George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
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George William Hamilton FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney (May 6, 1827 – October 21, 1889) was a Scottish nobleman
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George FitzMaurice was the son of Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney
and the Hon. Charlotte Irby. He married Amelia de Samuel in London in 1872. They had no children.
He joined the 71st Highlanders Regiment as a Captain from the 92nd Regiment in 1853 and saw action in the Crimea in 1855. He transferred to the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1856 and retired in 1857.
On his death in London the title passed to his nephew, Edmond FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
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George FitzMaurice was the son of Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney
Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney
Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney , was born 8 August 1803 and died 16 May 1877. He married Charlotte Irby on 14 March 1826. Their son George William Hamilton FitzMaurice became the 6th Earl of Orkney. Their fourth son, Alexander Temple FitzMaurice, became a Groom of the Bedchamber in 1867...
and the Hon. Charlotte Irby. He married Amelia de Samuel in London in 1872. They had no children.
He joined the 71st Highlanders Regiment as a Captain from the 92nd Regiment in 1853 and saw action in the Crimea in 1855. He transferred to the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1856 and retired in 1857.
On his death in London the title passed to his nephew, Edmond FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney