Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald
Honorific-Suffix:GCSI GCIE
Order1:Governor of Bombay
Term Start1:6 March 1867
Term End1:6 May 1872
Monarch1:Victoria
Predecessor1:Sir Bartle Frere
Successor1:Sir Philip Wodehouse
Birth Place:County Clare
Death Place:Oxford, Oxfordshire
Nationality: British
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Oriel College, Oxford
Spouse:Maria Seymour

Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1818 – 28 June 1885), was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1858 and 1859 and as Governor of Bombay between 1867 and 1872.

Background and education

FitzGerald was the illegitimate son of the 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey. He was educated at both Christ Church, Oxford and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in Classics in 1837.

Political career

FitzGerald was elected member for Horsham in 1848, but was unseated on petition. In 1852 he was once again elected for Horsham and was able to hold the seat until 1865. He served under The 14th Earl of Derby as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1858 and 1859.

In 1866 he was appointed Governor of Bombay, admitted to the Privy Council and (17 August 1887) made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India,[1] and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.

On his return to Britain, he again represented Horsham in parliament from 1874 to 1875. In 1875, he was appointed Chief Charity Commissioner.

He married Maria Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, in 1840 and had a son and daughter.

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Notes and References

  1. Great Britain. India Office