Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice

Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice: Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914) was a British soldier and courtier.

Petty-Fitzmaurice was the youngest son of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud. He became a Major in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and from 1899–90, he was an aide-de-camp to FM Frederick Roberts during the Boer War. On 20 January 1909, he married Lady Violet Murray-Kynymound (the youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto) and they had two children:

(Mary) Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910–2003), married Lieutenant Colonel Ririd Myddleton.

George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice (1912–1999)

From 1909 he was an equerry to the Prince of Wales (later George V) until he was killed in action in the First World War.

Source

Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition

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Name Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Charles

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Date of birth 12 February 1874

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Date of death 30 October 1914

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Name	Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 February 1874
Place of birth
Date of death	30 October 1914
Place of death