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

United Kingdom

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 politician.

Born Charles FitzRoy, he was the illegitimate son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

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. Fitzroy married Frances Scudamore after her divorce from Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort

Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort

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 in 1744. She was the only child and heir of James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore

James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore

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 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

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. Due to his continued forty-eight year service in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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, FitzRoy-Scudamore succeeded William Aislabie as Father of the House

Father of the House

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 in 1781 but died a year later.