Lt. Gen. the Hon. William FitzRoy

Biographical Summary

Hon. William Fitzroy, of Kempston, Norfolk, a lieutenant-general in the army ; b. 12th December, 1773 ; m. first, 20th May, 1799, Catherine, sister of Sir Simon Houghton Clarke, baronet, by whom (who d. 16th May, 1808) he had issue:

• William Simon Haughton
• George William Howe
• Arthur William Bagot
• Charles William Henry
• Frederick Thomas William Coke

General Fitzroy m. secondly, 4th July, 1811, Lady Elizabeth Fitzroy, daughter of Augustus Henry, third Duke of Grafton, and d. 19th May, 1837. His widow d. in 1839.

SOURCE: Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892. cn; Burke, Ashworth Peter, 1864-1919. A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry, Vol. I; London, Harrison; 1891; page 113-114