George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland

Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine ; he was the fifth of Charles's eight illegitimate sons. On 1 October 1674, he was created Earl of Northumberland, Baron of Pontefract (Yorkshire) and Viscount Falmouth (Cornwall). On 6 April 1683, he was created Duke of Northumberland. He was described as "a most worthy man", and as "...a tall, Black-Man, like his father, the King." The same John Macky files described his sibling, Charles Lenos, Duke of Richmond as Black complexion, also like his father, King Charles II.

28 December 1665

Born on the same birth day (28 December): Adam Peaty • Alex Chilton • Calixa Lavallée • Catharine Sedgwick • Clifford Cocks • David Peterson • Dick Sudhalter • Donald Carr • Félix Vallotton • Lomana LuaLua • Maite Zúñiga • Shen Congwen • Wil van Beveren

Born in the same month (December 1665): Lady Grizel Baillie