Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
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Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton (10 February 1790 – 26 March 1863), styled Viscount Ipswich until 1811 and Earl of Euston between 1811 and 1844, was a British peer and politician.
His Grace The Duke of Grafton | |
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| Duke of Grafton | |
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| Born | Henry FitzRoy 10 February 1790 Southill, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 26 March 1863 (aged 73) Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Caroline Berkeley
(m. 1812) |
| Issue |
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| Parents | George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton Lady Charlotte Waldegrave |
Grafton was the son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. The 6th Duke was a politician.
He represented Bury St Edmunds as member of parliament as a Whig between 1818 and 1820 and again between 1826 and 1831,[1] and was member for Thetford between 1834 and 1841.
As a young man he served as a Lieutenant in the 7th Light Dragoons, but retired on 15 August 1812.[2] On 23 September 1823 he was appointed Colonel of the East Suffolk Militia,[3] but on 24 May 1830 he transferred to the vacant colonelcy of the West Suffolk Militia, which his father and grandfather had previously commanded.[4] The duke resigned in 1845 and was succeeded by his son, William, Earl of Euston, on 24 December, the fourth generation of the family to command the regiment,[5] but Euston was replaced within weeks.[6]
Grafton married Mary Caroline Berkeley (18 June 1795 – 10 September 1873, the daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley), on 20 June 1812 in Portugal. They had five children:
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Emily Fitzroy (1817–1887), married Reverend Hon. Augustus Phipps, the son of The Earl of Mulgrave
- Lady Maria Louisa Fitzroy (1818–1912), married Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn and had issue.
- William Henry FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton (1819–1882)
- Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton (1821–1918)
- Lord Frederick John FitzRoy (1823–1919), M.P. for Thetford; married Catherine Wescomb and had issue.
Grafton died in 1863, aged seventy-three, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
References
edit- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- ^ London Gazette, 11 August 1812.
- ^ London Gazette, 13 December 1823.
- ^ "No. 18688". The London Gazette. 8 June 1830. p. 1127.
- ^ London Gazette, 10 February 1846.
- ^ Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9.
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