Fitzgibbon, (Robert Louis) Constantine (Lee-Dillon) (1919–83), writer, was born 8 June 1919 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA, fourth child and only son of Robert Francis Lee-Dillon Fitzgibbon (1884–1954) and his wife Georgette, daughter of George Winthrop Folsom of Lenox, Massachusetts.…
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Fitzgibbon, Theodora
Fitzgibbon, Theodora (1916–91), cookery expert and writer, was born Joan Eileen Rosling on 21 October 1916 in London, the only child of Adam Rosling, motor engineer with the Royal Naval Air Service, and Alice Winifred Rosling (née Hodgkins). Her parents were divorced soon after…
Fitzharris, Edward
Fitzharris, Edward (d. 1641), lawyer and politician, was second son of Matthew Fitzharris (or Fitzhenry) of Moghmaine, Co. Wexford, and Margaret, daughter of Sir Walter Browne of Mulrankin, Co. Wexford. His father, a prominent figure in the town of New Ross, sat as member of…
Fitzharris, Edward
Fitzharris, Edward (c.1648–1681), soldier and conspirator, was the second son of Sir Edward Fitzharris (d. in or before 1700), of Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Ellen Fitzgerald. He was probably a grandson of Sir Edward Fitzharris (d. April 1641), a lawyer and…
Fitzharris, James (‘Skin-the-Goat’)
Fitzharris, James (‘Skin-the-Goat’) (1834–1910), cab-driver and nationalist, was born in April 1834 in Ballbeg, near Ferns, Co. Wexford, the only surviving child one of Andrew Fitzharris, a farm labourer, and his wife Mary (née Neille); (he was baptised on 19 April 1834). After the…
Fitzhenry, Elizabeth
Fitzhenry, Elizabeth (c.1722–1790), leading actress, was born Elizabeth Flanagan in Abbey St., Dublin, daughter of the proprietor of the Old Ferry Boat tavern. She was sometimes mistakenly referred to as Mary Flannigan; her real name appears on her first marriage…
fitz Henry, Meiler
fitz Henry, Meiler (a.1157–1220), justiciar, was son of Henry fitz Henry (son of Henry I, king of England) and Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, Wales. He was orphaned as a child when his father was killed in an ambush while fighting in…
Fitzherbert, Alleyne
Fitzherbert, Alleyne (1753–1839), Baron St Helens , chief secretary for Ireland and diplomat, was born 1 March 1753 at Derby, fifth and youngest son of William Fitzherbert, MP, of Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, and Mary Fitzherbert (née Meynell). Educated locally and then at Eton,…
Fitzjames, James
Fitzjames, James (1670–1734), duke of Berwick , soldier and Jacobite, was born 21 August 1670 at Moulins, France, eldest son of James, duke of York (later James II (qv)) and his mistress Arabella Churchill, sister of…
Fitzjohn, William
Fitzjohn, William (d. 1326), bishop of Ossory, archbishop of Cashel, deputy justiciar, and chancellor of Ireland, is first mentioned when, as a prebendary of the cathedral church of Ossory, he was elected bishop of Ossory by his chapter on 10 September 1302; he was consecrated…
Fitzmaurice, George
Fitzmaurice, George (1877–1963), playwright, was born 28 January 1877 at Bedford House, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, tenth among twelve children (seven daughters and five sons), half of whom died in infancy and none of whom married, of George Fitzmaurice, clergyman and farmer, and his…
Fitzmaurice, Gerald Henry
Fitzmaurice, Gerald Henry (1865–1939), consular official and linguist, was born 15 July 1865 in Dublin, son of Henry Fitzmaurice, tea and commission agent, of Howth, Co. Dublin, and Margaret Fitzmaurice (née McKenny); he had one younger sister. He was educated at University…
Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty
Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty - (1845–1927), 5th marquess of Lansdowne , landowner, and politician, was born 14 January 1845 at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, eldest son of Henry Thomas Fitzmaurice (1816–66), 4th marquess of Lansdowne, and his second wife, Emily…
Fitzmaurice, James Christopher
Fitzmaurice, James Christopher (1898–1965), aviator, was born 6 January 1898 at 35 Mountjoy Prison Cottages, North Circular Road, Dublin, second of three sons and one daughter of Michael Fitzmaurice, prison warder, and Mary Agnes Fitzmaurice (née Riordan), both of whose families…
Fitzmaurice, Patrick
Fitzmaurice, Patrick (d. 1600), 17th baron of Lixnaw and Kerry , was eldest son of Thomas (qv), 16th baron, and his wife Margaret, second daughter of James fitz John Fitzgerald (qv), 14th earl of Desmond. He was probably born…
Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice
Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice (1861–1924), civil engineer, was born 11 May 1861 at Cloghers, Tralee, Co. Kerry, eldest of four sons of Robert Fitzmaurice, doctor, and Thomasine Fitzmaurice (née Taylor) of Dublin. After attending a local school, he graduated…
FitzMaurice, Thomas
FitzMaurice, Thomas (1574–1630), 18th Lord Kerry and Baron Lixnaw , the eldest of the three sons and two daughters of Patrick FitzMaurice (qv) and his wife Joan, daughter of David, Lord Fermoy, followed his father into rebellion…
Fitzmaurice, Thomas
Fitzmaurice, Thomas (d. 1590), 16th baron of Kerry and Lixnaw , landowner and rebel, was the fourth and youngest son of Edmund Fitzmaurice, 10th baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, and his wife Una, daughter of Teige MacMahon of Thomond. Having three older brothers, he left Ireland and was…
Fitzpatrick, Hugh
Fitzpatrick, Hugh (d. 1818), printer and bookseller, was said by an obituarist to be ‘descended from a noble Irish family’ and seems to have been a nephew of Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick (qv), of whose will he and his son…
Fitzpatrick, James Coleman
Fitzpatrick, James Coleman (1816–80), chief justice in the Gold Coast and the Cape Colony, was born 6 January 1816 in Co. Tipperary, son of James Fitzpatrick, a catholic tradesman of Nenagh, and his wife, Bridget (née Cormack). He graduated BA…
Fitzpatrick, John
Fitzpatrick, John (1870–1946), labour leader, was born 21 April 1870 in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, youngest of five sons of John Fitzpatrick, farmer and blacksmith, and Adelaide Fitzpatrick (née Clarke). Within a year of his birth his mother died, and by the age of 10 he had also lost…
Fitzpatrick, John (‘Jack’)
Fitzpatrick, John (‘Jack’) (d. p.1693?), army officer and politician, was the son of Florence Fitzpatrick, of Castletown, in the barony of Upper Ossory, Queen's County, who was a member of the commons in the confederate general assembly, 1642–9. The Fitzpatricks had…
Fitzpatrick, John Lalor
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Fitzpatrick, John Michael
Fitzpatrick, John Michael (1948–2014), urologist and surgeon, was born on 15 July 1948 in Dublin, the eldest of three sons of Hugh Fitzpatrick, a solicitor, and his wife Mary (née Shinkwin). The family lived on Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and later Merrion Road, and Fitzpatrick…
Fitzpatrick (MacGillapatrick), Barnaby (Bernard)
Fitzpatrick (MacGillapatrick), Barnaby (Bernard) (c.1535–1581), 2nd baron of Upper Ossory , was eldest son of Brian (Bernard) MacGillapatrick (qv), 1st baron of Upper Ossory, and Margaret, daughter of…