William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton
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William Henry Fitzroy, 6th Duke of Grafton (5 August 1819 – 21 May 1882), known from 1847 to 1863 by his courtesy title Earl of Euston, was a British peer and Liberal Party
politician.
He was the son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
and his wife Mary Caroline Berkeley.
At the 1847 general election
he was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for the borough of Thetford
in Norfolk, a seat held by his father from 1834 to 1841. He was returned unopposed at the next three general elections, and held the seat until he succeeded to his father's peerage in 1863.
He married Hon. Marie Anne Louise Baring, daughter of Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
, on 10 February 1858. He spent the winter and spring each year at Hyères
because he and his wife both suffered from ill health. He died in 1882 childless, aged 62, in London
and was succeeded as Duke of Grafton by his younger brother, Augustus
.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
He was the son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton was the son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave....
and his wife Mary Caroline Berkeley.
At the 1847 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
he was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for the borough of Thetford
Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
in Norfolk, a seat held by his father from 1834 to 1841. He was returned unopposed at the next three general elections, and held the seat until he succeeded to his father's peerage in 1863.
He married Hon. Marie Anne Louise Baring, daughter of Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton was a British peer Whig and later Tory politician.He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Whig Member of Parliament for the borough of Thetford in Norfolk,...
, on 10 February 1858. He spent the winter and spring each year at Hyères
Hyères
Hyères , Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....
because he and his wife both suffered from ill health. He died in 1882 childless, aged 62, in London
London
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and was succeeded as Duke of Grafton by his younger brother, Augustus
Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton
Augustus Charles Lennox FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton KG CB , known as Lord Augustus FitzRoy before 1882, was the second son of the 5th Duke of Grafton and his wife, Mary Caroline, daughter of Admiral the Hon Sir George Cranfield-Berkeley.On 9 June 1847, he married Anna Balfour and had four...
.