Fitzroy

Fitzroy

Fitzroy or FitzRoy is an Anglo-Norman name originally meaning "son of the king" - it usually refers to a bastard son of the king, or a descendant thereof. It may refer to:

People

* Matilda FitzRoy, daughter of Henry I of England and Isabel de Beaumont
* Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), son of Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth Blount
* Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), son of Charles II of England and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
*Henry John FitzRoy Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, son of Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort
* George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1665–1716), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer
* Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1662–1730), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer
* Barbara Fitzroy (1672–1731), youngest daughter of Barbara Palmer
* Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683–1757), Irish and English politician
* Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811), British Prime Minister
* Charles Augustus FitzRoy (1796–1858), British military officer and Governor of New South Wales
* Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865), British naval officer, captain of HMS "Beagle", meteorologist, surveyor, hydrographer, and Governor of New Zealand
* Richard Fitz Roy, son of John Lackland, King of England

Fictional characters
*Trevor Fitzroy, a Marvel Comics and X-Men villain

Places

Argentina
* Mount Fitzroy, a name for Cerro Chaltén

Australia
* Fitzroy, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* Fitzroy, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Fitzroy River, Queensland, in Central Queensland
* Fitzroy Island National Park, Queensland
* Fitzroy Islands (Tasmania)

Falkland Islands
* Fitzroy (inlet), sea inlet East Falkland

New Zealand
* Fitzroy, New Zealand, suburb of New Plymouth

United Kingdom
* Fitzroy Square, in London
* FitzRoy, a sea area in the British Shipping Forecast

port

* Fitzroy Football Club, a former Australian rules football team


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  • Fitzroy [2] — Fitzroy (spr. reu), 1) Lord Harry und Lord Augustus Henry, Herzoge von Grafton, s. Grafton. 2) Robert, Meteorolog, geb. 5. Juli 1805, Enkel des Herzogs von Grafton, gest. 30. April 1865 zu Norwood in Surrey, trat 1819 in die englische …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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