Sir Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, Baron Sudbury of Sudbury (25 October 1683 - 6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician.

His father, Henry Fitzroy, was the illegitimate son of King Charles II; Fitzroy inherited his father's peerages on 9 October 1690. He was Lord High Steward at King George I's coronation. He became a Privy Councillor in 1715 and a Knight of the Garter in 1721. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1720 to 1724.

He married Lady Henrietta Somerset; they had seven children.


Preceded by:
Henry Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton Followed by:
Augustus Henry Fitzroy

Advertise your
website with
:

Irish Website
Advertising
Can you help us? Are the recent changes correct?
Hosted in Ireland at the Servecentric Dublin Colocation Datacenter
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article of the same name which can be found here