Colonel Robert Uniacke-FitzGerald (17 March 1751 – 20 December 1814) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Robert Uniacke (afterwards Fitzgerald) of Corkbeg and descended from the

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Desmond FitzGerald Knights of Glin and

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, through Sir Garrett FitzGerald Knt of Lisquinlan and Sir Robert Tynte of

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and Ballycrenane. His younger brother was the infamous 1798 United Irish Rebellion Tipperary High Sheriff Col Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Lisheen, Co Tipperary. He was educated in the law at the Middle Temple. Uniacke-FitzGerald was among the last surviving Members of the

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, where he represented

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with his cousin

Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (8 August 1771 – 22 April 1842), styled Viscount Boyle from 1764 until 1807, was among the last surviving Members of the Parliament of Ireland. He represented Cork County in the new Parliament of ...

from 1798 until its extinction in 1800. He was appointed Clerk of the Ordnance in 1799, and Surveyor-General in 1801. After the Act of Union in 1801 he represented

in the new

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until 24 October 1806. He was Colonel of the North Cork militia from 1798 to 1807 and Governor of Cork in 1805. He married Louisa, the daughter of Rev. Richard Bullen of Rostellane, co. Cork, with whom he had a son and ten daughters. His descendants included

Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Lisquinlan and Corkbeg (10 July 1839 – 10 July 1919), was a British Conservative politician. Early life Fitzgerald was the son of Robert Uniacke Penrose (1800 – 11 June 1857) of Corkbe ...

of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan.

Ancestry

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* * 1771 births 1842 deaths Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub