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

Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster

Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster was an Irish peer.Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster and Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower...

 and Lady Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe.

Born at Kilkea Castle

Kilkea Castle

Kilkea Castle is located just northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare.- History of the Castle :...

 and never married, he died while institutionalized

Institutionalized

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 at Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Midlothian

Midlothian

Midlothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas....

, Scotland

Scotland

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.

During his minority his family's large estates in County Kildare

County Kildare

County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...

 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

Norman Invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland was a two-stage process, which began on 1 May 1169 when a force of loosely associated Norman knights landed near Bannow, County Wexford...

 in 1171. The 45,000 acre

Acre

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s sold for £766,000, a huge amount at the time, but this had to cover costs, some mortgages

Mortgage loan

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 and £272,000 that was earmarked to family trusts for the surviving younger children of the 4th duke.

He was succeeded in 1922 by his youngest brother Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster

Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster

Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, etc. , known as Lord Edward FitzGerald before 1922 was Ireland's Premier Peer of the Realm.-Life:...

. The middle brother Lord Desmond FitzGerald (born 21 September 1888) had been killed in World War I

World War I

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 in 1916, though some claim to be descended from him.

The photograph "Alexandra of Denmark with her coronation pages" (albumen cabinet card, 9 August 1902) by William Edward Downey for W. & D. Downey

W. & D. Downey

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 in the National Portrait Gallery includes an image of FitzGerald.

Ancestry

5th Duke of Leinster (1851-1893)
|3= 3. Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe

(1864-1895)
|4= 4. Charles William FitzGerald

Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster

Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster PC , styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:...

4th Duke of Leinster (1847-1887)
|5= 5. Caroline Sutherland-Leverson-Gower

(da. 2nd Duke of Sutherland

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland

George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland KG , styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer....

) (1817-1887)
|6= 6. William Ernest Dunscombe

William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham

William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham , known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician....

1st Earl of Feversham (b.1829)
|7= 7. Mabel Violet Graham

(18??)
|8= 8. Augustus Frederick FitzGerald

Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster

Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc., PC, PC was an Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare from birth until 1804. He was born and died in Carton....

3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874)
|9= 9. Charlotte Augusta Stanhope

(1793-1859)
|10= 10. George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland

George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland KG , styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer....

2nd Duke of Sutherland KG (1786-1861)
|11= 11. Harriet Elizabeth Georgina Howard

Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, who was a daughter of the famous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. On 18 May 1823 Harriet married Earl Gower, eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, and...

(1806-1868)
|12= 12. William Dunscombe

William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham

William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham was a British peer and Tory politician.-Background:Feversham was the eldest son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth. The Hon. Arthur Duncombe and the Hon...

2nd Baron Faversham (1798-1867)
|13= 13. Lousia Stewart

(d.1889)
|14= 14. Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet PC

(1792-1861)
|15= 15. Fanny Callender

(d.1857)
|16= 16. William Robert FitzGerald

William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster

William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, etc. KP, PC was an Irish liberal politician and landowner. He was born in London.-Career:...

2nd Duke of Leinster KP (1749-1804)
|17= 17. Emilia Olivia St George

(da. Usher St. George

St George St George, 1st Baron St George

St George St George, 1st Baron St George was an Irish politician.Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St George, daughter of George St George, 1st Baron St George....

) (b.17??)
|18= 18. Charles Stanhope

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington

General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....

3rd Earl of Harrington (1853-1859)
|19= 19. Jane Fleming

(da. John Fleming

Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet

Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet was an English baronet, created first Baronet Fleming of Brompton Park, Middlesex in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 April 1763....

) (b.17??)
|20= 20. George Granville Leverson-Gower

George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as The Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was a British politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts. He is estimated to have been the...

1st Duke of Sutherland KG (1758-1833)
|21= 21. Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland

Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland , also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish peeress, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances....

(1765-1839)
|22= 22. George Howard

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...

6th Earl of Carlisle KG (1773-1848)
|23= 23. Georgina Cavendish

(da. 5th Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG was a British aristocrat and politician. He was the eldest son of the William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford of Lanesborough, who brought in considerable money and estates to...

 KG) (b.17??)
|24= 24. Charles Dunscombe

Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham

Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham was a British Member of Parliament.Feversham was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1790. He was elected to the House of Commons for Shaftesbury in 1790, a seat he held until 1796, and then represented Aldborough from 1796 to 1806, Heytesbury from 1812 to...

1st Baron Feversham (1764-1841)
|25= 25. Charlotte Legge

(da. 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC, FRS , styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution....

) (d.1848)
|26= 26. George Stewart

George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway

Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...

8th Earl of Galloway KT (1768-1834)
|27= 27. Jane Paget

(da. 1st Earl Uxbridge) (d. 1842)
|28= 28. Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet

(1761-1824)
|29= 29. Catherine Stewart

(da. 7th Earl of Galloway

John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway

John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...

 (d.1836)
|30= 30. James Callander

James T. Callender

James Callender was a political pamphleteer and journalist whose writing was controversial in his native Scotland and the United States. His contemporary reputation was as a "scandalmonger", due to the content of some of his reporting, which overshadowed the political content...

(b.1774)
|31= 31. Elizabeth MacDonnel

(da. 5th Earl of Antrim) (d.1796)
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