Fitzroy

Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:

People

As a 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 Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899)
  • Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847–1924)
  • Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900–1984)
  • Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (born 1952), called Bunter Worcester
• Fitzroy Alexander (1926–1988), better known as Lord Melody, a calypsonian from Trinidad
• Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911-1996), Scottish soldier, writer and politician

As a 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

• File:Horenbout HenryFitzRoy.jpg

  Henry Fitzroy, a notable example of the surname.

  Adam FitzRoy (died 1322), illegitimate son of Edward II of England
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), 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

Argentina

• Monte Fitz Roy, also known as Cerro Chaltén
• Fitz Roy, Santa Cruz, a town and municipality in southern Argentina

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 National Park, Queensland
• Fitzroy Islands (Tasmania)
• Fitzroy North, Victoria
• Fitzroy River (Queensland)
• Fitzroy River (Western Australia)

Canada

• Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario
  • Fitzroy Provincial Park

Chile

• Fitzroy Channel, near Punta Arenas

Falkland Islands

• Fitzroy, Falkland Islands

New Zealand

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

Patagonia

• Fitz Roy, a mountain

United Kingdom

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

United States

• Admiral Fitzroy Inn, Newport, RI, USA
• The Fitzroy, apartment building in New York City

Ships

• HMS Fitzroy, more than one British ship of the Royal Navy

Sport

• Fitzroy Bulldogs, a 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 Football Club (South Australia), 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, a proposed Australian rules football club in Victoria, Australia

See also

• Fitzroya, a genus of tree