Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton
His Grace The Duke of Grafton | |
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Born | 6 April 1978 |
Spouse(s) | Olivia Sladen (m. 2010) |
Children | 3 |
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Education | Harrow School |
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Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978), known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather, Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, on 7 April 2011. He is also a direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England.
The Duke's seat is Euston Hall, at Euston in Suffolk, near Thetford in Norfolk.[1][2]
Early life[]
Grafton is the son of James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1947–2009), and his wife, Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr, one of the daughters of the 12th Marquess of Lothian.[3][2]
His ancestor Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), was a bastard of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers.[4] Grafton shares the surname FitzRoy (meaning "son of the king") with other natural lines descended from Charles II.[5]
Educated at Harrow School and the University of Edinburgh, Grafton spent a post-graduate year at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, studying estate management.[1][6]
Career[]
From 2002 to 2004 Viscount Ipswich, as the Duke was then known, worked in the United States in music business management, as a radio host in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2005–2006 as a merchandise co-ordinator for the Rolling Stones on the A Bigger Bang tour.[1][6][7]
In 2007, he moved to London and in 2009, due to the death of his father, returned to Suffolk to help manage the 10,000-acre Euston Hall estate. He also gained the courtesy title of Earl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich.[1]
On 7 April 2011, the 11th Duke of Grafton died, aged 92,[8] and his grandson the present Duke succeeded to the peerages and estates. He currently promotes live music events while modernising the farms of the estate.[1]
Private life[]
On 14 August 2010, at Snowshill, Gloucestershire, Lord Ipswich, as he was still known, married Olivia Margaret M. Sladen,[7] a descendant of Sir Edward Bosc Sladen (1831–1890), an important Indian Army officer in British Burma.[9] Their engagement had been announced on 15 April 2010.[10] They are the parents of two sons and a daughter:
- Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, heir apparent, born 26 December 2012.[11]
- Lady Rosetta Christina Clare FitzRoy, born 20 July 2015.[citation needed]
- Lord Rafe FitzRoy, born 16 March 2017.[citation needed]
Arms[]
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The Grafton coat of arms includes Charles II's royal arms crossed by a baton sinister, indicating the family's royal lineage and its origin in illegitimacy.[1]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Owen, Jane (17 April 2014). "Duke of Grafton uses R&B to restore Euston Hall's pleasure grounds". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2000), p. 704
- ^ Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, vol. II (2004), ISBN 0-9711966-2-1, pp. 1616–1619
- ^ David Clune, Ken Turner, The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010 (2009, ISBN 1862877432), p. 203
- ^ Bernard Falk, The Royal Fitz Roys: dukes of Grafton through four centuries (1950), p. 7
- ^ Jump up to: a b 'GRAFTON, 12th Duke of' in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black, 2014); online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2013, accessed 8 March 2014 (subscription site)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Richard Eden, Class warrior Lord Mandelson upsets his 'toffee-nosed' pals dated 17 April 2010 from The Daily Telegraph at telegraph.co.uk, accessed 8 March 2014
- ^ Grafton, Telegraph Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, 9 April 2011, accessed 7 September 2021
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3027
- ^ Viscount Ipswich and Miss O. Sladen, Telegraph Announcements, The Daily Telegraph, 15 April 2010, accessed 7 September 2021
- ^ "GRAFTON". Daily Telegraph. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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