Background
Lady Daventry was born Muriel Douglas-Pennant, elder daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Honorary Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant, second son of Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn.
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Lady Daventry was born Muriel Douglas-Pennant, elder daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Honorary Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant, second son of Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn.
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 (born 10 January 1893, died 7 May 1976)
Honorary Nancy Jean Fitzroy (born 31 May 1894, died February 1984)
Captain Michael Algernon Fitzroy (born 27 June 1895, killed in action 15 April 1915)
Commander Honorary John Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate (born 20 March 1897, died 1976), father of Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry.