Name George 4th | Died September 28, 1844 | |
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Spouse Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (m. 1784) Parents Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Children Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton Education Harrow School, Trinity College, Cambridge Grandchildren William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton, Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton | ||
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG (14 January 1760 – 28 September 1844), styled Earl of Euston until 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Euston was the son of Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton and his wife Anne Lidell. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a close friend of the William Pitt the Younger. From 1782-84, he was Member of Parliament for Thetford, and in 1784, he and Pitt were elected as MPs for Cambridge University. Euston held that seat until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1811. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 9 May 1803.
Family
Grafton married Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (1761–1808), daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, on 16 November 1784 at Navestock, Essex. They had eleven children: