George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG (14 January 1760 – 28 September 1844), styled Earl of Euston until 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Euston was the son of Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] where he became a close friend of the William Pitt the Younger. From 1782-84, he was Member of Parliament for Thetford, and in 1784, he and Pitt were elected as MPs for Cambridge University. Euston held that seat until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1811. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 9 May 1803.[2]
Family
Grafton married Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (1761–1808), daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, on 16 November 1784 at Navestock, Essex. They had eleven children:
- Lady Maria (Mary) Anne (1785–1855), married Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet and had issue.
- Lady Georgiana (1787–1855), unmarried
- Lady Elizabeth Anne (1788–1867), married her first cousin John Henry Smyth and had issue.
- Henry, styled Earl of Euston, later 5th Duke of Grafton (1790–1863)
- Lord Charles FitzRoy (1791–1865), married Lady Anne Cavendish (daughter of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington) and had issue.
- Lady Isabella Frances (1792–1875), married Henry Joseph St. John (d. 1857)
- Lord William FitzRoy (1794–1804)
- Lord Hugh FitzRoy (1795–1797)
- Lord Richard FitzRoy (1798–1798)
- Lord Richard FitzRoy (1800–1801)
- Lord James FitzRoy (1804–1834)
References
- Burke's Peerage & Gentry
- Reynolds, K. D. "FitzRoy, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9634. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Notes
- ^ "Fitzroy, George Henry, Lord Euston (FTSY776GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 15666". The London Gazette. 14 January 1804.
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