Lord Frederick FitzRoy
Lord Frederick John FitzRoy JP was a British Liberal Party politician.
Early life
FitzRoy was the youngest son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton and Mary Caroline Berkeley. Among his siblings were Lady Mary Elizabeth Emily FitzRoy, Lady Maria Louisa FitzRoy, William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton, and Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton.His paternal grandparents were George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave. His maternal grandparents were Adm. Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley and Emilia Charlotte Lennox.
Career
FitzRoy was elected Liberal MP for Thetford at a Thetford by-election|by-election in 1863]—caused by the succession of his brother William FitzRoy to 6th Duke of Grafton—and held the seat until 1865 when he stood down to seek election in South [Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Northamptonshire], where he was unsuccessful.FitzRoy was also a Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Northamptonshire, and a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.
Personal life
In 1853, he married Catherine Sarah Wilhelimna Wescomb, daughter of the Rev. William Wescomb and Jane Wescomb. Two of her sisters, married brothers: Lucy Elizabeth Wescomb married George Byron, 8th Baron Byron, and Mary Jane Wescomb, who married Hon. Frederick Byron. Together, they had five children, two sons and three daughters:- Frederick FitzRoy, who died young.
- Edith Catherine FitzRoy, who died young.
- Anne Ethel FitzRoy, who died unmarried; she lived at Bradfield Hall, Suffolk, during the 1920s.
- Evelyn FitzRoy, who married Emma Kamanu, a daughter of Enoch Kamanu Naea, of Kawaihae, Hawaii and Betty Davidson, in 1889.
- Helen FitzRoy, who died young.