Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton

His Grace
The Duke of Grafton
His Grace; The Duke of Grafton
	Duke of Grafton
	;
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 Lady Mary Phipps; Maria Douglas-Pennant, Baroness Penrhyn; William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton; Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton; Lord Frederick FitzRoy;
Parents	George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton; Lady Charlotte Waldegrave

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.

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 (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.

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
"No. 18688". The London Gazette. 8 June 1830. p. 1127.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Grafton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord Charles FitzRoy Frederick Foster	Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1818–1820 With: Arthur Upton	Succeeded by Arthur Upton Lord John FitzRoy
Preceded by Arthur Upton Lord John FitzRoy	Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1826–1831 With: Earl Jermyn	Succeeded by Earl Jermyn Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Preceded by Lord James FitzRoy Francis Baring	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1834–1841 With: Francis Baring 1834–1841 Hon. Bingham Baring 1841	Succeeded by Hon. Bingham Baring Sir James Flower
Peerage of England
Preceded by George FitzRoy	Duke of Grafton 1844–1863	Succeeded by William FitzRoy

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)

[2] "No. 18688". The London Gazette. 8 June 1830. p. 1127.