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Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, etc. (6 May 1892 – 8 March 1976), known as Lord Edward FitzGerald before 1922, was Ireland's Premier Peer of the Realm.
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 ...
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (brother) Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 – 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and nationalist. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American War of Independence , and as an Irish Parliamentarian , to embrace the cause of an independent Irish republic.
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (died 1537), known as "Silken Thomas," also led an unsuccessful insurrection in Ireland, while Lord Edward FitzGerald (1763–1798), the fifth son of the first duke of Leinster, was a leading figure in the 1798 Irish Rebellion against King George III of the House of Hanover.
Maurice FitzGerald (b. 1948) 9th Duke of Leinster, 9th Marquess of Kildare, 28th Earl of Kildare, 9th Earl of Offaly, 9th Viscount Leinster, 14th Baron Offaly, 6th Baron Kildare: Lord John FitzGerald (1952–2015) John Gerald Strutt (b. 1960) 6th Baron Rayleigh: Thomas FitzGerald (1974–1997) styled Earl of Offaly: Edward FitzGerald (b. 1988)
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), American naval officer, frontiersman and diplomat; Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet (1846–1927), Lord Mayor of Cork; Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (1892–1976) Ed FitzGerald (born 1968), American politician; Edward Fitzgerald (adviser), American adviser to Senator Claude Pepper
Gerald FitzGerald was the only child of Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, and his first wife, May Juanita Etheridge, a chorus girl.. Relations between Gerald FitzGerald's parents became strained when he was still a small child.