Elizabeth FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton

Her Grace

The Duchess of Grafton
Her Grace; The Duchess of Grafton
	Portrait of Elizabeth Wrottesley painted by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1764–65
Born	Elizabeth Wrottesley; 1 November 1745
Died	25 May 1822 (aged 76)
Known for	Spouse of the prime minister of Great Britain (1769–1770)
Spouse	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (m. 1769; died 1811)
Children	13, including William and John
Parent	Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet (father);

Elizabeth FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (née Wrottesley; 1 November 1745 – 25 May 1822) was the second wife of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (sometime duke and prime minister). They married on 24 June 1769 at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, three months after his divorce.

Wrottesley was the daughter of Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet and Lady Mary Leveson-Gower. Her uncle was the Duke of Bedford, who introduced her to Thomas Gainsborough; Gainsborough painted her portrait which now hangs in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.

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