Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton

{{Short description|British Army officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox noble

| honorific_prefix = His Grace

| name = The Duke of Grafton

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KG|CB}}

| image = 7th Duke of Grafton.png

| image_size = 150px

| caption = The Duke of Grafton by Leslie Ward, 1886

| birth_name = Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy

| birth_date = {{birth date|1821|06|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|12|04|1821|06|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England

| spouse = {{marriage |Anna Balfour |1847 |1857 |end=d}}

| issue = {{unbulleted list|Eleanor Harbord, Baroness Suffield|Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston|Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton|Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy}}

| parents = Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley

}}

Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton (22 June 1821 – 4 December 1918), styled Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was a British Army officer. He was the second son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Mary Caroline Cranfield Berkeley, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.{{cite web |url=http://thepeerage.com/p1041.htm#i10402 |title=Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton |work=The Peerage |accessdate=24 January 2014 |date=10 April 2011 }}

He joined the army in 1837 and was wounded in the Crimean War.{{cite book |last1=Tinniswood |first1=Adrian |title=The Long Weekend: Life in the English country house between the wars |date=2016 |publisher=Jonanthan Cape |isbn=9780224099455 |page=58}}

On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour (15 June 1825 – 23 December 1857), daughter of James Balfour MP. Together, they had four children:

• Lady Eleanor FitzRoy (1853–1905), married Walter Harbord, son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield, and had issue.
• Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), married Kate Walsh; no issue.
• Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton (1850–1930)
• Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), married his distant cousin Ismay FitzRoy, daughter of the 3rd Baron Southampton, and had issue (Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton).

He died in 1918, aged 97, at Wakefield Lodge near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.