William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry explained

William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry PC (Ire) (1694 – 4 April 1747) was an Irish peer and an officer in the British Army.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry and Anne Petty. In 1738, he married Lady Gertrude Lambart, daughter of Richard Lambart, 4th Earl of Cavan, and had a son, Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry (1740–1818), and a daughter Anna Maria, who married Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry.

On 23 June 1716, he was commissioned a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards (ranking as lieutenant-colonel in the Army), but resigned in January 1717/8. He later became Governor of Ross Castle.^[1] He was also a Privy Counsellor in Ireland and Custos Rotulorum of Kerry (1746–1747).^[2]

The Earl of Kerry died in 1747 in Lixnaw. His wife, Gertrude, died in 1775 and was buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 17 November.^[3]

External links

• Petty FitzMaurice (Lansdowne) Family Tree

References

• The Complete Peerage (1910-1959; Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 213 / 214
• English Lords: Kerry, Shelburne, Lansdowne, Leigh

Notes and References

1. Book: Mackinnon, Daniel . Daniel Mackinnon

   . Daniel Mackinnon . Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards . II . Richard Bentley . London . 1833 . 474–475 .

2. Book: Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . 1. 53.
3. The Register Book for Burials. In the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 1754-1812. 17 November 1775