Lord Henry FitzGerald PC (Ire) (30 July 1761 – 9 July 1829) was the fourth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster 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 66th Foot 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 of 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 Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildare Borough between 1783 and 1790 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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, on 9 July 1829.

Family

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

. In 1806, his wife succeeded to the Baron de Ros, the premier baron in the Peerage of England, as 20th Baroness de Ros. The family then took the surname FitzGerald-de Ros. The couple had 13 children in 21 years, of which nine survived to adulthood: * 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) *Emily FitzGerald (1795 – unknown), died in childhood *

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William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros (1797–1874) *Hon. Edmund Emilius Boyle FitzGerald-de Ros (4 May 1799 – 12 September 1810), died in childhood *Hon. Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros (1801–1813), died in childhood *Hon. Henrietta Mabel FitzGerald-de Ros (1802 – 22 December 1879), married on 24 October 1828 John Broadhurst of Foston Hall (d. 1861) * RAdm. Hon. John Frederick FitzGerald-de Ros (6 March 1804 – 19 June 1861) *Augustus FitzGerald-de Ros (b. 1805), died in childhood *Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros (11 January 1807 – 21 April 1885), married on 22/23 October 1833 Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley *Hon. Geraldine FitzGerald-de Ros (1809 – 28 September 1881), married on 25 November 1830 The Rev. Frederic Pare *Hon. Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros (1811 – 6 October 1869), married on 10 December 1835 The Hon. John Boyle (1803–1874), son of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and had issue *Hon. Jane FitzGerald-de Ros (1813–1885), married Christopher Hamilton, and had issue

References

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FitzGerald genealogy

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