The Duke of Grafton | |
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Full name | Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy |
Born | London, Middlesex | 6 April 1978
Spouse(s) | Olivia Sladen (m. 2010) |
Issue | 3 |
Parents |
Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978), known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather, Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, on 7 April 2011. He is also a direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England.
His farming estate and seat is Euston Hall, at Euston in Suffolk, near Thetford in Norfolk. [1] [2]
Grafton is the son of James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1947–2009), and his wife, Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr, one of the daughters of the 12th Marquess of Lothian. [3] [2]
His ancestor Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), was a bastard son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers. [4] Grafton shares the surname FitzRoy (meaning "son of the king") with other natural lines descended from Charles II. [5]
Educated at Harrow School and the University of Edinburgh, Grafton spent a post-graduate year at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, studying estate management. [1] [6]
From 2002 to 2004 Viscount Ipswich, as the Duke was then known, worked in the United States in music business management, as a radio host in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2005–2006 as a merchandise coordinator for the Rolling Stones on the A Bigger Bang tour. [1] [6] [7]
In 2007, he moved to London and in 2009, due to the death of his father, returned to Suffolk to help manage the 10,000-acre (40 km2) Euston Hall estate. He also gained the courtesy title of Earl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich. [1]
On 7 April 2011, the 11th Duke of Grafton died, aged 92, [8] and his grandson the present Duke succeeded to the peerages and estates. He currently promotes live music events while modernising the farms of the estate. [1]
On 14 August 2010, at Snowshill, Gloucestershire, Lord Ipswich, as he was still known, married Olivia Margaret Sladen. They are the parents of two sons and one daughter.
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The Grafton coat of arms includes Charles II's royal arms crossed by a baton sinister. It is an accurate coat as the male lineage is royal and is quartered since the union of crowns and is only in non-succession to these due to illegitimacy. [1]
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister.
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Duke of Grafton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for Henry FitzRoy, his second illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland. The most notable duke of Grafton was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister from 1768–1770.
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers. A military commander, Henry FitzRoy was appointed colonel of the Grenadier Guards in 1681 and Vice-Admiral of England from 1682 to 1689. He was killed in the storming of Cork during the Williamite–Jacobite War in 1690.
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George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG, styled Earl of Euston until 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1782 to 1811 when he succeeded to the Dukedom.
Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, styled Viscount Ipswich until 1811 and Earl of Euston between 1811 and 1844, was a British peer and politician.
Alfred William Maitland FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton, styled Lord Alfred FitzRoy between 1882 and 1912 and Earl of Euston between 1912 and 1918, was a British peer and soldier.
John Charles William FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer, politician, and race car driver, styled The Honourable John FitzRoy from 1914 to 1918 and Viscount Ipswich from 1918–1930. He inherited the dukedom at age 15, but died of severe burns following a crash in a motor race, aged 22.
Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, known as Charles FitzRoy until 1936, was a British aristocrat, soldier, politician, and farmer.
Isabella Bennet FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton and later 2nd Countess of Arlingtonsuo jure, was a British peer and heiress.
Ann Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, was a British courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II from 1967 until her death in 2021. She was the wife of Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, and grandmother of Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk.
James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of EustonFCA was the eldest child of the 11th Duke of Grafton and his wife Fortune.
Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton was a British peer.
Clare Amabel Margaret FitzRoy, Dowager Countess of Euston is the current Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. She is also President of the Suffolk Agricultural Association with a particular interest in local breeds the Suffolk Punch horse and the Red Poll cow.
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