Baron Kerry is an ancient title in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

named after

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

. It was created circa 1223 for Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello. In 1325, Maurice FitzMaurice, 4th Baron Kerry, murdered Diarmaid Óg MacCarthy (son of Cormac Mór MacCarthy) in the courtroom at

Tralee Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in Count ...

. For this act, Maurice was tried and

attainted In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and heredit ...

by the parliament in Dublin and his lands forfeited, but after his death they were restored to his brother John FitzMaurice, 5th Baron of Kerry. The title was sometimes given as Baron Lixnaw (after

Lixnaw Lixnaw () is a village in North County Kerry, Ireland. It is located near the River Brick SW of Listowel and NE of Tralee. History Lixnaw was once the seat of the Fitzmaurice family, the Earls of Kerry. In 1320 Nicolas, the third baron ...

) or Baron Kerry and Lixnaw. In a 1615 dispute with

Baron Slane Baron Slane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1370 for the Fleming family but forfeited in 1691. Origins The Flemings of Slane descend from Erchenbald, otherwise referred to as "Archembald le Fleming", of Bratton Flemin ...

over precedence, it was claimed the title "Baron Lixnaw" was promoted by the rival

Earl of Desmond Earl of Desmond is a title in the peerage of Ireland () created four times. When the powerful Earl of Desmond took arms against Queen Elizabeth Tudor, around 1578, along with the King of Spain and the Pope, he was confiscated from his estates ...

, who wanted "Baron Kerry" to be a a courtesy title for his heir. The

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's ruling in the dispute referred to Baron Kerry as both "Lo dof Kierry" and "Baron of Kierry and Licksnawe" . In 1537 the eleventh Baron was created Baron Odorney and Viscount Kilmaule in the

. However, these titles became extinct on his death in 1541 while he was succeeded in the Barony of Kerry by his younger brother. The twenty-first Baron was created Earl of Kerry in the

in 1723. His younger son John Petty Fitzmaurice was created the 1st Earl of Shelbourne in the

in 1753 and his son William Petty FitzMaurice the 2nd

Earl of Shelburne Earl of Shelburne is a title that has been created two times while the title of Baron Shelburne has been created three times. The Shelburne title was created for the first time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was m ...

served as British Prime Minister from (1782_1783) and was created

Marquess of Lansdowne Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1784, and held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. The first Marquess served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Origins This branch of the Fitzmaurice famil ...

in 1784. In 1818 the latter's son, the third Marquess, succeeded his cousin as 4th Earl of Kerry and 24th Baron Kerry.

Barons Kerry (1223)

Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Kerry Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the ...

(died ) According to

John O'Hart John O'Hart (1824–1902) was an Irish genealogist. He was born in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. A committed Roman Catholic and Irish nationalist, O'Hart had originally planned to become a priest but instead spent two years as a polic ...

, his father was Maurice FitzRaymond, the fourth son of

Raymond FitzGerald Raymond (or Redmond) Fitz William Fitz Gerald (died 1185–1198), nicknamed ''Le Gros'' ("the Large"), was a Cambro-Norman commander during the Norman invasion of Ireland. Raymond was among the first of a small band of Norman knights who la ...

''le Gros'' and Basilia de Clare * Maurice Fitzthomas Fitzmaurice, 2nd Baron Kerry (died 1303) *

Nicholas Fitzmaurice, 3rd Baron Kerry Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

(died 1324) * Maurice Fitzmaurice, 4th Baron Kerry (died 1339) * John Fitzmaurice, 5th Baron Kerry (died 1348) * Maurice Fitzmaurice, 6th Baron Kerry (died 1398) *

Patrick Fitzmaurice, 7th Baron Kerry Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...

(died ) * Thomas Fitzmaurice, 8th Baron Kerry (died 1469) *

Edmond Fitzmaurice, 9th Baron Kerry Edmond is a given name related to Edmund. Persons named Edmond include: * Edmond Canaple (1797–1876), French politician * Edmond Chehade (born 1993), Lebanese footballer * Edmond Conn (1914–1998), American farmer, businessman, and politician ...

(died 1498) * Edmond Fitzmaurice, 10th Baron Kerry (died 1543) resigned his estates to become a

lay brother Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, ...

Ardfert Abbey Ardfert Abbey (), also known as Ardfert Friary, is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary and National Monument in Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland. It is thought to be built on the site of an early Christian monastic site founded by Brendan the Nav ...

* Edmond Fitzmaurice, 11th Baron Kerry (died 1541) (created Viscount Kilmaule in 1537)

Viscounts Kilmaule (1537)

* Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Viscount Kilmaule (died 1541) (extinct)

Barons Kerry (1223; Reverted)

* Patrick Fitzmaurice, 12th Baron Kerry (died 1547) *

Thomas Fitzmaurice, 13th Baron Kerry Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(died 1549) * Edmond Fitzmaurice, 14th Baron Kerry (died 1549) *

Gerard Fitzmaurice, 15th Baron Kerry Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ...

(died 1550) *

Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry and Baron Lixnaw (1502–1590) was an Irish nobleman, politician, and peer. Life He was the youngest son of Edmond Fitzmaurice, 10th Baron Kerry, and Una, daughter of Teige MacMahon. He was made heir to the ...

(–1590) * Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Baron Kerry (c. 1541–1600) *

Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron Kerry Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron Kerry (1574–1630), also called Baron Lixnaw, fought in the Nine Years' War. Birth and origins Thomas was born in 1574, probably at Lixnaw, the eldest son of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Baron Kerry and his wife ...

(1574–1630) *

Patrick Fitzmaurice, 19th Baron Kerry Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

(1595–1661) *

William FitzMaurice, 20th Baron Kerry William FitzMaurice, 20th Baron Kerry (1633–1696/97) was an Irish nobleman, politician, and peer. He was the son of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 19th Baron Kerry and Honore Fitzgerald, daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, Knight of Cloyne. He ma ...

(1633–1697) * Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Baron Kerry (1668–1741) (created Earl of Kerry in 1723)

Earls of Kerry (1723)

* Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (1668–1741) *

William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry PC (Ire) (1694 – 4 April 1747) was an Irish peer and an officer in the British Army. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry and Anne Petty. In 1738, he married Lady Gertrude Lamb ...

(1694–1747) *

Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry (9 September 1740 – 4 July 1818) was an Irish peer. He was the heir to a great inheritance, but his extravagance led to the loss of all his Irish estates. He was the only son of William Fitzmaur ...

(1740–1818) * Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, 4th Earl of Kerry (1780–1863) ''See

for further Earls of Kerry''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerry Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland * Noble titles created in 1723 *