Fitzroy 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 : People : Matilda FitzRoy , daughter of Henry I and Isabel de Beaumont . Henry Fitzroy , 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ( 1519–1536 ) , son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount . Henry FitzRoy , 1st Duke of Grafton ( 1663–1690 ) , son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer , 1st Duchess of Cleveland . George FitzRoy , 1st Duke of Northumberland ( 1665–1716 ) , son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer . Charles FitzRoy , 2nd Duke of Cleveland ( 1662–1730 ) , son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer . Barbara Fitzroy ( 1672–1731 ) , youngest daughter of Barbara Palmer . Charles FitzRoy , 2nd Duke of Grafton ( 1683–1757 ) , Irish and English politician . Augustus FitzRoy , 3rd Duke of Grafton ( 1735–1811 ) , British Prime Minister . Charles Augustus FitzRoy ( 1796–1858 ) , British military officer and Governor of New South Wales . Robert FitzRoy ( 1805–1865 ) , British naval officer , captain of HMS Beagle , meteorologist , surveyor , hydrographer , and Governor of New Zealand . Richard Fitzroy , son of John Lackland , King of England . Places and things : Fitzroy , a sea inlet East Falkland Falkland islands Fitzroy , Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne . Fitzroy , South Australia , a suburb of Adelaide . Fitzroy River , Queensland , in Central Queensland . Fitzroy Island National Park , Queensland , Australia . Fitzroy Football Club , a former Australian rules football team . Mount Fitzroy , a name for Cerro Chaltén in Argentina . FitzRoy , a sea area in the British Shipping Forecast . Fictional characters : Trevor Fitzroy , a Marvel Comics and X-Men villain . This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title . If an internal link led you here , you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article . Categories : Disambiguation 