Earl of Kerry

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Baron Kerry is an ancient title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created circa 1223 for Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello.

In 1325, , murdered Diarmaid Óg MacCarthy (son of Cormac Mór MacCarthy) in the courtroom at Tralee. For this act, Maurice was tried and attainted by the parliament in Dublin and his lands forfeited, but after his death they were restored to his brother John FitzMaurice, 5th Baron of Kerry.

In 1537 the eleventh Baron was created Baron Odorney and Viscount Kilmaule in the Peerage of Ireland. However, these titles became extinct on his death in 1541 while he was succeeded in the Barony of Kerry by his younger brother. The twenty-first Baron was created Earl of Kerry in the Peerage of Ireland in 1723. His younger son John Petty Fitzmaurice was created the 1st Earl of Shelbourne in the Peerage of Ireland in 1753 and his son William Petty FitzMaurice the 2nd Earl of Shelburne served as British Prime Minister from (1782_1783) and was created Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784. In 1818 the latter's son, the third Marquess, succeeded his cousin as 4th Earl of Kerry and 24th Baron Kerry.

Barons Kerry (1223)[]

• (died c. 1260)
• (died 1303)
• (died 1324)
• (died 1339)
• (died 1348)
• (died 1398)
• (died c. 1410)
• (died 1469)
• (died 1498)
• (died 1543)
• (died 1541) (created Viscount Kilmaule in 1537)

Viscounts Kilmaule (1537)[]

• (died 1541) (extinct)

Barons Kerry (1223; Reverted)[]

• (died 1547)
• (died 1549)
• (died 1549)
• (died 1550)
• Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry (c. 1502–1590)
• Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Baron Kerry (c. 1541–1600)
• Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron Kerry (1574–1630)
• (1595–1661)
• William Fitzmaurice, 20th Baron Kerry (1633–1697)
• Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Baron Kerry (1668–1741) (created Earl of Kerry in 1723)

Earls of Kerry (1723)[]

• Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (1668–1741)
• William Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry (1694–1747)
• Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry (1740–1818)
• Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, 4th Earl of Kerry (1780–1863)

See Marquess of Lansdowne for further Earls of Kerry.