(4) Robert de Tibetot, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. of Sir John de Tibetot, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and Langar, Notts [Lord Tibetot] (who was b. 20 July 1313, and d. 13 Apr. 1367), by his 1st wife, Margaret (who d. between 3 Dec. 1344 and 20 Nov. 1347), 4th sister of Giles de Badelesmere: he, who was b. and bap. at Nettlestead, 11 June 1341, d. s.p.m. 13 Apr. 1372, and was bur. in the Church of the Grey Friars at Ipswich.

On 4 Feb. 1361/2 the King took the homage and fealty of Margery de Ros, and the escheator in co. Kent was ordered to divide the manor of Kingsdown into four equal parts, and to give her livery of her purparty; and on 11 Feb. following he was ordered to take the fealty of Maud, Countess of Oxford, whose homage had been respited, and to give her livery of her purparty: the purparties of Edmund de Mortemer and Robert de Tibetot, minors, being retained in the King's hand.(*)

FITZCLARENCE

i.e. "FITZCLARENCE," Viscountcy (Fitz Clarence), cr. 1831, with the EARLDOM OF MUNSTER, which see.

FITZGERALD (of Offaly) see OFFALY

FITZGERALD AND VESEY () [VESCI or VESCY] OF CLARE AND OF INCHICRONAN, co. CLARE FITZGERALD OF DESMOND AND

[I.] ; also

BARONY [I.]
I. 1826.

CLAN GIBBON

I. CATHERINE VESEY, yst. sister and coh. of John VESEY, of Oranmore, co. Galway (who d. 1779), and 2nd da. of the Rev. Henry VESEY, Warden of Galway, by Mary, da. and coh. of George GERRY, Alderman of Galway, was b. about 1759. She m., in 1782, James FITZGERALD, s. of William

(a) Fine Roll, 36 Edw. III, m. 28. The fealty of Margery was actually taken by the Chancellor, the Bishop of Winchester. (Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 392, no. 25689).

(b) It seems difficult to arrive at the correct spelling of the last word of this title, but it is said to be written as "Vesey" in the patent. The name of "Vescy" was that which was authorized as a surname by the sign manual of 1815. In the Lords' Journals, 16 May 1834, the claim to vote is allowed of "William Vesey

FITZGERALD, of Inchicronan, co. Clare, by Eliza, da. and coh. of Pierce LYNCH, of Grange. He was b. about 1743; K.C. [I.] circa 1776; was M.P. for Fore 1776-83, for Tulske 1783-97, for Kildare borough 1797-1800, and for Ennis (Tory) 1802-08 and 1812-13, being altogether in eight Parliaments; Prime Serjeant [I.] 1787-99, being known as "the silver tongued Serjeant," but relinquished this office at the time (and on the ground) of the Union [I.] P.C. [I.] 26 Dec. 1789. His wife was cr., 31 July 1826,(*) BARONESS FITZGERALD AND VESEY (") [VESCI, or VESCY OF CLARE AND OF INCHICRONAN,(c) co. Clare [I.]. She d. 3 Jan. 1832, aged about 73, in Dublin. He d. 20 Jan. 1835, at Herbert House, Booterstown, co. Dublin, aged about 92.

II. 1832. BARONY [U.K.] I. 1835.

2 and I. WILLIAM (VESCY-FITZGERALD), BARON

FITZGERALD AND VESEY OF CLARE AND INCHICRONAN [I], 2nd (d) but 1st surv. s. and h., took (together with his brother) by sign manual, 13 Feb. 1815, the name of Vescy before that of FitzGerald. M.P. (Tory) for Ennis 1808-12, and 1813-18, for co. Clare 1818-28, for Newport (Cornwall) 1829-30, for Lostwithiel Aug. to Dec. 1830, for Ennis, again, 1831-32; a Lord of the Treasury [I.] 1809-12; P.C. [I] 10 Feb. 1810; a Lord of the Treasury [U.K.] 1812-17; P.C. [U.K.] 13 Aug. 1812; Chancellor of the Exchequer [I.] 1812-16; F.R.S. 2 May 1816; Envoy to Sweden 1820-23; Paymaster Gen. 1826-28; Pres. of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy 1828-30;() Lord Lieut. of co. Clare 1831-43; Trustee of the Brit. Museum 1834 till his death. He was cr., 10 Jan. 1835, BARON FITZGERALD OF DESMOND AND CLAN GIBBON, co. Cork [U.K.]. Pres. of the Board of Control and first Commissioner for India, 1841-43; Pres. of the Royal Asiatic Soc. 1841 till his death; F.S.A. He d. unm., suddenly, in Belgrave Sq., Midx., 11, and was bur. 20 May 1843, in Kensal Green Cemetery, when the Barony of FitzGerald of Desmond and Clan

FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald and Vesci"; but when he took his seat as a Peer [U.K.], in Feb. 1835, the surname and the Irish peerage title were both spelt "Vesci"; but finally, when, on 5 July 1845, the claim to vote was allowed of his brother and heir, the claimant was called "Henry Vesey FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald and Vesey"; and the Irish patent of 1826 was recited as "FitzGerald and Vesey."

(*) The three extinctions made use of for this creation, according to the Act of Union [I.], were (1) Eardley, extinct 1824; (2) Milford, extinct 1823; and (3) Coleraine, extinct 1824.

(b) See note "b" on preceding page.

(e) See creation of DUFFERIN for an instance of the length of some of these 19th century peerage titles.

(d) His elder br., John, d. v.p., 1794.

(e) By accepting office in 1828 he vacated his seat for Clare and was defeated by O'Connell at the consequent election. V.G.

Gibbon became extinct. Will pr. June 1843.(*) Personalty over £150,000, left to his 2 bastard children.(*)

BARONY [I.]
III. 1843

to 1860.

3. HENRY (VESCY-FITZGERALD), BARON FITZGERALD AND VESEY OF CLARE AND INCHICRONAN [I.], br. and h., b. about 1786, in Dublin; admitted Trin. Coll. Dublin, 1 Oct. 1802, B.A. 1810, M.A. 1814, LL.B. and LL.D. 1815. In Holy Orders; Vicar of Ballintemple; Rector of Castleraghan; Dean of Kilmore 1825 till his death. He m., 7 Sep. 1825, Elizabeth, da. of Standish O'GRADY, of Elton, co. Limerick, by Mabella, yst. da. of William RYVES, of Castlejane, co. Limerick. She d. 4 Mar. 1834. He d. s.p.m., 30 Mar. 1860, aged 74, at Danesfort, co. Cavan, when the peerage became extinct.

FITZGERALD OF KILMARNOCK

BARONY FOR JOHN DAVID FITZGERALD, S. of David FITZGERALD, LIFE.

I. 1882

to

1889.

of Dublin, merchant, by Catherine, Ist da. of David LEAHY, of London; was b. 1816 in Dublin; Student of Gray's Inn 1834; Barrister (King's Inns) 1838; Q.C. [I.] 1847; M.P. (Liberal) for Ennis 1852-60;(0) Bencher of King's Inns 1855; Solicitor Gen. [I.] 1855-56; P.C. [1] 13 May 1856; Attorney Gen. [1] 1856-58, and 1859-60; Judge of the Queen's Bench [I.] 1860-82; Hon. LL.D. Trin. Coll. Dublin 1870. On 23 June 1882 he was appointed a LORD OF APPEAL IN ORDINARY (under "the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876") and granted the dignity of a Baron for life (d) by the style or title of BARON FITZGERALD OF KILMARNOCK, co. Dublin. P.C. [U.K.] 29 June 1882; Bencher Gray's Inn Dec. 1883. He m., Istly, in 1846, Rose, 2nd da. of John DONOHOE, of Fitzwilliam Sq., Dublin. She d. 1850. He m., 2ndly, 3 May 1860, at the Rom. Cath. church, Mortlake, Surrey, Jane Matilda Mary, sister of Thomas Arthur Joseph, 4th VISCOUNT SOUTHWELL [I.], and 2nd da. of Lieut. Col. the Hon.

(a) He was a supporter of Catholic emancipation. "He was clever, well informed, and agreeable, fond of society, living on good terms with people of all parties, and universally popular. He was liberal in his opinions, honourable, fair, and conciliatory... a faithful adherent of Peel's during the whole of his political career." (Greville Memoirs, part II, vol. ii, p. 159). V.G.

(b) One of these, the Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey FitzGerald, b. 1816, was M.P. for Horsham 1848, 1852-65, and 1874-75, Under Sec. for Foreign Affairs 1858-59, Gov. of Bombay 1866-72, and Chief Charity Commissioner 1875; P.C. 1866, G.C.S.I. 1868. He d. 28 June 1885, in Warwick Square, Pimlico. V.G. (c) In company with nearly every Liberal peer who was not a placeman, he remained a Unionist in 1886, when Gladstone broke up his party by acceding to the Irish demand for Home Rule. V.G.

(d) See note sub BLACKBURN as to these creations.

Arthur Francis SOUTHWELL, by Mary Anne Agnes, da. of Thomas DILLON, of Mount Dillon, co. Dublin. He d. 16 Oct. 1889, in Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, and was bur. in Glasnevin Cemetery, aged 73, when his life Peerage became extinct. Will pr. 9 Jan. 1890 in Dublin, over £12,000. His widow, who was b. 7 Feb. 1838, d. 26 Feb., and was bur. 2 Mar. 1910, in the Franciscan Monastery at Crawley, Sussex, aged 72.

Principal Residence.-Kilmarnock, Dalkey, Dublin.

FITZGIBBON

i.e. "FITZGIBBON OF LOWER CONNELLO, Co. Limerick," Barony [I.] (FitzGibbon), cr. 1789; also "FITZGIBBON OF LIMERICK, Co. Limerick, Viscountcy [I.] (FitzGibbon), cr. 1793; also "FITZGIBBON OF SIDBURY, CO. Devon," Barony [G.B.] (FitzGibbon), cr. 1799; see CLARE, Earldom [I.], cr. 1795; extinct 1864.

FITZHARDINGE(1) OF BEREHAVEN
VISCOUNTCY [I.]
I. 1663.

I. CHARLES BERKELEY, 2nd s. of Sir Charles B., of Bruton, Somerset (who in 1665 suc. his said son as 2nd Viscount), by Penelope, da. of Sir William GODOLPHIN, was bap. 11 Jan. 1629/30 at Bruton, Somerset; was Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York 1656, and, having faithfully served the Royal Family during their exile, was knighted at Whitehall, 30 May 1660; M.P. for New Romney 1661-65; Capt. of the Duke of York's or 2nd troop of Life Guards 1660/1-65; Lieut. Gov. of Portsmouth, and Keeper of the Privy Purse, both 1662-65; a Com.. missioner in Ireland 1663.() On 14 July 1663,(c) he was cr. BARON BERKELEY OF RATHDOWNE, co. Wicklow, (d) and VISCOUNT FITZHARDINGE () OF BEREHAVEN, co. Kerry [I.], with a spec. rem., failing his issue male, to his father and the heirs male of his father's body. M.A. Oxford 28 Sep. 1663.() Envoy to Paris Nov. 1664.

(*) Robert FitzHardinge, son of Harding, son of Eadnoth, at one time said to have been "a noble Dane," but now believed to have been a magnate of Bristol, obtained the Lordship of Berkeley, co. Gloucester, from Henry II, and was ancestor of the race of Berkeley. See vol. ii, sub BERKELEY.

(b) He is described as "an Irish official proficient in filling his own pockets." V.G. (c) The warrant of 9 June 1663 directs that "he receive the title of Viscount Fitzhardinge of Toul, and Baron Berehaven." V.G.

(d) The Lords' Journals describe him as Baron of Rathdowne in the county of Dublin. The Barony of Rathdowne is situated partly in co. Wicklow, partly in co. Dublin. V.G.

(e) For a list of peers cr. M.A. on that occasion, see note sub James, EARL OF SUFFOLK [1640].

On 17 Mar. 1663/4, he was cr. BARON BOTETOURT () OF LANGPORT, co. Somerset, and EARL OF FALMOUTH, but with the ordinary limitation. He m., 18 Dec. 1664, Mary,() da. of Hervey BAGOT, of Pipe Hall, co. Warwick, by his 1st wife, Dorothy, sister and coh. of Robert, and da. of Sir Henry ARDEN, of the same. He d. s.p.m.,() being slain on board the "Royal Charles," in a sea fight with the Dutch, in Southwold Bay, 3,(d) and was bur. 22 June 1665, in Westm. Abbey, aged 35.(4) Will dat. 21 Apr., pr. 29 June 1665. His widow, who was b. 1645, m., June 1674, as 1st wife, Charles (SACKVILLE), 6th EARL OF DORSET, who d. 29 Jan. 1705/6. She d. 12 Sep. 1679, and was bur. at Withyam the same day.() On Lord Falmouth's death his English Earldom and Barony became extinct, while the Irish titles devolved as under, according to their spec. limitation.

II. 1665.

2.

CHARLES (BERKELEY), VISCOUNT FITZHARDINGE OF BEREHAVEN, &c. [I.], father and (according to the spec. rem. in the patent) heir. He was elder br. of John, 1st LORD BERKELEY OF STRATTON, being s. and h. of Sir Maurice BERKELEY (who d. 1 May 1617), of Bruton, Somerset, by Elizabeth (who d. between 18 Apr. and 23 May 1626), da. of Sir Henry KILLIGREW, of

(a) He was a descendant but not a representative of the Lords Botetourt, his branch of the family being a cadet of the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford, in which line vested the coheirship to that dignity. See tabular pedigree sub BOTETourt.

(b) "A pretty woman, and pleasant in her looks." (Pepys, 24 June 1666). V.G. (c) His only child, Mary, b. May 1665 (5 months after her parents' marriage), m., 2 May 1681, Gilbert Gerard, afterwards Sir Gilbert Cosin-Gerard, Bart., from whom she was divorced in 1684, and d. s.p., 18 Apr. 1693, in her 28th year, being bur. at Bexley, Kent. M.I.

(d) There perished with him in the same engagement James (Ley), 3rd Earl of Marlborough, Charles (Maccarty), Viscount Muskerry, and Sir Edward Broughton, who were also bur. in Westm. Abbey. "He had nothing very remarkable either in his wit or his person." (Memoirs of Count Gramont, cap. vi). "A fellow of great wickedness... one in whom few other men [except the King] had ever observed any virtue or quality which they did not wish their best friends without. He was young and of an insatiable ambition, and a little more experience might have taught him all things which his weak parts were capable of." (Clarendon's Life, pp. 34, 267). Burnet's account is more favourable. "Berkeley was generous in his expence; and it was thought if he had outlived the lewdness of that time, and come to a more sedate course of life, he would have put the King on great and noble designs." (History, vol. i, p. 137). "A witty man he is in every respect, but of no good nature." (Pepys, 31 Mar. 1665). His execrable and contemptible character is shown by the fact that when the Duke of York's relations with Anne Hyde became known, hoping to curry favour for himself and willing to relieve the Duke of what he supposed to be a cast-off mistress, he spread the story that he himself was her seducer; finding that James was determined to acknowledge his wife, and that the lie was likely to prove disadvantageous, he proceeded to recant and make apologies to Anne and Clarendon. V.G.

(e) See note sub DORSET as to her character.