Sir Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet
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Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet (5 July 1872 – 29 September 1957), born FitzRoy Hamilton Niall Lloyd-Anstruther, was an English
England
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 baronet
Baronet
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.

Family

He was the son of Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther
Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther
Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician. The son of Captain James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther and his wife Georgiana née Burrell...

 (21 April 1841 - 24 July 1914) and wife (m. London
London
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, 5 July 1871) Gertrude Louisa Georgina FitzRoy (London, 9 December 1850 - 17 July 1923), daughter of Francis Horatio FitzRoy (London, 6 June 1823 - Frogmore Park, 20 March 1900) and wife (m. London, 27 November 1849) The Hon. Gertrude Duncombe (Duncombe Park
Duncombe Park
Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family whose senior member takes the title Baron Feversham. It is situated near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England and stands in a commanding location above deeply incised meanders of the River Rye....

, 4 April 1827 - Frogmore Park, 24 February 1916). His paternal grandparents were James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (1806 - 1882) and wife (m. 1838) Georgiana Charlotte Burrell (1811 - 1843).

He had a brother Reginald, who died in 1875, and a sister Rosalind Gertrude, who died on 2 June 1903, wife of Brigadier General Noel Armar Lowry-Corry (25 November 1867 - 23 August 1935), by whom she had issue.

Life

On 7 November 1910 he changed his name to FitzRoy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, dropping Lloyd and adding his wife's surnames. He served as a Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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 in the Army Motor Reserve prior to World War I
World War I
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 and was appointed an ADC
Aide-de-camp
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 on the General Staff
General Staff
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 in September 1915, ending the war as a Captain
Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
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. He was created a Baronet
Baronet
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 on 1 July 1929.

Marriage and issue

On 11 October 1898 then FitzRoy Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther married The Hon. Rachel Gough-Calthorpe (11 October 1871 - 25 May 1951), daughter of the 6th Baron Calthorpe and Maud Augusta Louisa Duncombe. They had issue:
  • Sir Richard Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baronet
  • Frances Jean Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b. 29 June 1910), married on 13 September 1942 to Frank Alleyne Stockdale, and had issue
  • Barbara Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b. 24 October 1911), married on 4 February 1932 to Ian St John Lawson-Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke
    Ian Lawson-Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke
    Ian St John Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke, KCVO, TD, DL, JP, was a British Peer, businessman and philanthropist....

    , and had issue

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