Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster, (30 March 1819 – 10 February 1887), styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.

Background

Leinster was born in

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. He was the son of

Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc. (21 August 1791 – 10 February/October 1874) was an Anglo-Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare from birth until 1804. He was born and died in Carton House. FitzGer ...

and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope.

Political career

Leinster was

High Sheriff of Kildare The High Sheriff of Kildare was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kildare, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kildare County Sheriff. T ...

for 1843 and

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for

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional ce ...

from 1847 to 1852. In 1870 he was granted a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Kildare in the peerage of the United Kingdom; he succeeded his father as Duke in 1874.

Death

He died in

Carton House Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 ac ...

Family

Leinster married Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (15 April 1827 -

Kilkea Castle Kilkea Castle is located northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold, for over 700 years, of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare. ...

, 13 May 1887), daughter of the Duke and

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, on 12 or 13 October 1847 at Trentham, Staffordshire,

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. They had 15 children: *Lady Geraldine FitzGerald (c. 1848 – 15 November 1867) *Lady Mabel FitzGerald (c. 1849 – 13 September 1850) *

Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Biography Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of The 4th Duke of Leinster and Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower. He married La ...

(16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893) *Lord Maurice FitzGerald (Carton, 16 December 1852 –

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, 24 April 1901), married at Longford on 13 April 1880 Lady Adelaide Forbes (Dublin, 21 August 1860 – 18 November 1942). *Lady Alice FitzGerald (Carton, 12 December 1853 – 16 December 1941), married at

on 2 May 1882 Sir Charles John Oswald FitzGerald (1840–1912); their daughter Mabel was later alleged to have been the secret wife of

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*Lady Eva FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 11 January 1855 – 13 February 1931), unmarried and without issue *Lady Mabel FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 16 December 1855 – 8 December 1939), unmarried and without issue * Major Lord Frederick FitzGerald (18 January 1857 – 8 March 1924), unmarried and without issue *

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(22 January 1858 – 31 July 1923), Captain 60th Rifles, antiquary; unmarried and without issue *Lord Charles FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 20 August 1859 – 28 June 1928), married in

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on 21 November 1887 Alice Sidonia Claudius (died July 1909). *Lord George FitzGerald (16 February 1862 – 23 February 1924) *Lord Henry FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 9 August 1863 – 31 May 1955), married in

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on 21 January 1891 Inez Charlotte Grace Boteler (Taplow, 18__ - 1967). *Lady Nesta FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 5 April 1865 – 7 December 1944), unmarried and without issue *Lady Margaret FitzGerald (c. 1866 – 26 October 1867) *Lord Robert FitzGerald (23 December 1868 – 23 December 1868)

Works

* ''The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773''. Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin 1858.

References

* 37Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1629.

Notes

External links

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