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Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore

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Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore (c. 1713 – 22 August 1782) was a British politician.

Born Charles FitzRoy, he was the illegitimate son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton. Fitzroy married Frances Scudamore after her divorce from Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort in 1744. She was the only child and heir of James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore and he added the Scudamore name to his own. Their only child, Frances (d. 1820), became the second wife of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk. Due to his continued forty-eight-year service in the British House of Commons, FitzRoy-Scudamore succeeded William Aislabie as Father of the House in 1781 but died a year later.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Thetford
with Sir Edmund Bacon 1722–1739
Lord Augustus FitzRoy 1739–1741
Lord Henry Beauclerk 1741–1761

1733–1754
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hereford
with John Symons 1754–1764
John Scudamore 1764–1796

1754–1768
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Heytesbury
with William A'Court-Ashe

1768–1774
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Thetford
with Hon. Charles FitzRoy 1774–1780
Richard Hopkins 1780–1784

1774–1782
Succeeded by
Court offices
Preceded by Groom Porter
1743–1763
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Father of the House
1781–1782
Succeeded by