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Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1 October 1852 – 22 December 1937) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Spring Rice was the son of Hon. Stephen Edmond Spring Rice, son of

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, and Ellen Mary Frere. He was educated at

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, after which he joined the

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. He would eventually rise to the rank of Lieutenant before retiring. He inherited his nephew's title in 1934, but never spoke or voted in the

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, dying three years later. He married Elizabeth Ann FitzGerald, the daughter of

Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry Sir Peter George FitzGerald, 1st Baronet, 19th Knight of Kerry (15 September 1808 – 6 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman. Early life Peter George FitzGerald was born on 15 September 1808 and was raised in the banking house of his materna ...

, on 28 September 1882. Following his first's wife death, he married her sister, Julia, on 11 September 1935.ThePeerage.com (entry #358984) http://www.thepeerage.com/p35899.htm#i358984 He was succeeded by his second son,

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, as his first son died as an infant.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monteagle of Brandon, Charles Spring Rice, 5th Baron 1852 births 1937 deaths 4 People educated at Harrow School

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20th-century Anglo-Irish people

Royal Navy officers