Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster
Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster, PC (30 March 1819 – 10 February 1887), styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Irish peer and politician.
Background[]
Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope.
Political career[]
Leinster was High Sheriff of Kildare for 1843 and Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1847 to 1852.[1] In 1870 he was granted a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Kildare in the peerage of the United Kingdom; he succeeded his father as Duke in 1874.
Death[]
He died in Carton House.
Family[]
Leinster married Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (15 April 1827 - Kilkea Castle, 13 May 1887), daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, on 12 or 13 October 1847 at Trentham, Staffordshire, England. They had 15 children:
- Lady Geraldine FitzGerald (c. 1848 – 15 November 1867)
- Lady Mabel FitzGerald (c. 1849 – 13 September 1850)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893)
- Lord Maurice FitzGerald (Carton, 16 December 1852 – Johnstown Castle, 24 April 1901), married at Longford on 13 April 1880 Lady Adelaide Forbes (Dublin, 21 August 1860 – 18 November 1942).
- Lady Alice FitzGerald (Carton, 12 December 1853 – 16 December 1941), married at Carton House on 2 May 1882 Sir Charles John Oswald FitzGerald (1840–1912); their daughter Mabel was later alleged to have been the secret wife of Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Lady Eva FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 11 January 1855 – 13 February 1931), unmarried and without issue
- Lady Mabel FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 16 December 1855 – 8 December 1939), unmarried and without issue
- Major Lord Frederick FitzGerald (18 January 1857 – 8 March 1924), unmarried and without issue
- Lord Walter FitzGerald (22 January 1858 – 31 July 1923), Captain 60th Rifles,[2] unmarried and without issue
- Lord Charles FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 20 August 1859 – 28 June 1928), married in Calcutta on 21 November 1887 Alice Sidonia Claudius (died July 1909).
- Lord George FitzGerald (16 February 1862 – 23 February 1924)
- Lord Henry FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 9 August 1863 – 31 May 1955), married in Taplow on 21 January 1891 Inez Charlotte Grace Boteler (Taplow, 18__ - 1967).[3]
- Lady Nesta FitzGerald (Kilkea Castle, 5 April 1865 – 7 December 1944), unmarried and without issue
- Lady Margaret FitzGerald (c. 1866 – 26 October 1867)
- Lord Robert FitzGerald (23 December 1868 – 23 December 1868)
Works[]
- The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin 1858.
References[]
- [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1629.
Notes[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "Founder member in 1891 of the extant Kildare Archaeological Society". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Lady Inez Charlotte Grace Fitzgerald (née Caseberd Botelier)". National Portrait Gallery.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Leinster
- FitzGerald dynasty
- 1819 births
- 1887 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kildare constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs who inherited peerages
- UK MPs who were granted peerages
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- High Sheriffs of Kildare
- Dukes of Leinster (1766)
- Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria