Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton

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
Duke of Grafton

BornHenry FitzRoy
(1790-02-10)10 February 1790
Southill, Bedfordshire, England
Died26 March 1863(1863-03-26) (aged 73)
Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England
Spouse(s)
Mary Caroline Berkeley
(m. 1812)
Issue
ParentsGeorge 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.

On 24 May 1830, he was commissioned colonel of the West Suffolk Militia.[2]

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:

Grafton died in 1863, aged seventy-three, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.

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