Arthur FitzRoy, Duke of Cleveland
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| Duke of Cleveland | |||||
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| High Commissioner in Iraq | |||||
| In office | 1923 - 1930 | ||||
| Preceded by | Sir Percy Cox | ||||
| Succeeded by | Sir Francis Humphrys | ||||
| Monarch | Edward VII | ||||
| High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States | |||||
| In office | 1930 - 1937 | ||||
| Preceded by | Sir Hugh Clifford | ||||
| Successor | Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas | ||||
| Monarch | Edward VII | ||||
| Born | Arthur William George FitzRoy 11 April 1892 Buckingham Palace, London | ||||
| Died | 11 February 1990 (aged 97) Manchester, England | ||||
| Burial | 13 February 1990 | ||||
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| Father | William V | ||||
| Mother | Alice Keppel | ||||
| Religion | Protestant | ||||
Arthur William George FitzRoy, Duke of Cleveland (11 April 1892 - 11 February 1990) was a British army officer, and colonial administrator. The eldest and also the firstborn child of British society hostess, Alice Keppel and King William V, he led a distinguished career as a colonial administrator, as he first served as the High Commissioner in Iraq from 1923 to 1930, before subsequently being made the High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States. Meanwhile, as an army officer, he first served in the First World War as part of the British forces in Egypt before further serving in the Second World War.
On January 2nd 1920, he married the English aristocrat, Mary Curzon, with whom he approximately had three children. On February 11th 1990, he passed away at the age of 97, having been one of the last living children, both legitimate and illegitimate, of the late King William V. The current Queen Alexandra was his great great grand niece.
Early Life
Arthur FitzRoy was born on April 11th 1892 as the eldest and also the firstborn child of British society hostess, Alice Keppel and King William V. Almost immediately, as an illegitimate child of the reigning monarch, FitzRoy was promptly excluded from the line of succession. Nevertheless, on the behest of his own father, he was raised alongside his royal half-siblings in Buckingham Palace, where he was guaranteed with the standard form of education typical for royal children.