Duke of Grafton
| Dukedom of Grafton | |
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Quarterly: 1st and 4th, France and England quarterly (Royal Arms of Charles II); 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland; the whole debruised by a Baton sinister compony of six pieces Argent and Azure.
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| Creation date | 11 September 1675 |
| Monarch | Charles II |
| Peerage | Peerage of England |
| First holder | Henry FitzRoy |
| Present holder | Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke |
| Heir apparent | Alfred FitzRoy, Earl of Euston |
| Remainder to | the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Earl of Euston Viscount Ipswich Baron Sudbury |
| Seat(s) | Euston Hall |
Duke of Grafton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for Henry FitzRoy, his second illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland. The most famous duke was probably Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who served as Prime Minister in the 1760s.
The Duke of Grafton holds three subsidiary titles, all created in 1675 in the Peerage of England: Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury. Between 1723 and 1936 the Dukes, being descended from the 1st Duke's wife Isabella FitzRoy, 2nd Countess of Arlington, also held the titles Earl of Arlington, Viscount Thetford and Baron Arlington. Those titles fell into abeyance between the 9th Duke's sisters, with the abeyance of the barony of Arlington being ended in 1999.
The title of the Dukedom refers to the Honour of Grafton in the southeast of Northamptonshire, the titular village now being called Grafton Regis. The family seat is Euston Hall in Suffolk. The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Grafton is the parish church of Saint Genevieve in Euston, Suffolk.
The Duke's eldest son is styled by courtesy Earl of Euston, and the eldest son of the Earl Viscount Ipswich.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (b. 2012).
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