in the 11th Hussars.{{London Gazette|issue=24999|date=26 July 1881|page=3678}}{{London Gazette|issue=25322|date=26 February 1884|page=968}} He became extra aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet, who was in command of troops at Aldershot Garrison on 1 December 1883. FitzGeorge served Alison for two years. In May 1886, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 11th Hussars.{{London Gazette|issue=25616|date=13 August 1886|page=3955}} The Duke of Cambridge appointed FitzGeorge to serve as his equerry-in-waiting and private secretary on 11 August 1886. In 1888, he attained the military rank of brevet colonel in the 11th Hussars.

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While his father continued to reside officially at Gloucester House,{{Harvnb|St. Aubyn|1964|p=325.}}{{cite news | title = A Great-Grandson of George III | newspaper = The Manchester Guardian | location = Manchester | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 8 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63666436/a-great-grandson-of-george-iii/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120213425/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63666436/a-great-grandson-of-george-iii/ | url-status = live }} his mother lived at nearby 6 Queen Street, which FitzGeorge inherited, along with all of its furniture, following her death in 1890.{{Harvnb|Cambridge|1906|p=209.}}{{London Gazette|issue=34016|date=19 January 1934|page=492}}{{cite news | title = Probate of the will, dated Oct. 16th, 1889, of the late Mrs Sarah Farebrother | newspaper = The Era | location = London | date = 5 April 1890 | page = 8 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63670967/probate-of-the-will-dated-oct-16th/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120224712/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63670967/probate-of-the-will-dated-oct-16th/ | url-status = live }} By 1895, he had moved into Gloucester House to live with his father and manage his affairs. When the Duke of Cambridge relinquished his role as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces on 1 November 1895, FitzGeorge was reverted to half-pay, as he was no longer private secretary to the commander-in-chief position.{{cite news | title = The Command-in-Chief of the Army | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 2 November 1895 | page = 5 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1895-11-02/5/18.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122144726/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1895-11-02/5/18.html | url-status = live }} However, he continued to serve as his father's private secretary and equerry.{{Harvnb|Stock|1904|p=7.}}{{London Gazette|issue=27661|date=25 March 1904|page=1945}}{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=10737|date=20 December 1895|page=1657}} FitzGeorge retired from the military on 1 November 1900.

As equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, FitzGeorge accompanied his father as an attendant to significant British royal engagements, including: the funeral of his grandmother, Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, on 13 April 1889;{{London Gazette|issue=25927|date=25 April 1889|page=2333}} the wedding of his cousin Princess Mary of Teck and Prince George, Duke of York, at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on 6 July 1893;{{London Gazette|issue=26424|date=18 July 1893|page=4120}} the funeral of his aunt, Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 3 November 1897;{{London Gazette|issue=26909|date=11 November 1897|page=6225}} and the funeral and funeral procession for his uncle Francis, Duke of Teck, at St George's Chapel, Windsor, on 27 January 1900.{{cite news | title = Funeral of the Duke of Teck | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 29 January 1900 | page = 13 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1900-01-29/13/1.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122150856/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1900-01-29/13/1.html | url-status = live }}

His father served as the head of the British Army as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1856 to 1895, spanning most of FitzGeorge's military career. Regarding his career in the British Army, FitzGeorge remarked, "Throughout my life, I found my parentage rather a hindrance than a help." He said that his father was so concerned with being accused of favouritism that when FitzGeorge was up for an appointment against another officer, the other officer received the appointment. Following his many travels throughout his military career, FitzGeorge claimed to have hunted every type of big-game in the world.{{cite news | title = Queen's Cousin Dead: Col. Sir Augustus Fitzgeorge Was 86 Years Old | newspaper = Montreal Gazette | location = Montreal | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 15 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63662441/queens-cousin-dead-col-sir-augustus/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120213425/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63662441/queens-cousin-dead-col-sir-augustus/ | url-status = live }}

Later life

The Duke of Cambridge died on 17 March 1904, and FitzGeorge and his brother Adolphus travelled by carriage in his funeral procession.{{Harvnb|Duff|1938|p=283.}}{{cite news | title = The Late Duke of Cambridge | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 22 March 1904 | page = 8 | url = https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F1904-03-22%2F8%2F6.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122150139/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1904-03-22/8/6.html | url-status = live }} Despite being the sons of the Duke of Cambridge, royal protocol relegated them to the ninth carriage in the procession, following the British royal family, official mourners, and foreign diplomats.

Following their father's death, FitzGeorge and Adolphus became active in civic and charitable activities in London. FitzGeorge was appointed the same year Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.).

In December 1904, they were involved with the development of a golf course on their father's Coombe estate in Kingston Hill.{{cite news | title = New Course at Kingston-Hill | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 19 December 1904 | page = 12 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1904-12-19/12/4.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154000/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1904-12-19/12/4.html | url-status = live }} The Crown had granted the estate to their father.{{cite news | title = 700 Acres Sold | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 16 December 1932 | page = 19 | url = https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F1932-12-16%2F19%2F5.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122162227/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1932-12-16/19/5.html | url-status = live }} In 1911, FitzGeorge and his brother served on an honorary committee for the Ancient Art Exhibition at Earls Court in the summer of that year.{{cite news | title = Ancient Art Exhibition | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 21 January 1911 | page = 9 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1911-01-21/9/11.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154000/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1911-01-21/9/11.html | url-status = live }} He and Adolphus also attended the dedication of an extension of the Wimbledon and Putney Commons in July 1911.{{cite news | title = Extension of Wimbledon Common | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 26 July 1911 | page = 13 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1911-07-26/13/11.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154000/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1911-07-26/13/11.html | url-status = live }} FitzGeorge and Adolphus continued a longstanding family tradition of distributing gifts of blankets and flannels to the employees of the former Duke of Cambridge's Coombe estate at Christmas.{{cite news | title = Court News | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 23 December 1911 | page = 9 | url = https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F1911-12-23%2F9%2F1.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121160232/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1911-12-23/9/1.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news | title = Court Circular | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 23 December 1913 | page = 11 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1913-12-23/11/1.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122144728/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1913-12-23/11/1.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news | title = The Christmas Holidays | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 24 December 1910 | page = 7 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1910-12-24/7/1.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122145453/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1910-12-24/7/1.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news | title = Court Circular | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 21 December 1912 | page = 9 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1912-12-21/9/3.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122151939/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1912-12-21/9/3.html | url-status = live }} When the FitzGeorge family's Coombe estate was sold in December 1932, it consisted of over {{convert|700|acres}} between Kingston Hill and New Malden, and included three golf courses: Coombe Hill, Coombe Wood, and Malden.

FitzGeorge was also engaged in several business pursuits. He served as the executive chairman of the Cobalt Townsite Silver Mining Company of Canada, which had a silver mine in Cobalt, Ontario, during the Cobalt silver rush.{{Harvnb|Murray|1908|p=700.}} By the company's first annual meeting in December 1907, its mine had already shipped {{convert|117|t}} of ore carrying {{convert|40,000|oz}} of silver. He also served as the chairman for the Casey Cobalt Mining Company.{{cite news | title = Casey Cobalt Mining | newspaper = The Standard | location = London | date = 18 January 1913 | page = 4 | url = https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-18-1913-2080997/ | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = NewspaperArchive.com | archive-date = 23 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201123005014/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-18-1913-2080997/ | url-status = live }}

In November 1913, the brothers were named as godparents (along with their cousin Queen Mary) to their great-nephew Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour, and attended his christening at Savoy Chapel.{{cite news | title = The Queen as Godmother | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 8 November 1913 | page = 11 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1913-11-08/11/3.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154001/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1913-11-08/11/3.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news | title = Court Circular | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 7 November 1913 | page = 9 | url = https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F1913-11-07%2F9%2F1.html | access-date = 22 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 22 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122145000/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1913-11-07/9/1.html | url-status = live }} FitzGeorge-Balfour was the son of FitzGeorge's niece, Mabel Iris FitzGeorge and her husband Robert Shekelton Balfour.

On 1 February 1924, FitzGeorge sustained injuries in a vehicle accident in Kingston Hill while being driven in a taxicab.{{cite news | title = Colonel Fitz George Injured. Cab Accident Due to Driver's Illness | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 2 February 1924 | page = 10 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1924-02-02/10/8.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154002/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1924-02-02/10/8.html | url-status = live }} The accident occurred after the driver became ill and lost control of the vehicle, causing it to turn over onto a pavement. FitzGeorge was wounded by broken glass in the accident.

By 1933, FitzGeorge served as the president of the National Health League, an organization that claimed a membership of approximately 2,000 British physicians.{{cite news | title = 2000 British Doctors Ready for Medical Revolt | newspaper = Vancouver Sun | location = Vancouver | date = 25 July 1933 | page = 3 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63663678/2000-british-doctors-ready-for-medical/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120213429/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63663678/2000-british-doctors-ready-for-medical/ | url-status = live }} The league was organised after ten years of planning, and in July 1933, it took issue publicly with the British Medical Association and with germ theory as the sole cause of disease. The National Health League contended that environmental factors also played a role in illness, emphasised the importance of preventive healthcare and accused the British medical establishment of operating for profit. At a meeting of health experts, FitzGeorge claimed that the British Army rejected 75 per cent of recruits for having preventable medical conditions.

Death

FitzGeorge remained active into his later years and continued to play golf past the age of 80. He resided at 6 Queen Street in Mayfair until near his death. He died on 30 October 1933, at age 86, at a nursing home at 31 Queen's Gate in South Kensington, London.{{Harvnb|Cokayne|1998|p=137.}} He was the last surviving son of the Duke of Cambridge,{{cite news | title = Sir Augustus FitzGeorge | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 31 October 1933 | page = 14 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1933-10-31/14/15.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121154001/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1933-10-31/14/15.html | url-status = live }} and the last surviving member of the suite that accompanied King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) to India. FitzGeorge never married. At 86, he would have been one of the longest-living members of the British royal family, had he been recognized with the title and style of a male-line descendant of George III.

His funeral was held on 2 November 1933.{{cite news | title = Funerals: Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 3 November 1933 | page = 17 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1933-11-03/17/8.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121155350/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1933-11-03/17/8.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news | title = The Late Sir Augustus FitzGeorge | newspaper = The Manchester Guardian | location = Manchester | date = 3 November 1933 | page = 8 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63668573/the-late-sir-augustus-fitzgeorge/ | access-date = 20 November 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-date = 20 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201120213426/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63668573/the-late-sir-augustus-fitzgeorge/ | url-status = live }} The first part of the funeral service was held at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, with the permission of King George V. King George and Queen Mary were represented by Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke; Edward, Prince of Wales by his equerry Lieutenant Colonel Piers Legh; Prince Albert, Duke of York by Lieutenant Colonel Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh; and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Malcolm Donald Murray.{{cite news | title = Court Circular | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 3 November 1933 | page = 17 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1933-11-03/17/3.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121155350/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1933-11-03/17/3.html | url-status = live }} FitzGeorge was interred at Kensal Green Cemetery in Kensal Green, London.

Honours

On 17 December 1895, Queen Victoria appointed FitzGeorge a Companion of the Order of the Bath. On 28 March 1896, she sanctioned the publication of members of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, in which FitzGeorge was named as an Esquire of the order.{{London Gazette|issue=26725|date=27 March 1896|page=1959}}

After King Edward VII assumed the British throne in 1901, the Duke of Cambridge requested that FitzGeorge and his brothers be given the rank of a British peer's younger sons. King Edward did not honour this request; however, he did confer the honour of Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on FitzGeorge and his brother Adolphus the day after their father's funeral on 23 March 1904.{{Harvnb|St. Aubyn|1964|pp=350–351.}}{{cite news | title = The Late Duke of Cambridge | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 26 March 1904 | page = 14 | url = https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1904-03-26/14/8.html | access-date = 21 November 2020 | via = The Times Archive | archive-date = 21 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201121161002/https://account.thetimes.co.uk/login?state=g6Fo2SBtTkpXYTVKbDdzREVfMW9PbmE1dDd6bnBpUDNPTVotSqN0aWTZIGFid0d3Y19nU2hVWmFnTnJqd0VtUGdNV2xwYzlsTTkzo2NpZNkgRG1zVTNCQm15bW9VWE9SblhvcXFycWlCTExLSTZJdko&client=DmsU3BBmymoUXORnXoqqrqiBLLKI6IvJ&protocol=oauth2&prompt=login&scope=openid%20profile%20email&response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.thetimes.co.uk%2Foidc%2Frp%2Fcallback&nustate=eyJyZXR1cm5fdXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhldGltZXMuY28udWsvYXJjaGl2ZS9hcnRpY2xlLzE5MDQtMDMtMjYvMTQvOC5odG1sIiwic2lnblVwTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vam9pbi50aGV0aW1lcy5jby51ay8ifQ%3D%3D | url-status = live }}

Ancestry

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|title=Ancestors of Augustus FitzGeorge{{Harvnb|Stock|1904|pp=5–9.}}{{Harvnb|Weir|1989|pp=285–297.}}{{Harvnb|Duff|1938|p=284.}}

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|1= 1. Augustus FitzGeorge

|2= 2. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

|3= 3. Sarah Fairbrother

|4= 4. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

|5= 5. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel

|6= 6. John Fairbrother{{Harvnb|Camp|2007|pp=330–338.}}

|7= 7. Mary Tucker

|8= 8. George III of the United Kingdom

|9= 9. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|10= 10. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

|11= 11. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

|16= 16. Frederick, Prince of Wales

|17= 17. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

|18= 18. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

|19= 19. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

|20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

|21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain

|22= 22. Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

|23= 23. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg

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References

Bibliography

{{cite book| author-last = Cambridge | author-first = George, Duke of | author-link = Prince George, Duke of Cambridge | editor-last = Sheppard | editor-first = Edgar | editor-link = Edgar Sheppard | year= 1906 | title = George Duke of Cambridge: A Memoir of his Private Life | volume = II | publisher= Longmans, Green, and Co. | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/georgedukecambr02shepgoog/ | oclc = 604626 | via = Internet Archive }}
{{cite book| last= Camp | first= Anthony J. | author-link =Anthony J. Camp | year= 2007 | title = Royal Mistresses and Bastards: Fact and Fiction 1714–1936 | publisher= Anthony J. Camp | location = London | isbn= 978-0-9503308-2-2 | oclc = 260200087 }}
{{cite book| last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | author-link = George Edward Cokayne | editor-last1 = Gibbs | editor-first1 = Vicary | editor-link1 = Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) | volume = II | year = 1912 | title = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom | publisher= St Catherine Press | location = London | oclc = 1114291328 | url= https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/ | via = Internet Archive }}
{{cite book| last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | author-link = George Edward Cokayne | editor-last1 = Hammond | editor-first1 = Peter W. | year = 1998 | title = The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and All Its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda | publisher= Sutton Publishing | location = Stroud | isbn = 9780750901543 | oclc = 695728820 }}
{{cite book | last= Duff | first= Ethel M. Bailey | year= 1938 | title= The Life Story of H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge | publisher= Stanley Paul | location= London | oclc= 71881864 | url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.544001 | via= Internet Archive }}
{{cite journal| editor-last1= Murray | editor-first1= J. C. | year= 1908 | journal = Canadian Mining Journal | volume = 29 | title = Cobalt Townsite Silver Mining Company of Canada, Limited | publisher=Mines Publishing Company, Limited; Canadian Mining Institute | location = Toronto | oclc = 1041553997 | url=https://archive.org/details/canminingjournal1908donm/ | page = 700 | via = Internet Archive}}
{{cite book| last= St. Aubyn | first= Giles | year= 1964 | title=The Royal George, 1819–1904: The Life of H.R.H. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge | publisher= Alfred A. Knopf | location = New York City | oclc = 4122129 | url= https://archive.org/details/royalgeorge1819100stau/ | via = Internet Archive }}
{{cite magazine | editor-last= Stock | editor-first= Elliot | editor-link= Elliot Stock | date= May 1904 | title= The Genealogical Magazine: A Journal of Family Heraldry & Pedigrees. | publisher= Elliot Stock | location= London | oclc= 173399016 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2A5BAQAAMAAJ | via= Google Books | volume= 7–8 | access-date= 17 November 2017 | archive-date= 21 March 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190321213818/https://books.google.com/books?id=2A5BAQAAMAAJ | url-status= live }}
{{cite book| last= Weir | first= Alison | author-link = Alison Weir | year= 1989 | title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy | publisher= The Bodley Head | location = London | isbn= 978-0-370-31310-8 | oclc = 1008227480 }}

External links

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[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp78992/sir-augustus-charles-frederick-fitzgeorge National Portrait Gallery: Sir Augustus Charles Frederick FitzGeorge]

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