Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster
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Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster PC
Privy Council of Ireland
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 (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
Ireland
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, the son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc., PC, PC was an Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare from birth until 1804. He was born and died in Carton....

 and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope.

Political career

Leinster was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Kildare
Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)
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 from 1847 to 1852.

He died in Carton
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.

Family

Leinster married Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (15 April 1827 - Kilkea Castle
Kilkea Castle
Kilkea Castle is located just northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare.- History of the Castle :...

, 13 May 1887), daughter of George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland and Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, on 12 or 13 October 1847 at Trentham
Trentham, Staffordshire
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, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
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, England
England
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. 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
    Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster
    Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster was an Irish peer.Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster and Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower...

     (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893)
  • Lord Maurice FitzGerald (Carton, 16 December 1852 - Johnstown Castle, 24 April 1901), married at Longford
    Longford
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     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 on 2 May 1882 Sir Charles John Oswald Fitzgerald (1840–1912)
  • 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
  • Captain
    Captain
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    Lord Walter FitzGerald (22 January 1858 – 31 July 1923), 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
    Taplow
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     on 21 January 1891 Inez Charlotte Grace Boteler (Taplow, 18__ - 1967).
  • 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)

(1864-1895)
|4= 4. Charles William FitzGerald

4th Duke of Leinster (1847-1887)
|5= 5. Caroline Sutherland-Leverson-Gower

(da. 2nd Duke of Sutherland
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland KG , styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer....

) (1817-1887)
|6= 6. William Ernest Dunscombe
William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham
William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham , known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician....



1st Earl of Feversham (b.1829)
|7= 7. Mabel Violet Graham

(18??)
|8= 8. Augustus Frederick FitzGerald
Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc., PC, PC was an Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare from birth until 1804. He was born and died in Carton....



3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874)
|9= 9. Charlotte Augusta Stanhope

(1793-1859)
|10= 10. George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland KG , styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer....



2nd Duke of Sutherland KG (1786-1861)
|11= 11. Harriet Elizabeth Georgina Howard
Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, who was a daughter of the famous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. On 18 May 1823 Harriet married Earl Gower, eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, and...



(1806-1868)
|12= 12. William Dunscombe
William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham
William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham was a British peer and Tory politician.-Background:Feversham was the eldest son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth. The Hon. Arthur Duncombe and the Hon...



2nd Baron Faversham (1798-1867)
|13= 13. Lousia Stewart

(d.1889)
|14= 14. James Robert George Graham PC

(1792-1861)
|15= 15. Fanny Callender

(d.1857)
|16= 16. William Robert FitzGerald
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, etc. KP, PC was an Irish liberal politician and landowner. He was born in London.-Career:...



2nd Duke of Leinster KP (1749-1804)
|17= 17. Emilia Olivia St. George

(da. Usher St. George
St George St George, 1st Baron St George
St George St George, 1st Baron St George was an Irish politician.Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St George, daughter of George St George, 1st Baron St George....

) (b.17??)
|18= 18. Charles Stanhope
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....



3rd Earl of Harrington (1853-1859)
|19= 19. Jane Fleming

(da. John Fleming
Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet
Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet was an English baronet, created first Baronet Fleming of Brompton Park, Middlesex in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 April 1763....

) (b.17??)
|20= 20. George Granville Leverson-Gower
George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as The Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was a British politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts. He is estimated to have been the...



1st Duke of Sutherland KG (1758-1833)
|21= 21. Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland
Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland , also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish peeress, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances....



(1765-1839)
|22= 22. George Howard
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...



6th Earl of Carlisle KG (1773-1848)
|23= 23. Georgina Cavendish

(da. 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG was a British aristocrat and politician. He was the eldest son of the William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford of Lanesborough, who brought in considerable money and estates to...

 KG) (b.17??)
|24= 24. Charles Dunscombe
Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham
Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham was a British Member of Parliament.Feversham was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1790. He was elected to the House of Commons for Shaftesbury in 1790, a seat he held until 1796, and then represented Aldborough from 1796 to 1806, Heytesbury from 1812 to...



1st Baron Feversham (1764-1841)
|25= 25. Charlotte Legge

(da. 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC, FRS , styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution....

) (d.1848)
|26= 26. George Stewart
George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway
Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...



8th Earl of Galloway KT (1768-1834)
|27= 27. Jane Paget

(da. 1st Earl Uxbridge) (d. 1842)
|28= 28. James Grayham 1st Bart

(1761-1824)
|29= 29. Catherine Stewart

(da. 7th Earl of Galloway
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...

 (d.1836)
|30= 30. James Callander
James T. Callender
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(b.1774)
|31= 31. Elizabeth MacDonnel

(da. 5th Earl of Antrim) (d.1796)
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The Most Noble Maurice (FitzGerald), 6th Duke of Leinster. (1887–1922).

Marquess and Earl of Kildare, co. Kildare, Earl and Baron of Offaly, all in the Peerage of Ireland;

Viscount Leinster of Taplow, co. Bucks, in the Peerage of Great Britain

and Baron Kildare of Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom;

Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Ireland.



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