Clare Amabel Margaret FitzRoy, Dowager Countess of Euston (née Kerr; born 15 April 1951) is the current
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk.
Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk
* Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 ''jointly with''
*? 1551–?
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. She is also President of the Suffolk Agricultural Association with a particular interest in local breeds the
Suffolk Punch
The Suffolk Horse, also historically known as the Suffolk Punch or Suffolk Sorrel,Dohner, ''Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds'' pp. 349–352 is an English breed of draught horse. The first part of the nam ...
horse and the
Red Poll
The Red Poll is a dual-purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century. The Red Poll is a cross of the Norfolk Red beef cattle and Suffolk Dun dairy cattle breeds.
Description and uses
The cattle are red, p ...
cow.
Born in
Jedburgh
Jedburgh (; gd, Deadard; sco, Jeddart or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire, the name of which was randomly chosen for Operation Jedburgh in s ...
as Lady Clare Kerr, Lady Euston is the fourth child of
Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian
Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, (8 September 1922 – 11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. He was the son of Captain Andrew William Kerr by his wife, Marie Kerr. Both of his parents were male- ...
, and his wife
Antonella (née Newland).
Clare married
James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, son and heir apparent to the
11th Duke of Grafton, on 16 September 1972. He predeceased his father in 2009.
Lord and Lady Euston had five children:
* Lady Louise Helen Mary FitzRoy (born 11 June 1973)
* Lady Emily Clare FitzRoy (born 6 December 1974)
*
Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978)
* Lady Charlotte Rose FitzRoy (born 10 March 1983)
* Lady Isobel Anne FitzRoy (born 1985)
She had previously been
High Sheriff and
Deputy Lieutenant of
Suffolk.
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References
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1951 births
People from Jedburgh
Living people
Euston
Daughters of British marquesses
Lord-Lieutenants of Suffolk
High Sheriffs of Suffolk
Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk