Sir Almeric William FitzRoy (12 November 1851 – 31 May 1935) was a British civil servant.
FitzRoy was the son of Francis Horatio FitzRoy (1823–1900), the grandson of Rear Admiral
Lord William FitzRoy
Admiral Lord William FitzRoy (1 June 1782 – 13 May 1857), was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and also as a Member of Parliament.
Biography
Famil ...
and the great-grandson of
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
He was
Clerk of the Privy Council between 9 August 1898 and May 1923.
FitzRoy was invested as a Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...
(CVO) by King
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
at
Buckingham Palace
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on 11 August 1902,
and later promoted to a Knight Commander (KCVO) of the Order in 1909.
References
1851 births
1935 deaths
Almeric FitzRoy
British civil servants
Clerks of the Privy Council
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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