John Forster FitzGerald
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Field Marshal Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, GCB (1784 – 24 March 1877) was an Irish soldier who served as an officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars and later became a Liberal Member of Parliament.
[edit] Career
Gen Fitzgerald served in the Napoleonic wars as an officer, and was later Commandant of Quebec. In 1824 he was put in command of the 20th Regiment of Foot in Bombay, India, and was promoted to Major-General in 1830. He was knighted 13 October 1831 (Knight Commander, Military, Order of the Bath). In 1838 he was appointed to a divisional command at Madras, and later transferred to Bombay, and promoted to Lieutenant-General, November 1841. He represented County Clare in Parliament in the Liberal Party interests, 1852-57. He was promoted to General in 1854; Knight of Grand Cross, Military, Order of the Bath, 10 Nov. 1862; and received his Field Marshal's baton, 29 May 1875, when about ninety years old. Dying at Tours, the garrison of that city paid him the funeral honours prescribed for a marshal of France.
- Served with 18th Regiment of Foot (Royal Irish Regiment).
[edit] Family
His children included
- Anne Fitzgerald (c.1808-1882) who married Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet
- Captain John Forster Fitzgerald - 14th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - wounded on the 22nd and died of his wounds on the 26th November 1848. Born c. 1820,
[edit] References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Military Offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lt-Gen. Sir William Thornton, KCB |
Colonel of the 85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) 4 April 1840 |
Succeeded by Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Pearson, KCB, KCH) |
| Preceded by Lt-Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB |
Colonel of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 21 Nov 1843 |
Succeeded by Gen. Sir James Ferguson, GCB |
| Preceded by Gen. Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer |
Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment 9 March 1850 |
Succeeded by Gen. Clement Alexander Edwards, CB |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William Nugent Macnamara and Sir Lucius O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for County Clare 2-seat constituency (with Cornelius O'Brien) 1852–1857 |
Succeeded by Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham and Francis Macnamara Calcutt |
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