Lord Henry FitzGerald

Lord Henry FitzGerald (30 July 1761 – 9 July 1829) was the fourth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster (née Lady Emily Lennox). A younger brother was the revolutionary Lord Edward FitzGerald.

He married Charlotte Boyle Walsingham on 3 August 1791. In 1806, he became Baron de Ros "jure uxoris" when its abeyance was settled in her favor. Together they lived at Boyle Farm, Thames Ditton. The couple had eleven children:

*Henry William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros (1793-1839)
*Lt. Col. Arthur John Hill Fitzgerald-de Ros (21 December 1795 – 23 February 1826)
*General William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros (1797-1874)
*Edmund Emilius Boyle FitzGerald-de Ros (4 May 1799 – 12 September 1810)
*RAdm. John Frederick FitzGerald-de Ros (6 March 1804 – 19 June 1861)
*Augustus FitzGerald-de Ros (b. 1805), died young
*Henrietta Mabel FitzGerald-de Ros (d. 22 December 1879), married on 24 October 1828 John Broadhurst of Foston Hall (d. 1861)
*Olivia Cecilia de Ros (c. 1807 – 21 April 1885), married on 22 October 1883 Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley
*Charlotte de Ros (d. 1813)
*Geraldine de Ros (d. 28 September 1881), married on 25 November 1830 Rev. Frederic Pare
*Cecilia de Ros (d. 6 October 1869), married Hon. John Boyle, son of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and had issue

On 8 July 1806, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland, and from 1807 until 1814, Lord Henry was Member of Parliament for Kildare. He died on 9 July 1829.

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* [http://www.stirnet.com/html/genie/british/ff/fitzgerald02.htm FitzGerald genealogy]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p5831.htm Peerage.com]
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