Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster
Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster, , styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Irish peer and politician.Background
Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope.Political career
Leinster was High Sheriff of Kildare for 1843 and Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1847 to 1852. In 1870 he was granted a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Kildare in the peerage of the United Kingdom; he succeeded his father as Duke in 1874.Death
He died in Carton House.Family
Leinster married Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, on 12 or 13 October 1847 at Trentham, Staffordshire, England. They had 15 children:
- Lady Geraldine FitzGerald
- Lady Mabel FitzGerald
- Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster
- Lord Maurice FitzGerald, married at Longford on 13 April 1880 Lady Adelaide Forbes.
- Lady Alice FitzGerald, married at Carton House on 2 May 1882 Sir Charles John Oswald FitzGerald ; their daughter Mabel was later alleged to have been the secret wife of Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Lady Eva FitzGerald, unmarried and without issue
- Lady Mabel FitzGerald, unmarried and without issue
- Major Lord Frederick FitzGerald, unmarried and without issue
- Lord Walter FitzGerald, Captain 60th Rifles, unmarried and without issue
- Lord Charles FitzGerald, married in Calcutta on 21 November 1887 Alice Sidonia Claudius.
- Lord George FitzGerald
- Lord Henry FitzGerald, married in Taplow on 21 January 1891 Inez Charlotte Grace Boteler.
- Lady Nesta FitzGerald, unmarried and without issue
- Lady Margaret FitzGerald
- Lord Robert FitzGerald
Works
- The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin 1858.
