Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton
- Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton
(Ann) Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton GCVO (born 1920) was born Ann Fortune Smith, the daughter of Captain Evan Cadogan Eric Smith, born in 1894, and his wife Beatrice "Helen" Williams, married in 1917. Her younger brother, Sir John Smith, was a financier with the family bank (formerly Smiths of Nottingham, later the National Provincial Bank and then part of NatWest), a Conservative MP, and the founder of the Landmark Trust. She has another younger brother named Jeremy Fox Eric Smith, born in 1928 and married on 21 February 1952 to Julia Mary Rona Burrell, born on 20 February 1934, daughter of the 8th Baronets Burrell, and have issue.
She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II between 1953 and 1966 and has been Mistress of the Robes since 1967.
In 1970, Hugh Fitzroy, Earl of Euston succeeded his father as 11th Duke of Grafton, whereupon she became Duchess of Grafton.
Personal life
On 12 October 1946 Smith married the then Earl of Euston, son of Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton. Together they had five children:
*James Oliver Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Euston (13 Dec 1947–)
*Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen Fitzroy (14 Sep 1949–)
*Lady Virginia Mary Elizabeth Fitzroy (10 Apr 1954–)
*Lord Charles Patrick Hugh Fitzroy (7 Jan 1957–)
*Lady Olivia Rose Mildred Fitzroy (1 Aug 1963–)
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