Edward FitzGerald-Villiers (c. 1654 – January 1693) was an

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soldier in the English Army from the

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. He was the eldest son of

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and his wife Mary, daughter of

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. In 1677 he married the heiress Katherine FitzGerald, through whom he gained substantial property in

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. He adopted the surname of FitzGerald to reflect this inheritance. Their children included: *

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, later 5th Viscount and 1st

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* William * Mary, who married Brigadier-General William Steuart (d. 1736), nephew of her stepfather *

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, who married

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and was the mother of

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. FitzGerald-Villiers was a Brigadier-General in the Army and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Queen's Regiment of Horse. He also sat in the

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for

. He died in 1693, so on his father's death in 1699 his son John succeeded to the viscountcy. In the same year his widow was granted the title Viscountess Grandison as if her late husband had succeeded. She later married General William Steuart.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * John Burke, ''A General and Heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'', fourth edition, London 1832, vol 2, p. 10 (online at google books) * http://thepeerage.com/p2633.htm#i26323 {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzGerald-Villiers, Edward 1650s births 1693 deaths Irish MPs 1692–1693 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies People from County Waterford Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Heirs apparent who never acceded

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