Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe

Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet (5 July 1872 – 29 September 1957), born FitzRoy Hamilton Niall Lloyd-Anstruther, was an English baronet.

Early life

Fitzroy was born at Frogmore Park, Hampshire, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (1841–1914), by his marriage on 5 July 1871 to Gertrude Louisa Georgina FitzRoy (1850–1923), a daughter of Francis Horatio FitzRoy (1823–1900), by his marriage in 1849 to the Hon. Gertrude Duncombe (1827–1916).

He had a brother, Reginald Lloyd-Anstruther, who died as a child in 1875, and a sister, Rosalind Gertrude (died 1903), the wife of Brigadier General Noel Armar Lowry-Corry (1867–1935), by whom she had issue.

He was educated at Harrow School.

Military career

FitzRoy joined the army as a staff officer. On 7 November 1910 he changed his surname name from Lloyd-Anstruther to Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, discarding the name of Lloyd and adding his wife's surnames. Before World War I he served as a part-time lieutenant in the Army Motor Reserve, then in September 1915 was appointed as an aide-de-camp on the General Staff, ending the war with the rank of captain. He was created a Baronet on 1 July 1929.

Later life

On 11 October 1898, FitzRoy Lloyd-Anstruther (as he then was) married the Hon. Rachel Gough-Calthorpe (1871–1951), a daughter of Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe, and Maud Augusta Louisa Duncombe.

In 1933 the family was still living at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire, when it and nearby Minley Manor were threatened by a significant heath wildfire that involved a response by over one thousand soldiers and firefighters.

He enjoyed sailing as a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, including possessing the yacht Amaryllis (1930), steam yacht Ombra (1937), and yacht Wren (1947), as did his son. Both father and son also enjoyed golf at the North Hants Golf Club, Fleet, Hampshire.

In 1956 he was the president of the Odiham Scout District association.

Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe died in 1957 at the Royal Masonic Hospital, London, aged 85.