Maurice FitzGerald (1772 - 1849)

Born 29 Dec 1772 in Glenleam, Valencia, County Kerry, Ireland

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Died 7 Mar 1849 at age 76 in County Kerry, Ireland

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Biography

Sir Maurice FitzGerald was a member of the aristocracy in Ireland.

The Right Honourable Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry, was born on the 29th December 1772 to Robert Fitzgerald, 17th Knight of Kerry, and Catherine Sandes (daughter of Lancelot Sandes).

Sir Maurice Fitzgerald was elected to Parliament as M.P for County Kerry (1801-1831). He was appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ireland in 1830, and Lord of the Admiralty in December 1834.

On the 5th of November 1801 Maurice married Maria La Touche (daughter of David La Touche) ; they had six sons and four daughters. Maria La Touche died in 1829. Secondly, Maurice married Cecilia Maria, widow of George Knight.

Maurice Fitzgerald died on the 7th March 1849, and was believed to be the last surviving member of the Irish parliament. Maurice Fitzgerald's eldest surviving son, Peter Fitzgerald, succeeded him as the 19th knight of Kerry.

RESEARCH NOTES: Some sources give Maurice's birth year as 1772, some as 1774.

Sources

• The Peerage. Entry for Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry. http://www.thepeerage.com/p722.htm#i7214

• Wikipedia entry for Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_FitzGerald,_18th_Knight_of_Kerry

• Foster, Joseph. The Royal Lineage of our Noble and Gentle Families. London and Aylesbury, Hazell, Watson and Viney Limited, 1884. Fitzgerald family tree. https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=fT8IAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=cecilia+maria+knight&source=bl&ots=OuMRD2lYrn&sig=ACfU3U08-ErKTVWRLigN-Hx8GrfSO2ITsw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW6-SbytXxAhXScn0KHfNzAD0Q6AEwEXoECBwQAw#v=onepage&q=cecilia%20maria%20knight&f=false

• Dictionary of Irish Biography. Maurice Fitzgerald. https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzgerald-maurice-a3177

• History of Parliament Online: Entry for Maurice Fitzgerald. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/fitzgerald-maurice-1774-1849

• Valentia Island website, Knights of Kerry. Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry 1772-1849. http://www.valentiaisland.ie/life-business/history-culture/knights-of-kerry/

• Library Ireland. Entry for the Parish of Finuge, county Kerry, with reference to Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, and Ballinruddery, his "occasional residence". https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/F/Finuge-Clanmaurice-Kerry.php

• Burke, Bernard. "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland." Pall Mall, London, 1862, page 503, entry for Knight of Kerry: The Rt. Hon.Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry. https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=ViewRec&DB=33&bookID=221&page=blg186200503

• Wikipedia entry for Knight of Kerry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_of_Kerry