Lord Frederick FitzRoy explained

Lord Frederick FitzRoy
Office:Member of Parliament
for Thetford
Term Start:13 April 1864
Term End:23 April 1866
Alongside:Alexander Baring
Predecessor:William FitzRoy
Alexander Baring
Successor:Alexander Baring
Robert Harvey
Birth Date:4 April 1823
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal
Parents:Henry FitzRoy
Mary Caroline Berkeley
Relatives:William FitzRoy (brother)
Augustus FitzRoy (brother)
Children:Five

Lord Frederick John FitzRoy (4 April 1823 – 12 February 1919) was a British Liberal Party politician.

FitzRoy was the son of Henry FitzRoy and Mary Caroline FitzRoy (née Berkeley. In 1853, he married Catherine Sarah Wilhelimna Wescomb, daughter of William Wescomb, and they had five children, one son and four daughters.

FitzRoy was elected Liberal MP for Thetford at a by-election in 1863—caused by the succession of his brother William FitzRoy to 6th Duke of Grafton—and held the seat until 1865 when he stood down to seek election in South Northamptonshire, where he was unsuccessful.[1]

FitzRoy was also a Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Northamptonshire, and a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.