Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster

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Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster, etc. (1 March 1887 – 4 February 1922) was the eldest son of Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster and Lady Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe.

Born at Kilkea Castle and never married, he died while institutionalized at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.^[1]

During his minority his family's large estates in County Kildare were sold in November 1903 by his trustees to 506 tenant farmers via the Land Commission. Some of the lands had a title dating back to the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1171. The 45,000 acres sold for £766,000, a huge amount at the time, but this had to cover costs, some mortgages and £272,000 that was earmarked to family trusts for the surviving younger children of the 4th duke.^[2]

He was succeeded in 1922 by his youngest brother Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster. The middle brother Lord Desmond FitzGerald (born 21 September 1888) had been killed in World War I in 1916, though some claim to be descended from him.^[3]

The photograph "Alexandra of Denmark with her coronation pages" (albumen cabinet card, 9 August 1902) by William Edward Downey for W. & D. Downey in the National Portrait Gallery includes an image of FitzGerald.^[4]

Ancestry

  Maurice FitzGerald : 6th Duke of Leinster : Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Ireland ^[5] 

16. William Robert FitzGerald 2nd Duke of Leinster KP (1749-1804)

8. Augustus Frederick FitzGerald 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874)

17. Emilia Olivia St George (da. Usher St. George) (b.17??)

4. Charles William FitzGerald 4th Duke of Leinster (1847-1887)

18. Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington (1853-1859)

9. Charlotte Augusta Stanhope (1793-1859)

19. Jane Fleming (da. John Fleming) (b.17??)

2. Gerald FitzGerald 5th Duke of Leinster (1851-1893)

20. George Granville Leverson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland KG (1758-1833)

10. George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower 2nd Duke of Sutherland KG (1786-1861)

21. Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland (1765-1839)

5. Caroline Sutherland-Leverson-Gower (da. 2nd Duke of Sutherland) (1817-1887)

22. George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle KG (1773-1848)

11. Harriet Elizabeth Georgina Howard (1806-1868)

23. Georgina Cavendish (da. 5th Duke of Devonshire KG) (b.17??)

1. Maurice FitzGerald 6th Duke of Leinster (b.1887)

24. Charles Dunscombe 1st Baron Feversham (1764-1841)

12. William Dunscombe 2nd Baron Faversham (1798-1867)

25. Charlotte Legge (da. 2nd Earl of Dartmouth) (d.1848)

6. William Ernest Dunscombe 1st Earl of Feversham (b.1829)

26. George Stewart 8th Earl of Galloway KT (1768-1834)

13. Lousia Stewart (d.1889)

27. Jane Paget (da. 1st Earl Uxbridge) (d. 1842)

3. Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe (1864-1895)

28. Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (1761-1824)

14. Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet PC (1792-1861)

29. Catherine Stewart (da. 7th Earl of Galloway (d.1836)

7. Mabel Violet Graham (18??)

30. James Callander (b.1774)

15. Fanny Callender (d.1857)

31. Elizabeth MacDonnel (da. 5th Earl of Antrim) (d.1796)

References

1. ^ ThePeerage.com – Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster
2. ^ Cosgrove PJ The sale of the Leinster Estate under the Wyndham Act, 1903; Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society 2008-09, vol. XX, part 1, pp.9-26.
3. ^ Peterkin, Tom; Elsworth, Catherine (27 February 2006). "A Californian claimant, an 'escape' from the trenches and the fight for a dukedom". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511572/A-Californian-claimant-an-escape-from-the-trenches-and-the-fight-for-a-dukedom.html. 
4. ^ National Portrait Gallery 1 portrait of Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster
5. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904 [1986]). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. London: Bloomsbury Books. p. 485. ISBN 0906223342. 

• Ducal House of Leinster

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Preceded by Gerald FitzGerald	Duke of Leinster 1893–1922	Succeeded by Edward FitzGerald

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Name	Fitzgerald, Maurice, 6th Duke Of Leinster
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Date of birth	1 March 1887
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Date of death	4 February 1922
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