Thomas John Hamilton FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (8 August 1803 – 16 May 1877) was a Scottish aristocrat.

Early life

FitzMaurice was the son of

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and the former Hon. Anna Maria Blaquiere. Among his siblings were William FitzMaurice, MP for

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. His father served as MP for

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and Denbigh Boroughs. His paternal grandparents were

Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney (''née'' O'Brien; 4 September 1755 – 30 December 1831) was a Scottish peer, the only surviving child of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond and Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney. She was ...

and Thomas Fitzmaurice, MP for

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and Wycombe (who was a younger son of

John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne John Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (Ire) (1706 – 14 May 1761), known as John FitzMaurice until 1751 and as The Viscount FitzMaurice between 1751 and 1753, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was the father of William ...

). His maternal grandparents were the former Eleanor Dobson and John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere, the

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. His great-uncle was British Prime Minister under

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, William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st

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, who succeeded in securing peace and ending the

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Career

On 30 December 1831, he succeeded his grandmother

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Earl of Orkney Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally Scandinavian Scotland, founded by Norse invaders, the status ...

. From 14 January 1833 to 26 January 1874, he served as a Representative Peer for Scotland. He served in the

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Personal life

On 14 March 1826, he married the Hon. Charlotte Irby, daughter of George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston and Rachel Ives Drake. Together, they were the parents of: * George William Hamilton FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney (1827–1889), who married Amelia Samuel, daughter of Samuel Moses Samuel, in 1872. * Hon. Henry Warrender FitzMaurice (1828–1875), who married Sarah Jane Roose, daughter of George Bradley Roose, in 1861. * Hon. Frederick O'Bryen FitzMaurice (1830–1867), who married Mary Anne Taylor Abraham, daughter of Robert Taylor Spooner Abraham, in 1853. * Lady Isabella Emma Elizabeth FitzMaurice (1832–1906), who married Samuel Leo Schuster, son of Leo Schuster, in 1858. After his death in 1884, she married Lt.-Gen. Hon. Hussey Fane Keane, son of Lt.-Gen.

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, in 1886. * Hon. Alexander Temple FitzMaurice (1834–1894), who became a

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to the

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in 1867; he married Adela Mary Scrope, daughter of Simon Thomas Scrope, in 1873. * Hon. James Terence FitzMaurice (1835–1917), who married Frances Rhoda Ouseley, daughter of Sir

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, in 1861. After her death in 1907, he married Eleanor Palairet, daughter of Capt. Septimus Henry Palairet and sister to Henry Palaire, in 1911. * Lady Emily Charlotte FitzMaurice (1836–1910) * Lady Maria Louisa FitzMaurice (1837–1917), who married Edmund Robert Spearman, son of Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Baronet, in 1859. Lord Orkney died on 16 May 1877.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, p. 447 and volume 2, pps. 2122, 3025. He is interred in Latteragh graveyard in County Tipperary, Ireland. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son,

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Descendants

Through his daughter Lady Maria, he was the great-grandfather of Sir Christopher Bullock who was

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for the British Air Ministry.

References

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