John Charles William Fitzroy,
9th Duke of Grafton (1914-1936)
son of William Henry Alfred Fitzroy, Viscount Ipswich
and Auriol Margaretta Brougham
Born 1 August 1914 London
Died 4 August 1936 Limerick, Ireland
Born in 1914 he was styled Earl of Euston and became his grandfather's
heir in 1918 when his father, Viscount Ipswich, was killed in a flying
accident while serving in the RAF. In 1930, when only fifteen years old,
he became 9th Duke of Grafton. A keen racing motorist, he in turn died,
unmarried, when only twenty-two in a crash while driving in the Limerick
International Grand Prix.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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