Alfred William Maitland FitzRoy. The sporting traditions of the family were revived, his Grace one of the best horsemen in England and a first class shot besides, being devoted to hunting and fishing. In his time the coffins which enclosed the remains of the earlier dukes in the vault at Euston church were found to have fallen into decay. Under his instructions all the coffin-plates were removed and, together with those of Lord and Lady Arlington, erected in the church. The vault was then closed. No coffin-plate for the 1st Duke could be discovered, leaving it in doubt whether his body had, after all, been interred at Euston.
He held the title for 12 years, when on his death on January 10th 1930 was succeeded by his grandson Lord John Charles William FitzRoy.
