Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge KCVO (1846 - 1922)

Born 30 Jan 1846 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Jane (Holden) FitzGeorge — married 17 Sep 1875 in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1922 at age 76 in his residence, 20 Eccleston Square, Walthamstow, London, England

Rr Adm Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge was the 2nd of the three sons of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge and Sarah Louisa Fairbrother. He was a great-grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom and first cousin to Princess Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, consort of British King George V. As he was illegitimate and his parents were married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, he was ineligible to succeed his father as Duke of Cambridge and along with his siblings did not receive royal titles.

Career

Adolphus FitzGeorge entered the Royal Navy in March 1859. He became sub-lieutenant in 1865 and a lieutenant in the following year. In June 1867 he joined the Galatea, screw frigate, commanded by Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, and in March 1872 was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. On 30 November 1872, he was promoted to commander. Following a period at the Royal Naval College, he became Inspecting Officer of Coastguard at Scarborough in February 1874, and in September of the next year, was given command of the sloop Rapid in the Mediterranean. Other commands he held were those of the Dasher, paddle gun-vessel, stationed off the Channel Islands; and the Salamis, dispatch vessel, in the Channel Squadron, from the latter of which he was promoted captain on 14 October 1881. In March 1885, he became captain of the troopship Jumna, in the transport service to India, and his two years or more in this command marked the limit of his active naval employment.

Retirement

He retired on 1 January 1893 and was advanced to rear admiral on the retired list on 20 October 1896. On leaving the Navy he received the appointment of Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park. For many years he acted as equerry to his father, and in 1904, the year in which the Duke died, he was gazetted a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Marriages and family

He married on 21 September 1875 in Kingston upon Hull to Sophia Jane Holden (2 April 1857 – 3 February 1920) the daughter of Thomas Holden of Winstead Hall, Hull, by whom he had a daughter Olga Mary Adelaide FitzGeorge.

Following the death of the first Lady FitzGeorge, the Admiral married on 28 October 1920 in London to Marguerite Beatrice Daisy Watson (14 April 1863 – 26 February 1934) the daughter of John Watson of Waresley Court, Hartlebury, Worcestershire; without children.

Death

He died on 17 December 1922 at his residence, 20 Eccleston Square, Walthamstow, London. His widow the second Lady FitzGeorge died in 1934.

Sources

Wikipedia, Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_FitzGeorge.