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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Baron Sudbury, Viscount Ipswich, Earl of Euston, Lord High Admiral of England, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII

Dates: 1663–1690

Biography

Henry FitzRoy was the illegitimate son of King Charles II and Barbara Villiers, later Duchess of Cleveland. He was created Duke of Grafton in 1675. The supplied manor record states that the Crown granted the reunited Stoke Bruerne manor to him in 1673 and that he died from wounds received during the siege of Cork in 1690.

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The grant of Stoke Bruerne is already represented in the existing conveyances; this is a reusable identity profile only.

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