Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster

Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster PC (30 March 1819 – 10 February 1887), styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Irish peer and politician.

1 Background
2 Political career
3 Family
4 References
5 Notes
6 External links

Background

Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope.

Political career

Leinster was High Sheriff of Kildare for 1843 and Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1847 to 1852.^[1]

He died in Carton.

Family

Leinster married Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (15 April 1827 - Kilkea 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, Staffordshire, England. 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 (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893)
Lord Maurice FitzGerald (Carton, 16 December 1852 - Johnstown Castle, 24 April 1901), married at Longford 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
Lord Walter FitzGerald (22 January 1858 – 31 July 1923), Captain 60th Rifles^[2], 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 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)

Maurice FitzGerald : 6th Duke of Leinster : Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Ireland ^[3]

**Divisions of the Peerage**
Peerage of England
Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of the United Kingdom

References

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1629.
Ducal House of Leinster

Notes

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Founder member of the extant Kildare Archaeological Society
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904 [1986]). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. London: Bloomsbury Books. p. 485. ISBN 0906223342.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Leinster

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Archbold Richard More O'Ferrall	Member of Parliament for Kildare 1847 – 1852 With: Richard Southwell Bourke 1847–March 1852 William Henry Ford Cogan March 1852–July 1852	Succeeded by David O'Connor Henchy William Henry Ford Cogan
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Augustus FitzGerald	Duke of Leinster 1874–1887	Succeeded by Gerald FitzGerald

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Name	Leinster, Charles Fitzgerald, 4th Duke Of
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