William Vesey-Fitzgerald (other)
William Vesey-Fitzgerald may refer to: * William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey (1783–1843), Irish statesman, MP for Clare, Newport, Lostwithiel, and Ennis * William Vesey-FitzGerald (1818-1885), British politician and MP for Horsham, 1848, 1852–1865, 1874–1875 {{hndis, Vesey-Fitzgerald, William ...
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William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald And Vesey
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare by-election, hastening Catholic Emancipation across Britain and Ireland. Background and education FitzGerald was the elder son of James FitzGerald and Catherine, 1st Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey, daughter of Reverend Henry Vesey. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Through his father he was of both Old English and Gaelic Irish descent. Political career FitzGerald first entered parliament in 1808 as the member for Ennis (succeeding his father), a seat he held until October 1812, when he was replaced by his father, and again between January 1813 and 1818. He was implicated in the scandal involving the Duke of York and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke, but after bringing valuable evidence of the case to the courts he was rewarded when h ...
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