William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry PC (Ire) (1694 – 4 April 1747) was a

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officer and peer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry and Anne Petty. In 1738, he married Lady Gertrude Lambart, daughter of

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, and had a son, Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry (1740–1818), and a daughter Anna Maria, who married Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry. On 23 June 1716, he was commissioned a captain in the

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(ranking as lieutenant-colonel in the Army), but resigned in January 1717/8. He later became Governor of Ross Castle. He was also a Privy Counsellor in Ireland and Custos Rotulorum of Kerry (1746–1747). The Earl of Kerry died in 1747 in Lixnaw. His wife, Gertrude, died in 1775 and was buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 17 November.''The Register Book for Burials. In the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 1754-1812''. 17 November 1775

External links

Petty FitzMaurice (Lansdowne) Family Tree

References

The Complete Peerage ''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''); first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition re ...

(1910-1959; Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 213 / 214
English Lords: Kerry, Shelburne, Lansdowne, Leigh
1694 births 1747 deaths Coldstream Guards officers Members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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