His lifetime marked the point where the Stafford barony first came into contact with Fitzherbert as a surname.
Francis Edward's father was Basil Thomas Fitzherbert and his mother was Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham.
He was promoted to major on 5 February 1900,[2] and the following week left with the battalion to serve in the Second Boer War.
[3] He fought in South Africa from his arrival in March 1900 to 1902, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1900.
[4] He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire and hereditary Lord High Steward of the Borough of Stafford.