Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore

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Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore (c. 1713 – 22 August 1782) was a British politician.

Born Charles FitzRoy, he was the illegitimate son of the 2nd Duke of Grafton. Fitzroy married Frances Scudamore after her divorce from the 3rd Duke of Beaufort in 1744. She was the only child and heir of the 2nd Viscount Scudamore and added the Scudamore name to his own. Their only child, Frances (d. 1820), became the second wife of the 11th Duke of Norfolk. Due to his continued forty-eight year service in the British House of Commons, FitzRoy-Scudamore succeeded William Aislabie as Father of the House in 1781 and died a year later.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Jacomb and Sir Edmund Bacon	Member for Thetford with Sir Edmund Bacon 1722-39, Lord Augustus FitzRoy 1739-41, Lord Henry Beauclerk 1741-61 1733–1754	Succeeded by Lord Henry Beauclerk and Herbert Westfaling
Preceded by Henry Cornewall and Daniel Leighton	Member for Hereford with John Symons 1754-64, John Scudamore 1764-96 1754–1768	Succeeded by John Scudamore and Sir Richard Symons
Preceded by Pierce A'Court-Ashe and William A'Court-Ashe	Member for Heytesbury with William A'Court-Ashe 1768–1774	Succeeded by William A'Court-Ashe and Hon. William Gordon
Preceded by Henry Seymour Conway and Viscount Petersham	Member for Thetford with Hon. Charles FitzRoy 1774-80, Richard Hopkins 1780-84 1774–1782	Succeeded by Richard Hopkins and Earl of Euston
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Aislabie	Father of the House 1781–1782	Succeeded by The Earl of Nugent