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Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare

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and urging him to repent. Rosse, noting that the letter was addressed only to "My Lord", as a dying joke put it in a fresh envelope and forwarded it to Kildare, who naturally assumed that it was an attack on him and was predictably furious. He demanded an inquiry by
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He had Iſue Four Sons, and Eight Daughters: of which Number Only JAMES the preſent Earl, and the Lady MARGARETTA Survived Him
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According to the plaque below the monument just his wife Lady Mary, and his children Margaretta and James survived him:
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He was rather unusual among the Irish nobility of his time for his strong and sincere religious beliefs.
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Lord Kildare died in February 1743, aged 68, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son
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and Mary Villiers on 7 March 1708. They had four sons and eight daughters, including:
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Monument dedicated to Robert FitzGerald, showing how he was mourned by his family, in
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Kildare succeeded his first cousin as Earl of Kildare in 1707 and was sworn of the
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Margaretta Hill, Countess of Hillsborough (died 19 January 1766), wife of
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He Died the 20 Day of February, A. D. 1743, in the 69th Year of His Age.
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Index

PC (Ire)
Hon. Robert FitzGerald
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare
County Londonderry
Irish Privy Council
Lord Justice of Ireland
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse
rakehell
vicar
blasphemy
John Hoadly
Archbishop of Dublin

Christ Church Cathedral
William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
James
Henry Cheere
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin


ISBN
978-0-300-10923-8




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