Social Victorians/People/Euston

Also Known As

• Family name: FitzRoy
• Earl of Euston is the eldest son of the Duke of Grafton
  • Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1882–1912)
    • Because the 6th Duke of Grafton before 1882 did not have a son, the title was not in use during his dukedom.

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Family

• Lt.-Col. Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton (22 June 1821 – 4 December 1918)
• Anna Balfour (15 June 1825 – 23 December 1857)
  1. Lady Eleanor FitzRoy ( – 15 September 1905)
  2. Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (28 November 1848 – 10 May 1912)
  3. Alfred William Maitland FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton (3 March 1850 – 10 January 1930)
  4. Reverend Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (9 December 1857 – 27 August 1911)

• Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (28 November 1848 – 10 May 1912)
• Kate Walsh FitzRoy ( - 24 November 1903)

Organizations

• Government position, Australia (1874 or so – c. 1884?)
• Provincial Grand Master, Freemasons, Australia
• Household of King Edward VII, Aide-de-Camp (1901– )

Timeline

1871 May 29, Henry James FitzRoy and Kate Walsh married.

1874 or so, Henry James FitzRoy and Kate Walsh Fitzroy separated. He attempted to prove their marriage was invalid because she was a bigamist, but her first husband was also a bigamist, so her marriage to him was invalid, so she legally was Lady Euston.

1889 November 16, Henry FitzRoy was named as a client of male prostitutes by the North London Press; FitzRoy successfully sued for libel, testifying that he had been given a card to the house and visited it, thinking he would find nude women there, and left immediately.

1890 January 16, Ernest Parke, the journalist who named Euston, was convicted of libel by the jury.

1897 July 2, the Earl of Euston attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1902, Henry, Earl of Euston was sued for a "dishonoured bill payment," which ultimately led to his being declared bankrupt, "with liabilities of over 54,269 pounds and assets of just 174 pounds."

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (at 461) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Questions and Notes

1. Kate Walsh FitzRoy, Countess of Euston had been a "music hall artiste" and "notorious" when she married Henry James FitzRoy and was perhaps "ten years his senior." She and the Earl of Euston had not been together since 1874 or so, so it is no wonder that she was not present at the Duchess of Devonshire's ball.
2. Scholar Montgomery Hyde says Euston probably did visit 19 Cleveland Street only once, but blackmailer Robert Clifford told Oscar Wilde he extorted Euston often.