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 | |
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Duke of Grafton | |
Born | Henry FitzRoy 10 February 1790 Southill, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 26 March 1863 73) Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England | (aged
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.
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:
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Emily Fitzroy (1817–1887), married Reverend Hon. Augustus Phipps, the son of The Earl of Mulgrave
- 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)
- Frederick John Fitzroy (1823–1919), married Catherine Wescomb and had issue.
Grafton died in 1863, aged seventy-three, at Wakefield Lodge, near Potterspury, Northamptonshire.