Richard Albert Fitzgerald

Richard Albert Fitzgerald (1806 – c.June 1847)[1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician

Richard Albert Fitzgerald
Member of Parliament
for Tipperary
In office
21 February 1845  June 1847
Serving with Nicholas Maher
Preceded byRobert Otway-Cave
Nicholas Maher
Succeeded byFrancis Scully
Nicholas Maher
Personal details
Born
Richard Albert FitzGerald

1806
Clonmel Co Tipperary
Diedcirca June 1847 (1848)
Youghal Co Cork
Cause of deathTyphus fever contrated while helping with the poor during the famine of 1847
Resting placeYoughal Cemetery family ault
NationalityIrish
Political partyRepeal Association
Spouse(s)Amelia/Emilia Frizoni di Celerina of Lisbon 1807-1895 the daughter of Daniel Frizoni 1765-1854 and Anna Isabella Lecussan Verdier 1788-1821
Children1. Annie Catherine 1837-1919 married Andrew Thunder 1824-1902 , 2. Richard Edwin 1838-1916 married Lucie Martin du Boistaillé 1840-1882, 3. Marie Geraldine 1840-1917, 4. Catherine Hélène Elizabeth Mary FitzGerald 1842-1916 married Alfred Taupinart de Tilière, comté 1843-1916, 5. Ada Cecily Charlotte FitzGerald 1844- married Humbert Beausire de Seyssel, comté died 1918, 6. Christina Frances FitzGerald 1845-1934 married Victor Laurent Valentin Sommyèvre, vicomte de Chateau Courchevelles Burgundy 1828-1909, 7 Maria FitzGerald 1847-1916 married her third cousin Auguste Anthony Morlet de Museau ca 1839-1916
ParentsRichard FitzGerald and Catherine 'Kate' Nagle
ResidenceMuckridge house Youghal Co Cork, Garnavilla House Caher Co Tipperary, Rathkervan in the parish of Rathtronan, Garnavilla Co. Tipperary
Alma materClongowes and then studied Law at TCD but never practiced.

He was educated at Clongowes Wood College and St. Patrick's, Carlow College, and also spent some time being taught in Paris.[2]

Fitzgerald was first elected Repeal Association MP for Tipperary at a by-election in 1845—caused by the death of Robert Otway-Cave—and held the seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.[3]

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (7 September 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "T"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "Richard Fitzgerald". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Otway-Cave
Nicholas Maher
Member of Parliament for Tipperary
18451847
With: Nicholas Maher
Succeeded by
Francis Scully
Nicholas Maher
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