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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 ...
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 ...
The Duke of Norfolk: Earl of Arundel* Lord Maltravers The Duke of Somerset: Lord Seymour* [1] The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Earl of March and Kinrara* Lord Settrington [2] The Duke of Grafton: Earl of Euston* Viscount Ipswich [3] The Duke of Beaufort: Marquess of Worcester* Earl of Glamorgan* Viscount Grosmont The Duke of St Albans ...
George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom ...
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.
The Duke of Leinster married four times, his wives being: [citation needed] The first wife was May Juanita Etheridge [2] (4 August 1892 – 11 February 1935), a chorus girl and actress on the London Stage nicknamed the "Pink Pajama Girl", whom he married, in London , on 12 June 1913.
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
Duke of Leinster (1st creation), 1691: Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719) Duke of Leinster, Duke of Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, Earl of Brentford, Earl of Bangor, Baron Tara, Count of Mértola (Portugal) Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth (1659–1696) Charles Lennox (1672–1723) Duke of Richmond: John FitzGerald (1661–1707) 18th Earl of ...