Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly (12 January 1974 – 9 May 1997), styled The Hon. Thomas FitzGerald before 1976 and as Earl of Offaly between 1976 and 1997, was the only son of
Maurice, Marquess of Kildare (now the 9th
Duke of Leinster
Duke of Leinster (; ) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1761), Viscount Leinster, ...
).
In May 1997, Lord Offaly was killed in a car accident in Ireland. A fund for
dyslexics (the T.O.M. Fund) was established in his memory.
Earl of Offaly is buried in the churchyard of
All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
The Church of All Saints, Sutton Courtenay is the Church of England parish church of Sutton Courtenay, England (which lies in the traditional county of Berkshire, but since 1974 has been administered as if part of Oxfordshire). Extant since at le ...
,
Oxfordshire (formerly part of
Berkshire).
References
1974 births
1997 deaths
Courtesy earls
Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland
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