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Fitzroy or FitzRoy is an Anglo-Norman name originally meaning "son of the king" - it usually refers to a bastard son of the king, or a descendant thereof. It may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...


People: Fitzroy - Manchester city insider with top tips for transfers - also Arch-nemisis of Rix76. [Sorry, had to restore this...]

Places and things: Matilda FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England and Isabel de Beaumont, sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. ... Henry I (circa 1068 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and the first born in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. ... Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (June 15, 1519 – June 18, 1536) was the son of Henry VIII and his teenaged mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only bastard that Henry acknowledged. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland, from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Elizabeth Blount, better known as Bessie Blount (c. ... Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663 - 1690) was the natural son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... Barbara Villiers, by Sir Peter Lely. ... George Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (Oxford, December 28, 1665 - Epsom, June 28, 1716) was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II. His mother was Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine (also known as Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland). ... Charles Fitzroy (or Palmer) (1662 - September 9, 1730) was the eldest son of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and Catholic, had him christened into the Catholic faith, but six days later the King had him rechristened into the Church of England. ... Barbara (Benedicta) Fitzroy (1672-1731) was the youngest daughter of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine. ... Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (25 October 1683 - 6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician. ... The Most Noble Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735–14 March 1811) was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. ... Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy KCH KCB (England, 10 June 1796 – February 16, 1858, London) was a British military officer and member of the aristocracy, who held governerships in several British colonies during the 19th century. ... Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality, also proving an able surveyor and hydrographer as well as Governor-General of New Zealand. ... HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. ... John of England depicted in Cassells History of England (1902) John (French: Jean) (December 24, 1166/67–October 18/19, 1216) reigned as King of England from 1199 to 1216. ...

Fictional characters: RFA Sir Tristram at Fitzroy, June 1982 Fitzroy is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland. ... East Falkland (beige) shown within Falkland Islands East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres. ... Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fitzroy is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide 4km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Prospect. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... The Fitzroy River lies in Central Queensland, Australia. ... Central Queensland is an ambigious geographical division of Queensland (a state in Australia) that centers on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. ... Fitzroy Island is a continental island located 22 kilometres east of Cairns, Queensland (Australia). ... Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ... Cerro Chaltén, also known as Cerro Fitzroy, is a mountain located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia, near the El Chaltén village, on the border between Argentina and Chile. ... The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. ... New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...


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Trevor Fitzroy - Marvel Universe: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios. (610 words)
Born 70 years in the future, Fitzroy was a trainee in the X.S.E., but became Bishop's nemesis when he turned to crime, especially after he set up Bishop's sister Shard, and had her killed by Emplates.
Recently, however, Fitzroy increased his power levels substantially and journeyed to a future timeline in which Earth was reduced to medieval technology levels.
Fitzroy's plan was to become Time itself, a feat so ambitious that Uatu the Watcher himself came to observe.
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Fitzroy were too good for the Pivotonians though, and when they tied with Essendon in their penultimate match it left an intriguing scenario for the final week of the season.
Fitzroy ruckman Mick Grace, who had taken numerous marks, some of them spectacular, and whose long goal in the 3rd term had effectively snuffed out the last hopes of an Essendon recovery, was awarded a gold medal as the best player afield.
Fitzroy still had one further fixture commitment to fulfill: a trip to Adelaide to contest the premiership of Australia.
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