Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry
Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry 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:
- Robert Oliver Fitzroy, 2nd Viscount Daventry
- The Hon. Nancy Jean Fitzroy
- Captain Michael Algernon Fitzroy
- Commander the Hon. John Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, father of Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry