{{Short description|British politician (1785-1856)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = {{nowrap|John Edward FitzRoy}} | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1785|9|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1856|12|28|1785|9|24}} | death_place = | resting_place = | education = [[Harrow School]] | alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] | father = {{nowrap|[[Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton|Augustus FitzRoy]]}} | mother = [[Elizabeth Wrottesley]] | spouse = | children = | party = [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] | relatives = {{nowrap|[[Lord Augustus FitzRoy|Augustus FitzRoy]] (paternal grandfather)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet|Richard Wrottesley]] (maternal grandfather)}}<br>[[George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton|George FitzRoy]] (half-brother)<br>[[Lord Charles FitzRoy (British Army officer)|Charles FitzRoy]] (half-brother)<br>[[Lord William FitzRoy|William FitzRoy]] (brother) | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)|Thetford]] | term_start = 1812 | term_end = 1818 | alongside = [[Thomas Creevey]] | predecessor = [[Lord William FitzRoy]]<br>[[Thomas Creevey]] | successor = [[Lord Charles FitzRoy (politician)|Lord Charles FitzRoy]]<br>[[Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne|Nicholas Ridley-Colborne]] | office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]] | term_start2 = 1820 | term_end2 = 1826 | alongside2 = [[Arthur Upton]] | predecessor2 = [[Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton|The Earl of Euston]]<br>[[Arthur Upton]] | successor2 = [[Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol|Earl Jermyn]]<br>[[Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton|The Earl of Euston]] }} '''Lord John Edward FitzRoy''' (24 September 1785 – 28 December 1856), was a British politician.
==Background and education== FitzRoy was the sixth son of [[Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton]], [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]], by his second wife [[Elizabeth Wrottesley]], daughter of the [[Very Reverend]] [[Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet]], [[Dean of Worcester]]. He was the half-brother of [[George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton]], and [[Lord Charles FitzRoy (British Army officer)|Lord Charles FitzRoy]] and the full brother of [[Admiral]] [[Lord William FitzRoy]].<ref name="hop">[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/fitzroy-john-edward-1785-1856 FITZROY, Lord John Edward (1785-1856), of Chapel Street, Audley Square, Mdx. Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986.]</ref> He was educated at [[Harrow School|Harrow]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=FTSY803J|name=Fitzroy, Lord John <nowiki>[Edward]</nowiki>}}</ref>
==Public life== FitzRoy was returned to Parliament for [[Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)|Thetford]] in 1812 (succeeding his brother Lord William), a seat controlled by the FitzRoy family, and was a supporter of the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] opposition. He was not re-elected in 1818 but returned to the House of Commons in 1820 as one of two representatives for [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]] (succeeding his nephew [[Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton|Lord Euston]]), another seat controlled by the family. He continued to represent the constituency until 1826.<ref name="hop"/>
==Personal life== FitzRoy never married. He died in December 1856, aged 71.<ref name="hop"/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = [[Lord William FitzRoy]]| before2 = [[Thomas Creevey]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)|Thetford]] | with = [[Thomas Creevey]] | years = 1812–1818 }} {{s-aft| after = [[Lord Charles FitzRoy (politician)|Lord Charles FitzRoy]]| after2= [[Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne|Nicholas Ridley-Colborne]] }} {{s-bef| before = [[Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton|The Earl of Euston]]| before2 = [[Arthur Upton|Hon. Arthur Upton]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]] | with = [[Arthur Upton|Hon. Arthur Upton]] | years = 1820–1826 }} {{s-aft| after = [[Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol|Earl Jermyn]]| after2= [[Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton|The Earl of Euston]] }} {{end}}
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