Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton

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.

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 a Whig between 1818 and 1820 and again between 1826 and 1831,[1] and was member for Thetford between 1834 and 1841.

Grafton married Mary Caroline Berkeley (maternal great-granddaughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond), 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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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Charles FitzRoy
Frederick Foster
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
18181820
With: Arthur Upton
Succeeded by
Arthur Upton
Lord John FitzRoy
Preceded by
Arthur Upton
Lord John FitzRoy
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
18261831
With: Earl Jermyn
Succeeded by
Earl Jermyn
Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Preceded by
Lord James FitzRoy
Francis Baring
Member of Parliament for Thetford
18341841
With: Francis Baring 1834-1841
Hon. Bingham Baring 1841
Succeeded by
Hon. Bingham Baring
Sir James Flower
Peerage of England
Preceded by
George FitzRoy
Duke of Grafton
18441863
Succeeded by
William FitzRoy
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