Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (17 December 1921 – 15 February 2000), was a British peer who was
High Sheriff of Warwickshire during 1970 and
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire from 1990 to 1997.
Biography
Lord Daventry was the son of
Commander
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Hon John Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, youngest son of
Edward FitzRoy and
Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry. His mother was Lucia Charlotte Susan Newdigate Newdegate, heiress of
Sir Francis Newdegate, of
Arbury Hall,
Warwickshire
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. His father took the additional surname of Newdegate and inherited the Arbury estates on the death of his father-in-law in 1936.
Lord Daventry came into the Arbury estates on the death of his father in 1976. He was
High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1970 and
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire from 1990 to 1996. In 1986 he succeeded to the viscountcy on the death of his uncle, Oliver FitzRoy, 2nd Viscount Daventry.
In 1959 Lord Daventry married Hon. Rosemary Norrie, the daughter of Lt-Gen
Lord Norrie. They had three children:
The Peerage, entry for 3rd Viscount Daventry
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* James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry (born 27 July 1960)
* Hon Hugh Francis FitzRoy Newdegate (born 4 October 1962)
* Hon Joanna FitzRoy Newdegate (born 8 February 1964)
Lord Daventry died in 2000 and was succeeded in the peerage by his elder son.
See also
*Newdigate baronets
The Newdigate baronetcy, of Arbury, Warwickshire, was created on 24 July 1677 in the Baronetage of England for Richard Newdigate of Arbury Hall. It became extinct on the death of the 5th Baronet on 2 December 1806.
Baronets of Arbury (1677)
* ...
References
*
ThePeerage.com
External links
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Lord-lieutenants of Warwickshire
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
1921 births
2000 deaths
Francis
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Daventry
Daventry ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Daventry had a populati ...