Major Sir George Peter Maurice FitzGerald, 5th Baronet, 23rd Knight of Kerry (27 February 1917 – 6 April 2001) was a

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and

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soldier. He was the son of Sir

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and Mary Eleanor Forester.Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003) He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and at Sandhurst. He fought in the Palestine Campaign in 1939, where he was mentioned in despatches. He fought in the Second World War and was decorated with the award of

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(M.C.) in 1944. He retired from the military in 1948, with the rank of Major, late of the

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. He succeeded to the titles of 23rd

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and 5th Baronet of Valentia on 30 November 1967 on the death of his father, the 22nd Knight and 4th Baronet. He was succeeded by his son

Adrian FitzGerald Sir Adrian James Andrew Denis FitzGerald, 6th Baronet of Valencia, 24th Knight of Kerry (born 24 June 1940) is a Conservative Party politician in the UK and former Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He is the current "Green" Kni ...

, the 24th Knight and 6th Baronet.

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1917 births 2001 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British people of Dutch-Jewish descent British people of German-Jewish descent Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst People educated at Harrow School Irish Guards officers {{UK-army-bio-stub