Grafton family

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The Grafton family is a prominent English aristocratic lineage historically linked to major landed estates and titles within the British nobility.

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Label Occurrences
Grafton family canonical 1
House Grafton of Gulltown 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English aristocratic family
associatedWithCounty Suffolk
associatedWithEstate Euston Hall
coatOfArmsFeature royal arms differenced by a baton
connectedToRoyalHouse House of Stuart
country England
founder Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
governingJurisdictionHistorically estates in Suffolk and Northamptonshire
hasFamilySeat Euston Hall, Suffolk, England
hasHereditaryTitle Baron
Duke
Earl
Viscount
hasNotableMember Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
hasTitle Baron Sudbury
Duke of Grafton
linked to: The Duke of Grafton

Earl of Euston
Viscount Ipswich
historicalRole landed aristocracy
large estate owners
languageOfFamily English
linkedToInstitution British Parliament
House of Lords
linkedToMonarch Charles II of England
memberOf British peerage
nobleHouseType FitzRoy family branch
nobleRank ducal
notableTitleCreationYear 1675
originOfTitleName Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire
linked to: Grafton Regis
partOf British nobility
linked to: British aristocracy
peerage Peerage of England
politicalInfluence Whig politics (18th century)
linked to: Whiggism
producedOfficeHolder Prime Minister of Great Britain
region East of England
religionTraditionally Anglicanism
socialClass upper class
status extant ducal family
surname FitzRoy
traditionalEconomicBase agricultural rents
typeOfEstate rural landed estates

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euston estate associatedWith Grafton family
Gulltown notableHouse House Grafton of Gulltown
linked to: Grafton family