Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914) was an English soldier and courtier.Petty-Fitzmaurice was the younger son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice and Maud Evelyn Hamilton.He joined the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1895, and served as an aide-de-camp to Frederick Roberts during the Boer War 1899-1900. He stayed as a Lieutenant of the 1st Dragoon Guards until January 1901, when he was seconded for service on the army staff as Aide-de-camp to Lord Roberts, who had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Lord Roberts resigned when this post was abolished in early 1904, and Petty-Fitzmaurice was promoted Captain of his former regiment the 1st Dragoons in October 1904.On 20 January 1909, he married Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynymound (daughter of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound and Mary Caroline Grey) 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 World War I. His widow Violet remarried to John Jacob Astor V on 28 August 1916.. }
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- Lord_Charles_Petty-Fitzmaurice abstract "Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914) was an English soldier and courtier.Petty-Fitzmaurice was the younger son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice and Maud Evelyn Hamilton.He joined the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1895, and served as an aide-de-camp to Frederick Roberts during the Boer War 1899-1900. He stayed as a Lieutenant of the 1st Dragoon Guards until January 1901, when he was seconded for service on the army staff as Aide-de-camp to Lord Roberts, who had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Lord Roberts resigned when this post was abolished in early 1904, and Petty-Fitzmaurice was promoted Captain of his former regiment the 1st Dragoons in October 1904.On 20 January 1909, he married Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynymound (daughter of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound and Mary Caroline Grey) 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 World War I. His widow Violet remarried to John Jacob Astor V on 28 August 1916.".