Lord Henry FitzGerald PC (Ire) (30 July 1761 – 9 July 1829) was the fourth son of the

1st Duke of Leinster Lieutenant-General James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, PC (Ire) (29 May 1722 – 19 November 1773), styled Lord Offaly until 1743 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1743 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 176 ...

and the Duchess of Leinster (née Lady Emily Lennox). A younger brother was the revolutionary Lord Edward FitzGerald.

Life

Fitzgerald joined the British Army and became a lieutenant in the

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in 1788, transferring as a captain in 1779 to the newly raised 85th Foot, which was posted to garrison duty in Jamaica for the duration the

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. He was there promoted to major in 1781 and lieutenant-colonel in 1783, taking over command of the regiment from General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington. After the 85th was disbanded in 1783 he became a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Foot Guards in 1789 and retired from active service in 1792. He was a

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(MP) for Kildare Borough between 1776 and 1783 and represented then

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between 1790 and 1791. From 1790 to 1798, he sat in the

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for Dublin City. On 8 July 1806, he was appointed to the

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, and from 1807 until 1814, Lord Henry served in the

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for

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. He also held the position of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland from April 1806 until May 1807. He was a member of the Kildare Street Club in

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Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, ''Club Makers and Club Members'' (1913),
pp. 329–333
/ref> and died at Boyle Farm,

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, on 9 July 1829.

Family

He married Charlotte Boyle Walsingham in London on 3/4 August 1791. Together they lived at Boyle Farm,

. The couple had twelve children (Note: List below contains 13 Children); his issue took the surname FitzGerald-de Ros: * Henry William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros (1792–1839) * Lt. Col. Arthur John Hill FitzGerald-de Ros (21 December 1793 – 23 February 1826) *Hon. Emily FitzGerald-de Ros (1795-d.y.) *

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William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros (1797–1874) *Edmund Emilius Boyle FitzGerald-de Ros (4 May 1799 – 12 September 1810) *Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros (1801-1813) *Henrietta Mabel FitzGerald-de Ros (1802-22 December 1879), married on 24 October 1828 John Broadhurst of Foston Hall (d. 1861) * RAdm. John Frederick FitzGerald-de Ros (6 March 1804 – 19 June 1861) *Augustus FitzGerald-de Ros (b. 1805), died young *Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros (11 January 1807 –

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, 21 April 1885), married on 22/23 October 1833

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*Geraldine FitzGerald-de Ros (1809-28 September 1881), married on 25 November 1830 The Rev. Frederic Pare *Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros (1811- 6 October 1869), married on 10 December 1835 The Hon. John Boyle (13 March 1803 – 6 December 1874), son of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and had issue *Jane FitzGerald-de Ros (1813-1885), married Christopher Hamilton, and had issue

References

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FitzGerald genealogy

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