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Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
b.10 Feb 1790
d.26 Mar 1863
  1. Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton1790 - 1863
  2. Lord Charles FitzRoy1791 - 1865
  1. Maria Louisa FitzRoy1818 - 1912
  2. William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton1819 - 1882
  3. Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton1821 - 1918
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Name Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Feb 1790
Marriage to Mary Caroline Berkeley
Death[1] 26 Mar 1863
Reference Number? Q337872?


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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.

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, and was member for Thetford between 1834 and 1841.

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

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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  1. 1.0 1.1 Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.