Adolphus FitzGeorge

Rear-Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge KCVO was the second son of 2nd Duke of Cambridge by his morganatic marriage to Miss Louisa (Sarah) Fairbrother and was born January 30th, 1846.

Sir Adolphus entered the Royal Navy in March, 1859, and 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 at Portsmouth. On November 30th, 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 October 14th, 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. He retired on January 1, 1893, and was advanced to rear-admiral on the retired list on October 20th, 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 K.C.V.O.

Sir Adolphus married, on 21 September 1875 in Kingston upon Hull, Sophia Jane Holden (2 April 1857-3 February 1920), the daughter of Mr. Thomas Holden, of Winstead Hall, Hull, by whom he had one daughter. Following the death of the first Lady FitzGeorge the Admiral maried, on 28 October 1920 in London, Marguerite Beatrice Daisy Watson (14 April 1863-26 February 1934), daughter of John Watson, of Waresley Court, Hartlebury, Worcestershire.

Sir Adolphus died December 17th, 1922, at his residence, 20 Eccleston Square, London.

Issue

Ancestry

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1= 1. Adolphus 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

*"Sir Adolphus Fitz George Career In The Navy", The Times, Dec 18, 1922; pg. 14.