General Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (25 June 1737 – 21 March 1797) was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1780. The second son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy, FitzRoy joined the 1st Foot Guards as an ensign in 1752 and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1758. In the following year he fought at the Battle of Minden as an aide de camp, where he was a part of the controversy surrounding Lord George Sackville's slow reaction to orders sent to him. FitzRoy was also present at the Battle of Vellinghausen in 1761. Having been quickly promoted through the ranks with the support of his powerful family, he was promoted to major-general in 1772 and became a general in 1793.
With the patronage of his elder brother Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy also had a long political career. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1760 to 1762 and Whig Member of Parliament for Orford from 1759 to 1761, for Bury St Edmunds from 1761 to 1774 and for Thetford from 1774 to 1780. He was created Baron Southampton on 17 October 1780 for his support of Lord North's ministry and became Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales later in the year, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. He was succeeded by his eldest son, George, upon his death in 1797. [Source: Wikipedia]
Tuesday died at his house Stanhope-street, the Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton a general in the army, and colonel of the third regiment of dragoon guards. His lordship, who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton, was born in 1737, and created peer in 1780. In 1758 he married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, by whom he had a numerous progeny. He is succeeded in his title and estates George Ferdinand, his son. [Hampshire Chronicle - Saturday 25 March 1797, p.3]
With the patronage of his elder brother Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy also had a long political career. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1760 to 1762 and Whig Member of Parliament for Orford from 1759 to 1761, for Bury St Edmunds from 1761 to 1774 and for Thetford from 1774 to 1780. He was created Baron Southampton on 17 October 1780 for his support of Lord North's ministry and became Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales later in the year, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. He was succeeded by his eldest son, George, upon his death in 1797. [Source: Wikipedia]
Tuesday died at his house Stanhope-street, the Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton a general in the army, and colonel of the third regiment of dragoon guards. His lordship, who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton, was born in 1737, and created peer in 1780. In 1758 he married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, by whom he had a numerous progeny. He is succeeded in his title and estates George Ferdinand, his son. [Hampshire Chronicle - Saturday 25 March 1797, p.3]
General Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (25 June 1737 – 21 March 1797) was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1780. The second son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy, FitzRoy joined the 1st Foot Guards as an ensign in 1752 and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1758. In the following year he fought at the Battle of Minden as an aide de camp, where he was a part of the controversy surrounding Lord George Sackville's slow reaction to orders sent to him. FitzRoy was also present at the Battle of Vellinghausen in 1761. Having been quickly promoted through the ranks with the support of his powerful family, he was promoted to major-general in 1772 and became a general in 1793.
With the patronage of his elder brother Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy also had a long political career. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1760 to 1762 and Whig Member of Parliament for Orford from 1759 to 1761, for Bury St Edmunds from 1761 to 1774 and for Thetford from 1774 to 1780. He was created Baron Southampton on 17 October 1780 for his support of Lord North's ministry and became Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales later in the year, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. He was succeeded by his eldest son, George, upon his death in 1797. [Source: Wikipedia]
Tuesday died at his house Stanhope-street, the Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton a general in the army, and colonel of the third regiment of dragoon guards. His lordship, who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton, was born in 1737, and created peer in 1780. In 1758 he married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, by whom he had a numerous progeny. He is succeeded in his title and estates George Ferdinand, his son. [Hampshire Chronicle - Saturday 25 March 1797, p.3]
With the patronage of his elder brother Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy also had a long political career. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1760 to 1762 and Whig Member of Parliament for Orford from 1759 to 1761, for Bury St Edmunds from 1761 to 1774 and for Thetford from 1774 to 1780. He was created Baron Southampton on 17 October 1780 for his support of Lord North's ministry and became Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales later in the year, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. He was succeeded by his eldest son, George, upon his death in 1797. [Source: Wikipedia]
Tuesday died at his house Stanhope-street, the Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton a general in the army, and colonel of the third regiment of dragoon guards. His lordship, who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton, was born in 1737, and created peer in 1780. In 1758 he married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, by whom he had a numerous progeny. He is succeeded in his title and estates George Ferdinand, his son. [Hampshire Chronicle - Saturday 25 March 1797, p.3]
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