Colonel Robert Uniacke-FitzGerald (17 March 1751 – 20 December 1814) was an Irish

Ireland

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 politician.

Descended from the Munster

Munster

Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...

 Desmond FitzGerald Knights of Glin

Knight of Glin

The Knight of Glin, also called the Black Knight, was a hereditary title in the Fitzgeralds of Limerick, Ireland since the early 14th century. The family was a branch of the FitzGerald dynasty or Geraldines, related to the Earls of Desmond , who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick by...

 and Kerry

Knight of Kerry

Knight of Kerry, also called the Green Knight, is one of three Anglo-Irish hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The others are the White Knight and the Knight of Glin...

, through Sir Garrett FitzGerald Knt of Lisquinlan and Sir Robert Tynte of Youghal

Youghal

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 and Ballycrenane. His younger brother was infamous 1798 United Irish Rebellion

Irish Rebellion of 1798

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 Tipperary High Sheriff Col Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald 1st Bt of Lisheen, Co Tipperary

Judkin-Fitzgerald Baronets

The Baronetcy of Lisheen, in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 August 1801 for Col. Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald , who had adopted the surname of Judkin in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel...

 and descendants included Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet , was a British Conservative politician.Fitzgerald was the son of Robert Uniacke Penrose, of Cork Beg Island, County Cork. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He rowed at Cambridge and won the University Pairs with...

 of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan.

Uniacke-FitzGerald was among the last surviving Members of the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

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, where he represented Cork County

Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...

 with his cousin Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon

Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon

Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon KP, PC , styled Viscount Boyle from 1764 until 1807, was among the last surviving Members of the Parliament of Ireland. He represented Cork County in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1807...

 from 1798.

After the Act of Union

Act of Union 1800

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 in 1801 he represented Cork County

Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 until 24 October 1806.