General
Lord Charles FitzRoy
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
In office
1802–1818
Preceded bySir Charles Davers, Bt
Lord Hervey
Succeeded byEarl of Euston
Arthur Upton
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
In office
1787–1796
Preceded bySir Charles Davers, Bt
George FitzRoy
Succeeded bySir Charles Davers, Bt
Lord Hervey
Personal details
Born(1764-07-17)17 July 1764
Died20 December 1829(1829-12-20) (aged 65)
Berkeley Square, London
Spouses
Frances Mundy
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(m. 1795; died 1797)​
Lady Frances Stewart
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(m. 1799; died 1810)​
RelationsHenry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (grandfather)
ChildrenCharles Augustus FitzRoy
George FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy
Frances Rice-Trevor, Baroness Dynevor
Parent(s)Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Anne FitzPatrick
EducationHarrow School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

General Lord Charles FitzRoy (17 July 1764 – 20 December 1829) was a British Army officer and politician.

Early life

FitzRoy was born on 17 July 1764. He was the third, but second surviving, son of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton and, his first wife, Anne Liddell, a daughter of Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.[1]

After education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] he entered the army in 1782 as an ensign.[3]

Career

In 1787, he was appointed a captain in the Scots Guards and an equerry in 1788, to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, under whom he served in Flanders from 1793 to 1794.[3]

In 1795, FitzRoy was appointed an aide-de-camp to King George III with the rank of colonel and promoted to major-general in 1798. From 1798 to 1799, he served in Ireland then in England until 1809, commanding a battalion of the 60th Regiment of Foot from 1804 to 1805. He was appointed colonel of the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot and lieutenant-general in 1805 and general in 1814.[3]

From 1787 to 1796 and again from 1802 to 1818, FitzRoy was Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds (though never actually spoke in the house). He supported Pitt and favoured abolitionism and Catholic Emancipation.[3]

Personal life

On 20 June 1795, FitzRoy married Frances Mundy, the daughter of Edward Miller Mundy, MP. Before her death in 1797, they had one son:

After his wife's death, he married Lady Frances Stewart on 10 March 1799. Lady Frances was the eldest daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Pratt (the daughter of the Whig politician Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden).[4] Before her death in 1810, they had four children:

FitzRoy died at his house in Berkeley Square, London in 1829 and was buried at Wicken, Northamptonshire.[10]

Descendants

Through his son Robert, he was a grandfather of five: Emily-Unah FitzRoy, Frances "Fanny" FitzRoy, Katherine FitzRoy, Robert O'Brien FitzRoy, and Laura Maria Elizabeth FitzRoy.[5]

References

  1. ^ Matthew Kilburn, 'Fitzpatrick , Anne, countess of Upper Ossory [other married name Anne FitzRoy, duchess of Grafton] (1737/8–1804)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2008 accessed 23 March 2017
  2. ^ "Fitzroy, Lord Charles (FTSY781C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b c d Stokes, Winifred. "FITZROY, Lord Charles I (1764-1829), of Wicken, Northants". historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ Courthope, William, ed. (1838). Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (22 ed.). London. p. 518, right column, line 8.
  5. ^ a b Mosley, Charles (ed): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Burke's Peerage, Ltd, 2003, p. 1617.
  6. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1617
  7. ^ "Bury, Feb. 3, 1808". The Bury and Norwich Post; Or; Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridge Advertiser. No. 1336. Bury, St Edmunds: P. Gedge. 3 February 1808. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Died". The Sun. No. 10, 801 (Evening ed.). London, England, UK: M. Young. 23 April 1827. p. 4. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ "The Last Will and Testament of The Right Honorable Charles Fitzroy commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy a General in His Majesty's Forces." Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Citing: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England. View shared image View transcription
  10. ^ J. M. Rigg, ‘FitzRoy, Lord Charles (1764–1829)’, rev. S. Kinross, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008, accessed 11 January 2009.
Military offices Preceded byPeter Hunter Colonel-Commandant of the 4th Battalion,60th Regiment of Foot 1804–1805 Succeeded byEdward Morrison Preceded byPatrick Tonyn Colonel of the 48th (Northamptonshire)Regiment of Foot 1805–1829 Succeeded bySir Thomas Hislop Parliament of Great Britain Preceded bySir Charles Davers, BtGeorge FitzRoy Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1787–1796 With: Sir Charles Davers, Bt Succeeded bySir Charles Davers, BtLord Hervey Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySir Charles Davers, BtLord Hervey Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1802–1818 With: Lord Hervey 1802–1803The Lord Templetown 1803–1812Frederick Foster 1812–1818 Succeeded byEarl of EustonArthur Upton
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