Fitzroy

Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:

People

Given name

• Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
  • FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
  • Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset; 1824–1899)
  • Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset; 1847–1924)
  • Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset; 1900–1984)
  • Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (Henry FitzRoy Somerset; born 1952), called Bunter Worcester
• Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander; 1926–1988), a calypsonian from Trinidad
• Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet (1911–1996), Scottish soldier, writer and politician

Surname

• Fitzroy (surname)

Descendants of Charles II and Barbara Palmer

• Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex or Lady Anne Fitzroy (1661–1722), daughter of King Charles II of England and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
• Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1662–1730), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer
  • William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1698–1774), his son and last of the Cleveland-Southampton line
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663–1690), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer
  • and the Dukes of Grafton and their families, including:
  • Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683–1757), Irish and English politician
  • Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811), British Prime Minister
  • Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (1737–1797), a grandson of the 2nd Duke
    • and the Barons Southampton and their families, including:
  • Charles Augustus FitzRoy (1796–1858), British military officer and Governor of New South Wales, grandson of the 3rd Duke
  • Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865), British naval officer, captain of HMS Beagle, meteorologist, surveyor, hydrographer, and Governor of New Zealand, another grandson of the 3rd Duke
• George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1665–1716), son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer
• Lady Barbara FitzRoy (1672–1731), youngest daughter of Charles II and Barbara Palmer

Others

• Adam FitzRoy (died 1322), illegitimate son of Edward II of England
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth Blount
• Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England and an unnamed mistress
• Matilda FitzRoy, Countess of Perche (died 1120), illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England and Edith
• Matilda FitzRoy, Abbess of Montivilliers (c. 1102 – c. 1172), daughter of Henry I of England and an unknown mistress
• Philip of Cognac or Philip FitzRoy (died 1220), illegitimate son of Richard I of England
• Richard FitzRoy (c. 1190 – 1246), son of John Lackland, King of England

Fictional characters

• Trevor Fitzroy, a Marvel Comics and X-Men villain
• Daisy Fitzroy, a character in Bioshock series
• Fitzroy Vacker, a character from the Keeper of the Lost Cities book series
• Walter Fitzroy, better known as Fuse, a playable character in the game Apex Legends

Places

Australia

• Fitzroy Crossing, a town in Western Australia
• Fitzroy, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• Fitzroy, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
• Electoral district of Fitzroy (Queensland), an abolished state electorate in Queensland
• Electoral district of Fitzroy (Victoria), an abolished state electorate in Victoria
• Fitzroy County, a cadastral division of New South Wales
• Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales, a village in the Southern Highlands region.
• Fitzroy Island, Queensland
  • Fitzroy Island National Park
• Fitzroy Islands (Tasmania)
• Fitzroy North, Victoria
• Fitzroy River (Queensland)
• Fitzroy River (Western Australia)
• Shire of Fitzroy, Queensland

New Zealand

• Fitzroy, New Plymouth, a suburb
• Fitzroy, Hamilton, a suburb
• Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island

South America and the South Atlantic

• Fitzroy, Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory
• Fitzroy Channel, a river in Chile
• Fitz Roy, a mountain in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
• Fitz Roy, Santa Cruz, a town and municipality in southern Argentina

United Kingdom

• Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill, London
• Fitzroy Square, London
  • Fitzrovia
• FitzRoy, a sea area in the BBC Shipping Forecast

United States and Canada

• Admiral Fitzroy Inn, Newport, RI
• Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario, Canada
  • Fitzroy Provincial Park
• The Fitzroy, apartment building in New York City

Sport

• Fitzroy Bulldogs, a former proposed Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia
• Fitzroy City SC, an association football club in Victoria, Australia
• Fitzroy District FC, an association football club in Victoria, Australia
• Fitzroy Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia
• Fitzroy Community Club, an Australian rules football club in South Australia
• Fitzroy SC (1966–1973), a defunct Association football (soccer) club in, Victoria, Australia
• Fitzroy Stars Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia
• Heidelberg United FC, formerly Fitzroy United Alexander FC, an association football club in Victoria, Australia
• North Fitzroy Kangaroos Football Club, a former proposed Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia

Other uses

• HMS Fitzroy, several ships of the British Royal Navy

See also

• Fitzroya, a genus of tree

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