John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (1719 – 23 September 1758) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who lived in

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. He was the son of

Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran (died 9 June 1727) was a British naval captain. Life He was the second son of John Fitzpatrick of Castletown, Queen's County, by Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, and relict ...

, and Anne ( Robinson) and educated at

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. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gowran in 1727 and his mother to the estates of Farmingwoods (now Fermyn Woods), Northamptonshire and Ampthill, Bedfordshire in 1744. He was created Earl of Upper Ossory in the Irish peerage on 5 October 1751. He was MP for

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from 1753 to 1758. He married Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, daughter of the 1st Earl Gower, on 29 June 1744. They had four children: * John FitzPatrick, Lord Gowran, later 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745–1818) * The Hon. Richard FitzPatrick (24 January 1748 – 25 April 1813) * The Lady Mary FitzPatrick (bef. 1751 – 6 October 1778), married the 2nd Baron Holland and had issue. * The Lady Louisa FitzPatrick (1755 – 7 August 1789), married the 2nd Earl of Shelburne (later the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne) and had issue including

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, (2 July 178031 January 1863), known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century, he notably served as Home Secretary ...

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Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society
1719 births 1758 deaths People from County Cork 18th-century Irish people Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Whig members of the Parliament of Great Britain British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 Earls in the Peerage of Ireland

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