Family and Education
bap. 18 June 1662, 1st illegit. s. of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, suo jure duchess of Cleveland; bro. George Fitzroy, duke of Northumberland, Henry Fitzroy, duke of Grafton. educ. matric. Christ Church, Oxf. Dec. 1675; travelled abroad (France) 1677. Verney ms mic. M636/30, P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 20 June 1677. m. (1) ?1 Jan. 1672 Verney ms mic. M636/24, Sir R. to E. Verney, 4 Jan. 1672. (confirmed 29 June 1677 PA, HL/PO/JO/10/3/185/20; HL/PO/JO/10/3/183/34.), Mary (d. 1680), da. of Sir Henry Wood, bt., clerk of the Green Cloth, s.p.; (2) Nov. 1694 (with ?£7,000), Add. 61455, ff. 181–2. Anne, da. of Sir William Pulteney of St. James’s, Westminster, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. Verney ms mic. M636/48, A. Nicholas to J. Verney, 13 Nov. 1694; Hist. Reg. xv (1730), 58; London Evening Post, 8–10 Sept. 1730. KG 1673. d. 9 Sept. 1730; will 24 Dec. 1716, pr. 17 Nov. 1730. TNA, PROB 11/640.
Offices Held

Ch. butler of England 1716–d. Weekly Journal, 7 July 1716.

Associated with: Bond Street, Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71; London Top. Rec. xxix, 53-57.; St. James’ Sq. Westminster.Daily Courant, 31 Aug. 1730.;
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Likenesses

oil on canvas (with his mother) by Sir P. Lely, NPG 6725; miniature, gouache on ivory, attrib. to W. Faithorne, National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambs.

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