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Biography of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton 1683-1757
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On 01 Aug 1672 [his father] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 8) and [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 4) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 54) and [his grandmother] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 38). He the illegitmate son of [his grandfather] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 42) and [his grandmother] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 31).
He was created 1st Earl Euston, 1st Viscount Ipswich, 1st Baron Sudbury. Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton by marriage Countess Euston.
On 11 Sep 1675 [his father] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 11) was created 1st Duke Grafton by [his grandfather] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 45). [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 7) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 25 Oct 1683 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton was born to Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 20) and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 15). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Evelyn's Diary. 26 Nov 1683. I went to compliment the [his mother] Duchess of Grafton (age 15), now lying-in of her first child, a son, which she called for, that I might see it. She was become more beautiful, if it were possible, than before, and full of virtue and sweetness. She discoursed with me of many particulars, with great prudence and gravity beyond her years.
On 28 Jul 1685 [his grandfather] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 67) died. His daughter [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 17) succeeded 2nd Countess Arlington, 2nd Viscountess Thetford, 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.
In 1686 John Talbot (age 21) was killed in a duel by [his father] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 22).
In Mar 1686 [his uncle] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 20) and Catherine Wheatley were married. Soon after the marriage Northumberland and his brother, [his father] Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (age 22), allegedly attempted to privately convey her abroad to an English convent in Ghent [Map], Belgium. He the illegitmate son of [his grandfather] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his grandmother] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 45).
On 09 Oct 1690 [his father] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 27) was killed at Cork [Map] during the Storming of Cork. His son Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Grafton, 2nd Earl Euston, 2nd Viscount Ipswich, 2nd Baron Sudbury.
In 1698 [his step-father] Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 20) and [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 30) were married. She by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington and [his grandmother] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 64).
In Aug 1701 John Hamner 3rd Baronet (age 69) was killed in a duel (probably). His nephew [his step-father] Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 23) succeeded 4th Baronet Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire. [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 33) by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire.
Around 1713 [his son] Charles Fitzroy-Scudamore was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 29). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 30 Apr 1713 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 29) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. He the son of Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 45). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 13 Apr 1714 [his son] Charles Henry Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 30) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 23). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24 Apr 1714 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort (age 30) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort (age 7) succeeded 3rd Duke Beaufort, 5th Marquess Worcester, 9th Earl Worcester, 10th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
On 20 Oct 1714 King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) was crowned I King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 78).
Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 30) was appointed Lord High Steward.
In 1715 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 31) was appointed Privy Council.
On 24 Aug 1715 [his son] George Fitzroy Earl Euston was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 31) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 24). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16 Oct 1716 [his son] Augustus Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 32) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 26). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 23 Apr 1718 [his son] Charles Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 34) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 27). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1719 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 35) was one of the main supporters of the Royal Academy of Music.
In 1720 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 36) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
In 1721 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 37) was appointed 537th Knight of the Garter by King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 60).
On 08 Apr 1722 [his daughter] Caroline Fitzroy Countess Harrington was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 38) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 31). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 07 Feb 1723 [his mother] Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 55) died. Her son Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Arlington, 3rd Viscount Thetford, 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 3rd Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.
On 08 Jun 1723 [his daughter] Harriet Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 39) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 32). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On or before 09 Aug 1726 [his daughter] Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 42) and [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 35). He mother died on 09 Aug 1726. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 09 Aug 1726 [his wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 35) died.
In Mar 1734 [his son] Augustus Fitzroy (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Cosby (age 13) were married. He the son of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 50) and [his former wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1739 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 55) supported the creation of the Foundling Hospital. He sat on that charity's original Court of Governors with such fellow Governors as John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (age 28), Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (age 39), and Micajah Perry, a Lord Mayor of London.
Around 1740. William Hoare (age 33). Portrait of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 56).
On 29 May 1741 [his son-in-law] Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford (age 22) and [his daughter] Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 57) and [his former wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10 Oct 1741 [his son] George Fitzroy Earl Euston (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Boyle Countess Euston (age 17) were married. She died seven months later. He was accused of treating her with the "utmost brutality". She the daughter of Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington (age 47) and Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington (age 42). He the son of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 57) and [his former wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29 Jun 1743 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford (age 25) wrote to Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 36):
[Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 59)] ... is so unhappy in his heir apparent, that he checks his hand in almost everything he undertakes. Last week he heard a new exploit of his barbarity. A tenant of [his son] Lord Euston (age 27) in Northamptonshire brought him his rent, and the Lord said it wanted three and sixpence: the tenant begged he would examine the account, that it would prove exact - however, to content him, he would willingly pay him the three and sixpence. Lord E. flew into a rage and vowed he would write to the Duke to have him turned out of a little place he has in the post office of thirty pounds a year. The poor man, who has six children, and knew nothing of my Lord's being on no terms of power with his father, went home and shot himself.
In Aug 1743 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford (age 25) wrote to Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 36):
[[his son] George Fitzroy Earl Euston (age 27)] ... forced himself to the Duke of Grafton's (age 59) house ... threw himself at his feet, professed great remorse for his past conduct, and promised an entire reformation for the time to come. But the Duke told him he had tried him too often to be deceived any more and that God was his witness that no man ever loved his son more tenderly, and seen him lost with greater pain, but that was over now; that he attempted in vain to move the bowels of a father who had long since looked upon himself to have no son.
In 1744 [his son] Charles Fitzroy-Scudamore (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Scudamore 3rd Duchess Beaufort (age 33) were married. She brought Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire [Map] to the marriage. He the son of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 60). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 11 Aug 1746 [his son-in-law] William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington (age 26) and [his daughter] Caroline Fitzroy Countess Harrington (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 62) and [his former wife] Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. He the son of William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington (age 63) and Anne Griffith. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 06 May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 73) died. His grandson [his grandson] Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 21) succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. [his granddaughter-in-law] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 20) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
[his son] Charles Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
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Father: Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dormer 
GrandMother: Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Glemham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bennet
GrandFather: Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Croftes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kitson 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crofts 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Poley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susannah Crofts 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Crofts 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Shirley 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cheney
Mother: Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Maurice I of Orange 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna of Saxony 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
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Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Nassau Beverweert 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaretha van Mechelen
GrandMother: Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
