English aristocrat Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, was BOTD in 1848. Born in London, he was the eldest son and heir of the 7th Earl of Grafton. In 1871, he scandalised his family by marrying Kate Walsh, a working-class music hall singer described as “one of the most notorious women in London”. They separated after three years, and FitzRoy secured a position with the colonial government in Australia. After discovering that Walsh had entered into a bigamous marriage, he returned to London to seek an annulment. In 1889, police discovered a male brothel operating at 19 Cleveland Street in central London, run by Charles Hammond. The news provoked a media scandal, with several newspapers speculating about the identities of Hammond’s celebrity clients. FitzRoy sued The North London Press for claiming he had visited the brothel. During the trial, Euston claimed to have been given an advertisement for a Poses plastiques (a live display of naked women) at Cleveland Street, though was appalled to discover the brothel and left immediately. His account was spectacularly contradicted by rent boy Jack Saul, who gave graphic testimony about his sexual encounters with FitzRoy. The trial judge ordered the jury to disregard Saul’s evidence, and FitzRoy won the case, emerging with his reputation intact. In 1901, he was appointed aide-de-camp to the newly-crowned King Edward VII. The following year, he was taken to court by moneylenders for non-payment of debts. In court proceedings, it was revealed that FitzRoy had funded the legal defence of Lord Arthur Somerset, the king’s equerry and a fellow suspect in the Cleveland Street scandal. FitzRoy was subsequently declared bankrupt, with liabilities of £54,269 (£8.5 million in modern currency). In 1907, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant in Northamptonshire, where he lived until his death in 1912, aged 63.