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The museum was founded in 1846 and opened in December 1847 in Museum Street, Ipswich then newly laid-out, with the specific remit to educate the working classes in natural history. [4] From 1847 to 1853 it was run by a committee on behalf of subscribers, with open evenings for the public.
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein [427] 1946: Montgomery: extant: Viscount Gort [428] 8 February 1946: Vereker: extinct 31 March 1946: also Viscount Gort, in the Peerage of Ireland Viscount Alexander of Tunis [429] 1 March 1946: Alexander: extant: created Earl Alexander of Tunis on 11 March 1952 Viscount Mountbatten of Burma [430] 23 August 1946 ...
John Charles William FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton (1 August 1914 – 4 August 1936), was a British peer, politician, and race car driver, styled The Honourable John FitzRoy from 1914 to 1918 and Viscount Ipswich from 1918–1930. He inherited the dukedom at age 15, but died of severe burns following a crash in a motor race, aged 22.
The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1675 in the peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury. [1] Between 1723 and 1936 the dukes, being descended from the 1st Duke's wife Isabella FitzRoy, 2nd Countess of Arlington , also held the titles Earl of Arlington , Viscount Thetford and Baron ...
William Henry Fitzroy, 6th Duke of Grafton (5 August 1819 – 21 May 1882), styled Viscount Ipswich until 1847 and Earl of Euston between 1847 and 1863, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician. He was born in London and educated at Harrow, and after went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He also gained the courtesy title of Earl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich. [1] On 7 April 2011, the 11th Duke of Grafton died, aged 92, [8] and his grandson the present Duke succeeded to the peerages and estates. He currently promotes live music events while modernising the farms of the estate. [1]
William Henry Alfred FitzRoy, Viscount Ipswich (1884–1918); married Auriol Brougham and had issue. Son John FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton, and two daughters: Margaret Jane, who married Maj. Gen. Sir John Nelson, and Mary-Rose. He fought in World War I and was killed in an aeroplane accident on 23 April 1918.
This list of museums in Suffolk, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.