In 2007, he moved to London and in 2009, due to the death of his father, returned toSuffolk to help manage the 10,000-acre (40 km2) Euston Hall estate. He also gained the courtesy title ofEarl of Euston, but decided to remain as Viscount Ipswich.[1]
On 7 April 2011, the 11th Duke of Grafton died, aged 92,[8] and his grandson the present Duke succeeded to the peerages and estates. He currently promotes live music events while modernising the farms of the estate.[1]
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton in front of their home,Euston Hall
On 14 August 2010, atSnowshill,Gloucestershire, Lord Ipswich, as he was still known, married Olivia Margaret Sladen. They are the parents of two sons and one daughter.
Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston,heir apparent, born 26 December 2012[9]
Lady Rosetta Christina Clare FitzRoy, born 20 July 2015[citation needed]
Lord Ralph Simon Lennox FitzRoy, born 16 March 2017[citation needed]
On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion statant guardant Or ducally crowned Azure and gorged with a Collar counter-compony Argent and of the fourth
Escutcheon
The Royal Arms of Charles II,viz. Quarterly: 1st and 4th, France and England quarterly; 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland; the whole debruised by a Baton sinistercompony of six pieces Argent and Azure
Supporters
Dexter: a Lion guardant Or ducally crowned Azur Sinister: a Greyhound Argent; each gorged with a Collar counter-compony Argent and Azure
Motto
Et decus et pretium recti (Latin for "Both the ornament and the reward of virtue")
The Grafton coat of arms includes Charles II's royal arms crossed by abaton sinister. It is an accurate coat as the male lineage is royal and is quartered since the union of crowns and is only in non-succession to these due to illegitimacy.[1]
