Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry
Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry CBE (8 August 1869 – 8 July 1962) was a British aristocrat and the wife of Edward FitzRoy, who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943.
Biography
Lady Daventry was born Muriel Douglas-Pennant, elder daughter of Lt Col Hon Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant, second son of Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn.
On 6 May 1943, just over two months after the death of her husband, she was created Viscountess Daventry, of Daventry in the County of Northampton, a viscountcy being the customary retirement honour for Speakers. To date, she was the last peeress to be granted an hereditary peerage.
Edward Fitzroy and Lady Daventry had four children:[1]
- Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry (born 10 January 1893, died 7 May 1976)
- Hon Nancy Jean Fitzroy (born 31 May 1894, died Feb 1984)
- Captain Michael Algernon Fitzroy (born 27 June 1895, killed in action 15 April 1915)
- Commander Hon John Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate (born 20 March 1897, died 1976), father of Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry
References
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New creation | Viscountess Daventry 1943–1962 |
Next: Robert Oliver FitzRoy |
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