LEINSTER

The members of this family bear the surname Fitzgerald, except as noted. The children of the Dukes of Leinster and of the Marquess of Kildare bore the courtesy title Lord/Lady before their Christian names. The children of the Barons and Baronesses de Ros bore the style "Honourable" before their Christian names.

Part 1

Gerald FitzGerald, 9^th Earl of Kildare [I] (1487-13 Dec 1534); m.1^st 1503 Elizabeth Zouche (d.6 Oct 1517); m.2^nd 1519 Lady Elizabeth Grey

[by 1^st m.]:

1a) Thomas, 10^th Earl of Kildare, b.1513, he was executed along with five of his uncles on 3 Feb 1537, his titles having been forfeited in 1536; he had m., apparently before Dec 1529, Frances Fortescue

2a) Mary; m.Briann O'Connor, of Offaly

3a) Catherine; m. Jenico Preston, 3^rd Viscount Gormanston (d.1560)

4a) Cicely, a nun

5a) Ellis; m., apparently by 8 July 1528, James Fleming, 9^th Lord Slane (d.1573)

[by 2^nd m.]:

6a) Gerald (28 Feb 1525-16 Nov 1585), cr 1554 Earl of Kildare and Baron of Offaly [I], with the precedence of the old earldom, and then in 1569 he was actually restored to his family’s titles as 11^th Earl of Kildare; he m.29 May 1554 Mabel Browne (d.25 Aug 1610), sister of Viscount Montagu

1b) Gerald, styled “Lord Garratt [or Gerald], and not called “Lord Offaly” (28 Dec 1559-bur 30 Jun 1580); m.Oct 1578 Catherine Knollys (bur 20 Dec 1632), sister of Earl of Banbury

1c) Lettice; on the death of her uncle William in 1599 she assumed the title Baroness Offaly, and its use was so common that in 1620 the King declared that she should bear that title for Life, and that following her death it should revert to the Earls of Kildare instead of descending to her children; she d.1 Dec 1658, having married ca 1598 Sir Robert Digby (brother of Earl of Bristol),by whom she was mother of 1^st Lord Digby

2b) Henry, 12^th Earl of Kildare (1562-1 Aug 1597); m. before 22 Feb 1590 Lady Frances Howard (bur 11 Jul 1628), later wife of Lord Cobham

1c) Bridget (ca 1590-d.before 25 Dec 1682); m.1^st 1606 Roderick O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell (1575-28 Jul 1608); m.2^nd by 7 July 1617 Nicholas Barnewall, Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland (1592-20 Aug 1663)

2c) Elizabeth; m.Luke Plunkett, Earl of Fingall (d.29 Mar 1637); note that Cokayne, sub Fingall, calls her dau of Roderick O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnel, by her sister, Bridget Fitzgerald; since she must have m. Fingall before 1611 she could not be dau. of her sister who was born ca 1590

3b) William, 13^th Earl of Kildare; d.Apr 1599, shipwrecked or drowned while crossing from England to Ireland

4b) Mary (13 Sep 1556-1 Oct 1610); m.by 1582 Christopher Nugent, 3^rd Lord Delvin (d.1 Oct 1602)

5b) Elizabeth, d.12 Jan 1617; m. Donough O’Brien, 3^rd Earl of Thomond (d.5 Sep 1624)

7a) Edward (17 Jan 1528- ); m.Agnes, Lady Paston, née Leghe

1b) Gerald, 14^th Earl of Kildare, d.11 Feb 1612; m.his cousin Hon. Elizabeth Nugent (d.1664)

1c) Gerald, 15^th Earl of Kildare (26 Dec 1611-11 Nov 1620)

2b) Thomas, d.1619; m.Frances Randolph

1c) George, 16^th Earl of Kildare, suc his cousin Lettice in 1658 as 2^nd Lord Offaly (bap 23 Jan 1612-1660); m.15 Aug 1630 Lady Joan Boyle (14 Jun 1611-11 Mar 1656)

1d) Richard (bap 4 Feb 1633-d.an infant)

2d) Wentworth, 17^th Earl of Kildare (1634-5 Mar 1664); m.ca 1655 Lady Elizabeth Holles (d.30 Jun 1666)

1e) John, 18^th Earl of Kildare (1661-9 Nov 1707); m.1^st Hon. Mary O’Brien (7 May 1662-24 Nov 1683); m.2^nd 12 Jun 1684 Lady Elizabeth Jones (d.10 Apr 1758)

1f) Henry, Lord Offaly, d.18 Feb 1684 aged 7 months

2e) Anne, d.4 May 1715; m.1^st Hugh Boscawen; m.2^nd Hon. Francis Robartes (bap 6 Jan 1650-3 Feb 1718)

3d) Robert, of Grangemellon (ca 1637-31 Jan 1698); m.4 Aug 1663 Mary Clotworthy

1e) Robert, 19^th Earl of Kildare (4 May 1675-20 Feb 1744); m.7 Mar 1709 Lady Mary O'Brien (12 Feb 1692-10 Feb 1780)

1f) James, 20^th Earl of Kildare, cr Duke of Leinster; for him and his issue see Part 2, below

2f) Margaretta (2 Jul 1729-25 Jan 1766); m.1 Mar 1748 Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough [later, 1789, Marquess of Downshire] (30 May 1718-7 Oct 1793)

2e) Margaret, d.8 Dec 1758; m.1712 Toby Hall, of Mount Hall (d.4 May 1734)

3e) Frances; m.1692 William Tisdale (d.1725)

4e) Mary (22 Aug 1666- ); m.1694 John Allen, 1717 Viscount Allen (13 Feb 1661-8 Nov 1726)

5e) Catherine; m., as his 4^th wife, Rt. Rev. Dive Downes, Bp of Cork and Ross (1652-1709); ancestors of the Lords Downes

6e) Elizabeth; m.1692 Henry Sandford, of Castlrea (d.9 Sep 1733)

4d) Elizabeth, bur 15 Feb 1698; m.1^st Callaghan MacCarty, 3^rd Earl of Clancarty (d.21 Nov 1676); m.2^nd 17 Jun 1682 Sir William Davis

5d) [3^rd dau] Eleanor, d.3 Aug 1681; m.16 Feb 1656 Sir Walter Borrowes, 2^nd Bt. (ca 1620-1685)

6d) [5^th dau] Frances; m.28 Jul 1650 Sir James Shaen, Bt. (d.1695)

3b) Douglas; m.before 1597 Francis Aungier, 1621 Lord Aungier of Longford (bap 14 May 1558-8 Oct 1632)

8a) Elizabeth; m.1^st Sir Anthony Browne (d.6 May 1548); m.2^nd ca 1552 Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln (1512-16 Jan 1585)

Part 2

JAMES Fitzgerald, 20^th Earl of Kildare and Baron of Offaly, cr 1747 Viscount Leinster of Taplow, cr 1761 Marquess of Kildare and Earl of Offaly, cr 1766 Duke of Leinster; b.29 May 1722, d.Leinster House, Dublin 19 Nov 1773 (see Part 1, above); m.London 7 Feb 1747 Lady Emilia Lennox (6 Oct 1731-London 27 Mar 1814)

1a) George, Earl of Offaly (15 Jan 1748-Richmond House 26 Sep 1765)

2a) WILLIAM Robert, 2^nd Duke of Leinster, etc (London 12 Mar 1749-Carton House 20 Oct 1804); m.7 Nov 1775 Hon. Emilia Olivia Usher St.George (d.London 23 Jun 1798)

1b) Mary Rebecca (6 May 1777-28 Sep 1842); m.15 Apr 1799 Sir Charles Lockhart Ross, 7^th Bt. (d8 Feb 1814)

2b) Emily Elizabeth (13 May 1778-9 Feb 1856); m.13 Mar 1801 John Joseph Henry (d.28 Jun 1846)

3b) Geraldine Mabel (27 Aug 1779-22 Mar 1790)

4b) Elizabeth Mary (30 Oct 1780-28 Feb 1857); m.22 Jul 1805 Sir Edward Baker, Bt. (d.4 Mar 1825)

5b) George, Marquess of Kildare (Carton 20 Jun 1783-10 Feb 1784)

6b) Isabella Charlotte (16 Jul 1784-9 Apr 1868); m.1 Jun 1809 Louis Guy Charles Guillaume de Rohan-Chabot Cte de Jarnac (1780-1875)

7b) Cecilia Olivia Geraldine (3 Mar 1786-London 27 Jul 1863); m.Boyle Farm, Kingston-on-Thames 18 Aug 1806 Thomas Foley, 3^rd Lord Foley (22 Dec 1780-London 16 Apr 1833)

8b) Olivia Letitia Catherine (9 Sep 1787-Bath 28 Feb 1858); m.London 8 May 1806 Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird (12 Apr 1780-Brighton 12 Dec 1826)

9b) Augusta Octavia [or, per at least one source, Augustus Octavius] (27 Jul 1789-d.young)

10b) AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, 3^rd Duke of Leinster, etc (Carton 21 Aug 1791-Carton 10 Oct 1874); m.16 Jun 1818 Lady Charlotte Stanhope (15 Feb 1793-15 Feb 1859)

1c) CHARLES WILLIAM, 4^th Duke of Leinster, etc (Dublin 30 Mar 1819-Carton 10 Feb 1887); m.Trentham 12 Oct 1847 Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (15 Apr 1827-Kilkea Castle 13 May 1887)

1d) Geraldine (19 Apr 1849-15 Nov 1867)

2d) Mabel (20 Aug 1850-13 Sep 1850)

3d) GERALD, 5^th Duke of Leinster, etc (Dublin 16 Aug 1851-Carton 1 Dec 1893); m.London 17 Jan 1884 Lady Hermione Duncombe (30 Mar 1864-Mentone 19 Mar 1895)

1e) MAURICE, 6^th Duke of Leinster, etc (Kilkea Castle 1 Mar 1887-Edinburgh 4 Feb 1922)

2e) Desmond (21 Sep 1888-k.a.3 Mar 1916)

3e) EDWARD, 7^th Duke of Leinster, etc (6 May 1892-committed suicide 8 Mar 1976); m.1^st London 12 Jun 1913 (div 1930) May Etheridge (d.11 Feb 1935); m.2^nd 1 Dec 1932 (div 1946) Raffaella Kennedy (d.London 28 Dec 1993); m.3^rd 11 Mar 1946 Jessie Smither (d.1960); m.4^th 1965 Vivien Irene Felton (19 Feb 1920-Brighton 1992)

1f) GERALD, 8^th Duke of Leinster, etc (27 May 1914-3 Dec 2004); m.1st 17 Oct 1936 (div 1946) Joane Kavanagh (1915-1994); m.2d 12 Jun 1946 Anne Smith (6 May 1922-4 Dec 2016)

1g) Pamela Hermione (6 Nov 1937-3 Apr 1938)

2g) Rosemary Anne (b.4 Aug 1939); m.9 Feb 1963 (div 1967) Mark Killigrew Wait

3g) Nesta (b.8 Jan 1942); m.1977 Philip Tirard (d.1993)

4g) MAURICE, 9^th Duke of Leinster (b.7 Apr 1948); m.19 Feb 1972 Fiona Mary Francesca Hollick

1h) Thomas, Earl of Offaly (12 Jan 1974-k.in car accident in Ireland 9 May 1997)

2h) Francesca Emily Purcell (b.1976)

3h) Pollyanna Louisa Clementine (b.John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford 1982)

5g) John (3 Mar 1952-3 Aug 2015); m.St Nicholas Church, Chadlington, Oxford, 11 Dec 1982 Barbara Zindel

1h) Hermione (b.1985)

2h) Edward (b.1988); m.5 Aug 2017 Laura C Tellwright

1i) Eve (b.2020)

2i) Amelia (b.2021)

2f) Adrian Dighton Desmond (b.1952); m.1st 29 Apr 1972 (div 1975) Colleen Teresa Cross; m.2d 31 Jul 1982 (div 1992) Linda Clark

1g) Kirsty (b1973); m.17 Sep 1993 Andrew Keetch

4d) Maurice (Carton 16 Dec 1852-Johnstown Castle 24 Apr 1901); m.Longford 13 Apr 1880 Lady Adelaide Forbes (Dublin 21 Aug 1860-18 Nov 1942)

1e) Geraldine Mary (Johnstown Castle 26 Mar 1881-5 Jul 1954); m.Johnstown Castle 23 Oct 1907 Gerald More O'Ferrall (d.30 Dec 1951)

2e) Gerald Hugh (Johnstown Castle 11 Apr 1886-k.a.13 Sep 1914); m.5 Aug 1914 Dorothy Violet Charrington (d.5 Apr 1974)

3e) Kathleen (Johnstown Castle 25 Mar 1892-23 Feb 1930); m.Johnstown Castle 18 Jul 1914 Michael Lawrence Lakin (24 Nov 1881-18 Oct 1960), of the Baronets

4e) Marjorie (31 Aug 1896-2 Jan 1899)

5d) Alice (Carton 12 Dec 1853-16 Dec 1941); m.Carton 2 May 1882 Sir Charles John Oswald Fitzgerald (1840-1912)

6d) Eva (Killea Castle 11 Jan 1855-13 Feb 1931)

7d) Mabel (Killea Castle 16 Dec 1855-8 Dec 1939)

8d) Frederick (18 Jan 1857-8 Mar 1924)

9d) Walter (22 Jan 1858-31 Jul 1923)

10d) Charles (Killea Castle 20 Aug 1859-28 Jun 1928); m.Calcutta 21 Nov 1887 Alice Sidonia Claudius (d.Jul 1909)

1e) Nesta Sidonia (Melbourne 22 Sep 1888-19__); m.Melbourne Sep 1926 (div 1936) Frank Maloney

2e) George Frederick (Melbourne 25 Apr 1890-28 Jun 1970); m.1939 Kathleen Mary Stedman

3e) Mabel Geraldine (Melbourne 30 Sep 1891-19__); m.1914 Robert Alan McCracken

4e) Charles Otho (Melbourne 1895-19__); m.16 May 1931 Mary Pearl McIntosh

5e) Rupert Augustus (2 Jun 1900-8 Jun 1969); m.1^st 18 Sep 1923 (div 1932) Irene Jennings; m.2^nd 1936 Ivy Simmons (d.1945)

1f) Peter Charles (b.1925); m.1950 June Murray

1g) Lynette Pamela (b.1951)

2g) Stephen Peter (b.1953)

2f) Elizabeth Mary (b.1937); m.1958 Ronald Smith

11d) George (16 Feb 1862-23 Feb 1924)

12d) Henry (Killea Castle 9 Aug 1863-31 May 1955); m.Taplow 21 Jan 1891 Inez Charlotte Grace Boteler (Taplow 18__-1967)

1e) Dermot (London 8 Nov 1891-23 Jan 1939)

2e) Brian Boteler (London 21 Jan 1908-1977); m.28 Jul 1936 Elizabeth Dorothea Maud Fleetwood-Hesketh (d.1991), of the family of the Bibby Baronets

3e) Denis Henry (London 25 Sep 1911-25 May 2003)

13d) Nesta (Killea Castle 5 Apr 1865-7 Dec 1944)

14d) Robert (b.and d.1868)

15d) Margaret (d.26 Oct 1867)

2c) Gerald (London 6 Jan 1821-23 Sep 1886); m.9 Jun 1862 Anne Agnes Barker (d.6 Jun 1913)

1d) Edward Gerald (London 2 Sep 1863-Studland 5 Aug 1919); m.London 20 Feb 1913 Anne Josephine Throckmorton

3c) Olivia (15 Mar 1822-18 Apr 1822)

4c) Jane Seymour (5 Feb 1824-3 Nov 1898); m.5 Sep 1848 George William John Repton (d.1906)

5c) Frederick Leicester (11 Dec 1825-10 Sep 1826)

6c) Otho Augustus (10 Oct 1827-19 Nov 1882); m.14 Dec 1861 Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (d.12 Nov 1883)

1d) Gerald Otho (25 Sep 1862-20 Mar 1919)

2d) Ina Blanche Georgie (12 Jan 1864-6 Jul 1910); m.29 Jan 1885 Arthur Leopold Paget (19 Aug 1856-1 Mar 1906)

11b) William Charles O'Brien (4 Jan 1793-8 Dec 1864); m.NN

1c) Geraldine Sydney (d.1896); m.2 Oct 1855 Henry William Paget Butler (28 Apr 1831-14 Aug 1913)

12b) St.George Richard (14 Aug 1794-d.young)

13b) Henry Wentworth (31 Mar 1796- d.an infant)

3a) Caroline Elizabeth Mabel (1750-1754)

4a) Emily Mary Margaretta (15 Mar 1751-8 Apr 1818); m. Blackrock, co Dublin 20 Aug 1774 Charles Coote, Earl of Bellamont [Bellomont] (bap 12 Apr 1738-20 Oct 1800)

5a) Henrietta Catherine (1753-1763)

6a) Caroline [Louisa?], b.23 Apr 1755, d.an infant 1755

7a) Charles James, cr Lord Lecale of Ardglass 1800 (30 Jun 1756-Ardglass Castle 18 Feb 1810); m.London 18 Jul 1808 Mrs.Julia Carton (d.Courtlands, Devon 6 May 1844)

1b) [illegitimate] Henry (k.a.at sea, off Civita Vecchia, 14 Sep 1803)

2b) [illegitimate] Anna Maria

8a) Charlotte Mary Gertrude, cr Bss Rayleigh of Terling Place 1821 (29 May 1758-Bath 13 Sep 1836); m.Toulouse 23 Feb 1789 Joseph Holden Strutt (21 Nov 1758-Bath 18 Feb 1845)

9a) Henry; his issue took the surname Fitzgerald-de Ros (30 Jul 1761-Boyle Farm, Thames Ditton 9 Jul 1829); m.London 4 Aug 1791 Charlotte Boyle, 20^th Bss de Ros (London 24 May 1769-London 9 Jan 1831)

1b) Henry William, 21^st Lord de Ros (12 Jun 1793-London 29 Mar 1839)

2b) Arthur John Hill (21 Dec 1795-23 Feb 1826)

3b) Emily Henrietta, d.young

4b) William Lennox Lascelles, 22^nd Lord de Ros (Thames Ditton 1 Sep 1797-Old Court, Strangford, co Down 6 Jan 1874); m.London 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox (Molecombe, Sussex 30 Sep 1795-London 15 Dec 1891)

1c) Frances Charlotte (26 Feb 1825-21 Feb 1851)

2c) Dudley Charles, 23^rd Lord de Ros (Brighton 11 Mar 1827-Old Court, Co. Down 29 Apr 1907); m.1^st Heaton, Lans 12 Oct 1853 Lady Elizabeth Egerton (5 Jul 1832-14 Mar 1892); m.2^nd London 14 Jan 1896 Mary Geraldine Mahon (1859-28 Dec 1921)

1d) Mary Frances, 24^th Bss de Ros (London 31 Jul 1854-4 May 1939); m.London 2 Oct 1878 Anthony Lucius Dawson, 3^rd Earl of Dartrey (1855-1933); the Barony of de Ros descended among their issue

3c) Blanche Arthur Georgina (16 Jun 1832-10 Mar 1910); m.11 Jul 1865 James Rannis Swinton (d.Dec 1888)

5b) Edward Emilius Boyle (4 May 1799-12 Sep 1810)

6b) Charlotte Georgiana Elizabeth (13 Jan 1801-20 May 1816)

7b) Henrietta Maria (23 Sep 1802- ); m.24 Oct 1824 John Broadhurst, of Foster Hall

8b) John Frederick (6 Mar 1804- )

9b) Augustus (23 Oct 1805-d.young)

10b) Olivia Cecilia (11 Jan 1807-London 21 Apr 1885); m.23 Oct 1833 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl Cowley (17 Jun 1804-15 Jul 1884)

11b) Geraldine (24 Dec 1809-28 Sep 1881); m.25 Nov 1830 Rev. Frederic Pare

12b) Cecilia (23 Aug 1811-6 Oct 1869); m.10 Dec 1835 Hon. John Boyle (13 Mar 1803-6 Dec 1874)

10a) Sophia Sarah Mary (6 Sep 1762-21 Mar 1845)

11a) Edward (15 Oct 1763-d.at Newgate Prison, Dublin, of wounds received in resisting arrest on charge of treason, 4 Jun 1798); m.Tournai 27 Dec 1792 Stephanie Caroline Anne "Pamela" Syms (d.1831); Pamela was said to be dau of the Duc d’Orléans by Mme de Genlis, but the editors of the Lady Sarah Lennox Correspondence noted that Mme de Genlis herself said that Pamela was dau of a Mr Seymour and his wife, Mary Sims; in a 1793 letter Lady Sarah in fact calls her “Pamela Seymour”

1b) Edward Fox (10 Oct 1794-25 Jan 1863); m.6 Nov 1827 Jane (d.2 Nov 1891), dau of Sir J D Paul, Bt.

1c) Pamela Frances Lucy Augusta Charlotte (29 Sep 1830- ); m.7 Dec 1850 James Turner

2b) Pamela (1795/6-25 Nov 1869); m.21 Nov 1820 Sir Guy Campbell, Bt. (d.26 Jan 1849)

3b) Lucy Louisa (1798-Sep 1826); m.5 Sep 1825 Capt.George Francis Lyon (d.8 Oct 1832)

4b) [by Elizabeth, née Linley, then wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan] Mary (30 Mar 1792-23 Oct 1793)

12a) Robert Stephen (15 Jan 1765-2 Jan 1833); m.22 Jul 1792 Sophia Charlotte Feilding (1773-19 Sep 1834)

1b) Mathilda Fitzgerald (31 Mar 1793-11 Mar 1850); m.24 Dec 1817 chevalier Victor Marion de Gaja (d.31 Jan 1875)

2b) Emily (21 Jul 1794-Jun 1816)

3b) Louisa, d.Brussels 17 Oct 1816

4b) Robert George (30 Sep 1795-31 Jul 1812)

5b) Charles Feilding (21 Dec 1796-drowned 8 Oct 1818)

6b) Sophia Charlotte FitzGerald (14 Mar 1799-19 Mar 1875); m.20 Oct 1831 Rev.Henry Dalton (d.Feb 1870)

7b) Geraldine Augusta (14 Mar 1799-4 Mar 1846)

8b) Caroline

9b) George (24 Dec 1809-29 Jan 1853); m.8 Sep 1834 Mary Barton (d.25 Jan 1866)

13a) Gerald (1766-lost at sea in the “Gulf of Florida” 1788)

14a) Augustus Joseph (8 Dec 1767-1771)

15a) Fanny Charlotte Elizabeth (28 Jan 1770-1775)

16a) Lucy Anne (5 Feb 1771-1851); m.31 Jul 1802 Sir Thomas Foley (1757-Portsmouth 9 Jan 1833)

17a) George Simon (Dec 1773-1783)