Background
Fitzroy was the second son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave.
Fitzroy was the second son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, and his wife Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave.
He fought at the Battle of Waterloo at an early age and later held political office as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1835 and 1838. FitzRoy joined the army and served in the Peninsular War. He was a captain in the 1st Foot Guards and fought in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
He eventually reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He returned to Commons the following year, when he was elected at the 1831 general election as Member of Parliament for Bury Street Edmunds. He held the seat until 1847, when he did not stand again.
When the Whigs came to power under Lord Melbourne in 1835, FitzRoy was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, a post he held until 1838. FItzroy married Lady Anne Cavendish, daughter of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington and Lady Elizabeth Compton, on 25 October 1825.
He died in June 1865, aged 74.
Lady Charles FitzRoy died in May 1871, aged 83.
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FitzRoy was elected as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Thetford at the 1818 general election, and held the seat until the 1830 general election, which he did not contest.