William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald And Vesey
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 181 years ago |
Date of birth | July 24,1783 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Died | Belgrave Square |
Date of died | May 11,1843 |
Great grandchild | Dermot Lowther Noel Macartney-Filgate |
Children | Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald |
Parents | James Fitzgerald |
Catherine Vesey, Baroness Fitzgerald and Vesci | |
Previous position | President of the Board of Control of a British East India Company (1841–1843) |
Grandchildren | Tryphena Elizabeth Fitzgerald |
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ID | 4427559 |
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald And Vesey Life story
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, PC, PC, FRS, FSA was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare by-election, hastening Catholic Emancipation across Britain and Ireland.