About Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton
Born 1978. Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton is a British promoter and aristocrat.
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, on 7 April 2011. He is also a direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England.
His farming estate and seat is Euston Hall, at Euston in Suffolk, near Thetford in Norfolk.
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.
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 Harrow School and the University of Edinburgh, Grafton spent a post-graduate year at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, studying estate management.
In 2007, he moved to London and in 2009, due to the death of his father, returned to Suffolk to help manage the Euston Hall estate. He also gained the courtesy title of Earl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich. 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. Lady Rosetta Christina Clare FitzRoy, born 20 July 2015 Lord Ralph Simon Lennox FitzRoy, born 16 March 2017
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.
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