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Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton (4 June 1892 – 11 November 1970), known as Charles FitzRoy until 1936, was a British aristocrat, soldier, politician, and farmer.
Grandson of the 2nd duke, Charles Fitzroy (1683–1757), and great-grandson of the 1st, he was educated at Westminster School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was secretary of state in 1765 under the Marquess of Rockingham but retired the following year. William Pitt formed a ministry in which Grafton was first lord of the Treasury (1766).
Charles Fitzroy was returned by his father, the Duke of Grafton, for Thetford, voting with the Government in all recorded divisions.
styled 1683-90 earl of Euston; suc. fa. 9 Oct. 1690 as 2nd duke of GRAFTON; suc. mo. 7 Feb. 1723 as 3rd earl of ARLINGTON
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Charles Fitzroy, second Duke of Grafton (1683–1757) wears the robes of the Order of the Garter, to which he was appointed in 1721, and carries the wand of Lord Chamberlain, in which office he served from 1724 to 1757.
