Duke of Leinster - Dukes of Leinster From 1766

Dukes of Leinster From 1766

Genealogy of Dukes of Leinster from 1766 : Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Ireland
16. William Robert FitzGerald
2nd Duke of Leinster KP (1749-1804)
8. Augustus Frederick FitzGerald
3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874)
17. Emilia Olivia St. George
(da. Usher St. George) (b.17??)
4. Charles William FitzGerald
4th Duke of Leinster (1847-1887)
18. Charles Stanhope
3rd Earl of Harrington (1853-1859)
9. Charlotte Augusta Stanhope
(1793-1859)
19. Jane Fleming
(da. John Fleming) (b.17??)
2. Gerald FitzGerald
5th Duke of Leinster (1851-1893)
20. George Granville Leverson-Gower
1st Duke of Sutherland KG (1758-1833)
10. George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower
2nd Duke of Sutherland KG (1786-1861)
21. Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland
(1765-1839)
5. Caroline Sutherland-Leverson-Gower
(da. 2nd Duke of Sutherland) (1817-1887)
22. George Howard
6th Earl of Carlisle KG (1773-1848)
11. Harriet Elizabeth Georgina Howard
(1806-1868)
23. Georgina Cavendish
(da. 5th Duke of Devonshire KG) (b.17??)
1. Maurice FitzGerald
6th Duke of Leinster (b.1887)
24. Charles Dunscombe
1st Baron Feversham (1764-1841)
12. William Dunscombe
2nd Baron Faversham (1798-1867)
25. Charlotte Legge
(da. 2nd Earl of Dartmouth) (d.1848)
6. William Ernest Duncombe
1st Earl of Feversham (b.1829)
26. George Stewart
8th Earl of Galloway KT (1768-1834)
13. Lousia Stewart
(d.1889)
27. Jane Paget
(da. 1st Earl Uxbridge) (d. 1842)
3. Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe
(1864-1895)
28. James Grayham 1st Bart
(1761-1824)
14. James Robert George Graham PC
(1792-1861)
29. Catherine Stewart
(da. 7th Earl of Galloway (d.1836)
7. Mabel Violet Graham
(18??)
30. James Callander
(b.1774)
15. Fanny Callender
(d.1857)
31. Elizabeth MacDonnel
(da. 5th Earl of Antrim) (d.1796)
Divisions of the Peerage
Peerage of England
Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Great Britain
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Most Noble Maurice (FitzGerald), 6th Duke of Leinster. (1887–1922).

Marquess and Earl of Kildare, co. Kildare, Earl and Baron of Offaly, all in the Peerage of Ireland;
Viscount Leinster of Taplow, co. Bucks, in the Peerage of Great Britain
and Baron Kildare of Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom;

Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Ireland.

The family was originally based in a large castle in Maynooth in County Kildare. In later centuries the family owned estates in Waterford with country residence being a Georgian house called Carton House which had replaced the castle in County Kildare. In Dublin, the Earl built a large townhouse residence on the southside of Dublin called Kildare House. When the Earl was awarded a dukedom and became Duke of Leinster, the house was renamed Leinster House. One of its occupants was Lord Edward FitzGerald, who became an icon for Irish nationalism through his involvement with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which ultimately cost him his life.

Leinster House was sold by the Leinsters in 1815. After nearly a century as the headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society, which held its famed Spring Show and Horse Show in its grounds, Oireachtas Éireann, the two chamber parliament of the new Irish Free State, rented Leinster House in 1922 to be its temporary parliament house. In 1924 it bought the building for parliamentary use. It has remained the parliament house of the Irish state.

The Dukes of Leinster had by the early 20th century lost all their property and wealth. Their Carton House seat was sold (though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists), as later on was their other residence in Waterford. The family now live in a smaller property in Ramsden, Oxfordshire.

A controversial claim by the supposed descendants of the 5th Duke (largely debunked by Michael Estorick in 1981) was made and failed, with the Lord Chancellor accepting the claim made by the 9th Duke of Leinster.

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