Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978), known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather,

Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton (3 April 1919 – 7 April 2011) was the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, second daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxt ...

, on 7 April 2011. He is also a direct male-line descendant of

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. His farming estate and seat is Euston Hall, at Euston in

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, near

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.''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (2000), p. 704

Early life

Grafton is the son of James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1947–2009), and his wife, Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr, one of the daughters of the 12th Marquess of Lothian.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, vol. II (2004), , pp. 1616–1619 His ancestor Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), was a bastard son of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers. Grafton shares the surname FitzRoy (meaning "son of the king") with other natural lines descended from Charles II. Educated at

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and the

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, Grafton spent a post-graduate year at the Royal Agricultural College,

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, studying estate management.

Career

From 2002 to 2004 Viscount Ipswich, as the Duke was then known, worked in the

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in music business management, as a radio host in

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, and in 2005–2006 as a merchandise coordinator for the

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on the A Bigger Bang tour.'GRAFTON, 12th Duke of' in '' Who's Who 2014'' (London: A. & C. Black, 2014)
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, December 2013, accessed 8 March 2014 (subscription site)Richard Eden
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dated 17 April 2010 from ''

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'' at telegraph.co.uk, accessed 8 March 2014 In 2007, he moved to London and in 2009, due to the death of his father, returned to

to help manage the Euston Hall estate. He also gained the courtesy title of Earl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich. On 7 April 2011, the 11th Duke of Grafton died, aged 92, and his grandson the present Duke succeeded to the peerages and estates. He currently promotes live music events while modernising the farms of the estate.

Marriage

On 14 August 2010, at Snowshill,

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, Lord Ipswich, as he was still known, married Olivia Margaret Sladen. They are the parents of two sons and one daughter. #Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston,

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, born 26 December 2012 #Lady Rosetta Christina Clare FitzRoy, born 20 July 2015 #Lord Ralph Simon Lennox FitzRoy, born 16 March 2017

Ancestry

Arms

The Grafton coat of arms includes Charles II's royal arms crossed by a baton sinister. It is an accurate coat as the male lineage is royal and is quartered since the union of crowns and is only in non-succession to these due to illegitimacy.

References

External links

* "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" * "Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana"
Susan Priestley

A HISTORY OF PAPER MAKING IN AND NEAR WINCHCDMBE, GLDUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
* http://www.anusha.com/pafg193.htm#5173

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