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Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (1892–1976), whose biological father it has been alleged was the 11th Earl of Wemyss. [ 3 ] 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 .
Duke of Leinster (/ ˈ l ɪ n s t ər /; [2] [3] Irish: Diúc Laighean [4]) is a title and the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Ireland.The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (1747), Baron of Offaly (c. 1193), Baron Offaly (1620) and Baron Kildare, of ...
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (1851–1893), eldest son of the 4th duke, was a nephew of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster; Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster (1887–1922), eldest son of the 5th duke, died unmarried, grandson of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham
He inherited the Dukedom in February 1922, upon the death of his eldest brother, Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster, who never married and was confined to a mental institution at the time of his death. An addicted gambler, Leinster enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle, including motor racing. [2]
Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster (1887–1922), Irish peer Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster (born 1948), Irish peer Topics referred to by the same term
Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (6 May 1892 – 8 March 1976), whose alleged biological father was Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss. [ 2 ] : 64 After the 5th Duke's death of typhoid fever, his stamp collection , which contained around ten thousand pieces, was bequeathed to the Dublin Museum of Science and Art .
The 7th Duke died the same year; however, the 8th Duke was hindered from receiving the peerages due to an American who claimed to be the son of his father's elder brother Lord Desmond FitzGerald (died 1916). [2] The Duke of Leinster was a keen field sportsman.
Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond; Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond; Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly; Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly; Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare; Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster; Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond; Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry