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People


As a given name

*Several members of the Somerset family ( Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. When a junior officer, he served in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo ...
(1788–1855) **
Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative Party politici ...
(1824–1899) **
Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort Captain Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort JP, DL (19 May 1847 – 24 November 1924), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1853 and Marquess of Worcester between 1853 and 1899, was a British peer. Background and educati ...
(1847–1924) **
Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1984), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1924, was a peer, landowner, society figure and a great authority in the fields of horse racing and fox-hunting. ...
(1900–1984) ** Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (born 1952), called Bunter Worcester *Fitzroy Alexander (1926–1988), better known as Lord Melody, a calypsonian from Trinidad * Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911-1996), Scottish soldier, writer and politician


As a surname

* Fitzroy (surname), i.e. not the form FitzRoy


Descendants of Charles II and Barbara Palmer

* Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex or Lady Anne Fitzroy (1661–1722), daughter of King Charles II of England and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland * Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1662–1730), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer ** William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1698–1774), his son and last of the Cleveland-Southampton line *
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, (28 September 16639 October 1690) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers. A military commander, Henry FitzRoy was appointed colonel of the Grenadier Guards i ...
(1663–1690), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer ** and the
Dukes of Grafton Duke of Grafton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for Henry FitzRoy, his second illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland. The most notable duke of Grafton was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke ...
and their families, including: **
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, (25 October 1683 – 6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician. Early life He was the only child and heir of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690) (an illegitimate son of King Charles I ...
(1683–1757), Irish and English politician ** Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811), British Prime Minister ** Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (1737–1797), a grandson of the 2nd Duke *** and the Barons Southampton and their families, including: **
Charles Augustus FitzRoy Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, (10 June 179616 February 1858) was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century. Family and peerage Charles was b ...
(1796–1858), British military officer and Governor of New South Wales, grandson of the 3rd Duke ** Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865), British naval officer, captain of HMS ''Beagle'', meteorologist, surveyor, hydrographer, and Governor of New Zealand, another grandson of the 3rd Duke *
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (28 December 1665 – 28 June 1716) was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England ('Charles the Black') by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castle ...
(1665–1716), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer * Lady Barbara FitzRoy (1672–1731), youngest daughter of Charles II and Barbara Palmer


Others

* Adam FitzRoy (died 1322), illegitimate son of Edward II of England * Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), son of Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth Blount. * Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England and an unnamed mistress. * Matilda FitzRoy, Countess of Perche (died 1120), illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England and Edith. * Matilda FitzRoy, Abbess of Montivilliers (c. 1102 – c. 1172), daughter of Henry I of England and an unknown mistress. *
Philip of Cognac Philip of Cognac (early 1180s – after 1201) was an illegitimate son of King Richard I of England, by an unidentified mother. Philip had reached adulthood by the end of the 1190s. His father married him to his ward, Amelia, the heiress of Cogn ...
or Philip FitzRoy (died 1220), illegitimate son of Richard I of England. *
Richard FitzRoy Richard FitzRoy (c. 1190 – June 1246) (''alias'' Richard de Chilham and Richard de DoverSanders, I.J. ''English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327'', Oxford, 1960, p. 111, note 5) was the illegitimate son of King John of ...
(c. 1190 – 1246), son of John Lackland, King of England.


Fictional characters

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Trevor Fitzroy Trevor Fitzroy is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the X-Men, in particular Bishop. Created by Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio, he first appeared i ...
, a Marvel Comics and X-Men villain * Daisy Fitzroy, a character in ''Bioshock'' series * Fitzroy Vacker, a character from the Keeper of the Lost Cities book series. * Walter Fitzroy, better known as Fuse, a playable character in the game '' Apex Legends''


Places


Argentina

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Monte Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.Fitz Roy, Santa Cruz, a town and municipality in southern Argentina


Australia

* Fitzroy Crossing, a town in Western Australia *
Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census. Pl ...
, a suburb of Melbourne *
Fitzroy, South Australia Fitzroy is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide from the Adelaide city centre, in the state of South Australia, within the City of Prospect. It ranks among the most expensive suburban areas in South Australia. It is adjacent to Prospect, Ovin ...
, a suburb of Adelaide *
Electoral district of Fitzroy (Queensland) Fitzroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district was based in central Queensland, west of Rockhampton. It included the towns of Baralaba, Blackwater, Duaringa, Dysart, Mount Mo ...
, an abolished state electorate in Queensland *
Electoral district of Fitzroy (Victoria) The electoral district of Fitzroy was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the British colony and later Australian state of Victoria, centred on the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As ...
, an abolished state electorate in Victoria * Fitzroy County, a cadastral division of New South Wales *
Fitzroy Island National Park Fitzroy Island National Park is a gazetted protected area covering Fitzroy Island, in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Fitzroy Island (also called Koba or Gabar), is a continental island located east of Cairns on the mainland. ...
, Queensland * Fitzroy Islands (Tasmania) * Fitzroy North, Victoria *
Fitzroy River (Queensland) The Fitzroy River (Darumbal: ''Toonooba'') is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia. Its catchment covers an area of , making it the largest river catchment flowing to the eastern coast of Australia. It is also the largest river basi ...


Canada

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Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario Fitzroy Harbour is a small village within the city of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River at the mouth of the Carp River (Ottawa), Carp River. A branch of the Mississippi River (Ontario), Mississippi River, known a ...
**
Fitzroy Provincial Park Fitzroy Provincial Park is a provincial park on the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, designated as recreational-class by Ontario Parks. White pine covers much of the park. The park has century-old trees and a stand of 300-year-old bur oaks by the ...


Chile

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Fitzroy Channel The Fitzroy Channel is a river in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region in southern Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and ...
, near Punta Arenas


Falkland Islands

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Fitzroy, Falkland Islands Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and Fitzroy South by a tidal river called Fitzroy River that is fed from a lake on the east side of Mount Whickham. The river was forded by Charles Darwin when he visite ...


New Zealand

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Fitzroy, Taranaki Fitzroy ( mi, Poutūtaki) is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the north-east of the city centre. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Fitzroy has a population of 3,750, an increas ...
, a suburb of New Plymouth *
Fitzroy, Waikato Fitzroy is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. It is named after Robert FitzRoy, who commanded and was later the Governor of New Zealand. It was declared a suburb in 1974.Hamilton Street Name Index, Hamilton Public Library Demographi ...
, a suburb of Hamilton * Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island


Patagonia

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Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.Fitzroy Square, in London * FitzRoy, a sea area in the BBC Shipping Forecast


United States

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Admiral Fitzroy Inn Named for Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, The Admiral Fitzroy Inn is located at 398 Thames Street (Rhode Island), Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island, Newport, Rhode Island, in the Newport Historic District (Rhode Island), Newport Historic Distri ...
, Newport, RI, USA * The Fitzroy, apartment building in New York City


Ships

* , more than one British ship of the Royal Navy


Sport

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Fitzroy Bulldogs The Fitzroy Bulldogs was a proposed Australian rules football club which was to have formed from the merger between the Fitzroy Lions and the Footscray Bulldogs, and was to have competed in the Victorian Football League from 1990. The merger wa ...
, a proposed Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia *
Fitzroy City SC FC Melbourne Srbija Soccer Club (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Мелбурн Србија), commonly known as Melbourne Serbia (formerly known as Fitzroy City Srbija Soccer Club from 1991 to 2022) is an Australian soccer club based in Melbourne, Vi ...
, an association football club in Victoria, Australia *
Fitzroy District FC The Fitzroy District Football Club, that was commonly & simply referred to as 'Fitzroy', was an Anglo-Celtic Australians, Anglo-Celtic backed association football, association football (soccer) club from Melbourne, Australia, presumably based i ...
, an association football club in Victoria, Australia * Fitzroy Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia *
Fitzroy Football Club (South Australia) The Fitzroy Community Club Inc. is an Australian rules football club based in the Western suburbs of Adelaide which was formed in 1987 as a merger between the former Renown Park Football Club, St Dominic's Football Club and St Peter's Y.C.W. Fo ...
, an Australian rules football club in South Australia * Fitzroy SC (1966–1973), a defunct Association football (soccer) club in, Victoria, Australia * Fitzroy Stars Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia * Heidelberg United FC, formerly Fitzroy United Alexander FC, an association football club in Victoria, Australia *
North Fitzroy Kangaroos The North Fitzroy Kangaroos was a proposed professional Australian rules football club which was to have formed from the merger between the Fitzroy Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club, and was to have competed in the Australian F ...
, a proposed Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia


See also

* ''
Fitzroya ''Fitzroya'' is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, ''Fitzroya cupressoides'', is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains and coastal of southern Chile, and only to the Andes mountains Argentina, ...
'', a genus of tree {{disambiguation, geo, surname Norman-language surnames Surnames of English origin