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About George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine ; he was the fifth of Charles's eight illegitimate sons. On 1 October 1674, he was created Earl of Northumberland, Baron of Pontefract (Yorkshire) and Viscount Falmouth (Cornwall). On 6 April 1683, he was created Duke of Northumberland. He was described as "a most worthy man", and as "...a tall, Black-Man, like his father, the King." The same John Macky files described his half-sibling, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond as Black complexion, also like his father, King Charles II.
Everything about George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 28, 1665
- Died
- June 28, 1716