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John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald

Irish judge and politician (1816–1889)

Summary

Irish judge and politician (1816–1889)

Field	Value
name	The Lord FitzGerald
honorific_prefix	The Right Honourable
honorific_suffix	PC, PC (Ire)
image	John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald.png
office	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
termstart	1882
termend	1889
birth_name	John David FitzGerald

John David FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald, PC, PC (Ire) (1 May 1816 – 16 October 1889) was an Irish judge and Liberal politician.

Background

Born in Dublin, he was the son of the merchant David FitzGerald and his wife Catherine, eldest daughter of David Leahy. His sister Kate was married to Charles Robert Barry and his youngest sister Emily to Denis Caulfield Heron. FitzGerald was educated privately and was called to the bar by King's Inns in 1838. In 1870, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Dublin.

Career

FitzGerald became a Queen's Counsel in 1847, and was a judge of the Munster circuit. In 1855, FitzGerald was first elected a bencher, then nominated Solicitor-General for Ireland. Six days later, he was additionally sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee.

Judgments

Foakes v Beer [1884] UKHL 1, [1881-85] All ER Rep 106, (1884) 9 App Cas 605; 54 LJQB 130; 51 LT 833; 33 WR 233 - a leading case from the House of Lords on the legal concept of consideration

Family

In 1846, he married Rose, second daughter of John Donohoe, and had by her three sons. She died in 1850, and FitzGerald remarried Hon. Jane Matilda Mary, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Francis Southwell and Mary Ann Agnes Dillon, and sister of Thomas Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell. By his second wife, he had four sons and six daughters. The former Conservative politician Amber Rudd is his great-great-granddaughter.[[File:Fitzgerald Escutcheon.png|thumb|The arms of Fitzgerald: Ermine a Mascle Or over all a Saltire Gules ]]

References

"Leigh Rayment - Peerage".
Dod, Robert P.. (1860). "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland". Whitaker and Co..
O'Malley, Liam. "The Law Faculty". National University of Ireland, Galway.
"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage, Ennis".
(20 June 1882)
Debrett, John. (1886). "Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench". Dean & Son.
"Fitzgerald of Kilmarnock, Baron (UK, 1882 - 1889)".

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