Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton

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Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (25 June 1737–21 March 1797) was a British statesman and soldier.

The second son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy and a grandson of the 2nd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy joined the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as an ensign in 1752. He fought at the Battles of Minden and Kirchdenkern during the Seven Years' War and rose to the ranks of Captain in 1756 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1758.

On 27 July 1758, FitzRoy married Anne Warren, the daughter and co-heir of Adml. Sir Peter Warren and they later had seven children. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1760-62 and Whig MP (later Tory from 1770-83 and thereafter a Whig again) for Orford from 1759-61, for Bury St Edmunds from 1761-74 and for Thetford from 1774-80. On leaving the post of Queen Charlotte's Vice-Chamberlain in 1780 (a post he had held since 1768), he was created Baron Southampton on 17 October that year and was succeeded by his eldest son, George, upon his death in 1797.

His younger son, Sir Charles Fitzroy, was romantically linked to King George III's daughter Princess Amelia.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Viscount Chewton and Henry Bilson Legge	Member of Parliament for Orford with John Offley 1759–1761	Succeeded by John Offley and Thomas Worsley
Preceded by Felton Hervey	Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds with Lord Hervey 1761–1774	Succeeded by William Hervey and Sir Charles Davers
Preceded by Henry Seymour Conway and Viscount Petersham	Member for Thetford with Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore 1774–1780	Succeeded by Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore and Richard Hopkins
Military offices
Preceded by New regiment	Colonel of the 119th Regiment of Foot 1762–1763	Succeeded by Regiment disbanded
Preceded by Marquess of Lorne	Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Dragoons 1765–1772	Succeeded by Lt.-Gen. Daniel Webb
Preceded by The Earl of Albemarle	Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Dragoons 1772–1797	Succeeded by Gen. Francis Lascelles
Political offices
Preceded by Hon. Robert Brudenell	Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1768–1780	Succeeded by Vacant (Hon. Stephen Digby from 1782)
Preceded by ?	Vice-Chamberlain to The Prince of Wales 1780–1797	Succeeded by ?
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Southampton 1780–1797	Succeeded by George FitzRoy