George FitzGeorge

Colonel George William Adolphus FitzGeorge (24 August 1843 London - 2 September 1907 Lucerne) was the eldest of three sons of the morganatic marriage which the 2nd Duke of Cambridge contracted with Miss Louisa Fairbrother, the actress, the other sons being Admiral Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge and Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge.

Colonel FitzGeorge was born in 1843 and in due course, following the profession of his father, received a commission in the 20th Hussars. When the Egyptian Campaign of 1882 was undertaken he went out to Egypt on special service and was attached to the personal staff of Lord, the General, Sir Garnet Wolseley. He was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, and brought home the despatches. His services in the campaign were mentioned in despatches , and he was awarded with the brevet of lieutenant-colonel, the medal with clasp, the Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and the Khedive's Star. He retired from the Army in 1895.

FitzGeorge married, on 25 November 1885 in Paris to Rosa Frederica Baring (9 March 1854 - 10 March 1927), second daughter of Mr. William Henry Baring, J.P., of Norman Court, Hants. The couple had three children;

* Commander George William Frederick FitzGeorge (d. 13 June 1960)
* Mabel Iris FitzGeorge (23 September 1886 - 13 April 1976)
* George Daphne FitzGeorge (23 February 1889 - 1 June 1954)

Colonel FitzGeorge died at the Eden-house Hotel, Lucerne on September 2 1907 after lying ill for some weeks.

Ancestry

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1= 1. George FitzGeorge
2= 2. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
3= 3. Sarah Fairbrother
4= 4. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
5= 5. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
6= 6. John Robert Fairbrother
7= 7. Roberta Freeman
8= 8. George III of the United Kingdom
9= 9. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
10= 10. Prince Frederick of Hesse
11= 11. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
12= 12. Robert Fairbrother
14= 14. Thomas Freeman
16= 16. Frederick, Prince of Wales
17= 17. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
18= 18. Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
19= 19. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain
22= 22. Prince Charles William of Nassau-Usingen
23= 23. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim

References

* "Obituary", The Times, Tuesday, Sep 03, 1907; pg. 4