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GB-2014-WSA-07176 · Person · 1797-1874

FITZGERALD-DE ROS, WILLIAM LENNOX LASCELLES, 23RD BARON DE ROS, third son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald MP, and Charlotte, Baroness De Ros, only dau. of Hon. Robert Boyle-Walsingham MP (I); b. 1 Sep 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS 1811; said to have passed a night in the Abbey to confront Bradshaw’s ghost, which was supposed to haunt the chamber in the south-west tower and the triforium passage nearby (Stanley, Hist. Mem. of Westminster Abbey, 437, n. 3); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1815, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1815, Canoneer Student 1815-24; BA 1819; MA 1822; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 29 Mar 1819; Lieut., 24 Aug 1821; Capt., 23 Oct 1824; Maj., 5 Jun 1827; Lieut. -Col., 8 Sep 1831; Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Mar 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1868; Col., 4th Hussars, from 6 Feb 1865; served as Quartermaster - Gen. in Crimean War; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV 21 Oct 1836; succeeded brother as 23rd Baron De Ros 29 Mar 1839; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard Feb- Dec 1852, Mar 1858 - Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; Lieut. -Governor, Tower of London, from 13 Feb 1852; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1865; m. 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox, sister of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 6 Jan 1874.

GB-2014-WSA-07177 · Person · 1810-1884

FITZHARDING, WILLIAM GEORGE AUGUSTUS, recorded on baptism at St. Mary’s, Marylebone Road, London, as son of William Fitzharding, and Jane --- (IGI), (but said to have been an illegitimate son of William Berkeley, 1st Earl Fitzhardinge, and Jane Baldwin, niece of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Hawkshaw, EICS Bengal); b. 8 Jun 1810; adm. 23 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; left 1826; articled to Thomas Clarke, Solicitor to the Ordnance, 1827; emigrated to Australia 1838; adm. solicitor, New South Wales 1 Apr 1840; practised in Sydney; m. 1st, c. 1833 Mary Anne Gahen; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1844 Anna Amelia, dau. of William Hyde; m. 3rd, 16 Aug 1866 Harriet Ellen, dau. of Alfred Elyard, Sydney, solicitor; d. at Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1884.

Fitzherbert, ---, d. 1801
GB-2014-WSA-07178 · Person · d. 1801

FITZHERBERT, ---; b.; adm. 11 Feb 1799 (Clapham); in school list 1801; d. 7 Dec 1801.

GB-2014-WSA-00622 · Person · 1748-1791

Fitzherbert, Sir William, Bart., son of William Fitzherbert, M.P., of Tissington, co. Derby, a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, by Mary, eldest daughter of Littleton Poynta Meynell, of Bradley, in the same co.; b. May 27, 1748; in school lists 1764; left Christmas 1764; St. John's Coll. Camb. (adm. fellow commoner Feb. 19, 1765); M.A. 1770; adm. to Lincoln's Inn June 14, 1773, called to the bar June 24, 1776; Recorder of Derby; a Gent. Usher to George III; created a baronet Jan. 22, 1784; author of A Dialogue on the Revenue Laws, and of a collection of moral Maxims; m. 14 Oct. 1777, Sarah, only daughter of William Perrin, of Jamaica; d. 30 July 1791 (see DNB)

GB-2014-WSA-07179 · Person · ca. 1706-1742

FITZHUGH, HENRY, only son of William Fitzhugh, Eagle’s Nest, King George Co., Virginia, North America, and Ann, dau. of Richard Lee, Westmorland Co., Virginia, a member of Council, Virginia; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1720; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Oct 1722; adm. Middle Temple 16 Sep 1722, called to bar 10 Feb 1726/7; of Eagle’s Nest, Virginia; member, House of Burgesses, Virginia 1738, 1740, 1742; Lieut. -Col., Stafford Militia; m. 28 Jul 1730 (IGI) Lucy, dau. of Col. Robert Carter, Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia; d. 6 Dec 1742.

Fitzjohn, ---, fl. 1554
GB-2014-WSA-07180 · Person · fl. 1554

FITZJOHN, ---; b.; adm.; QS 4 Feb 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter).

Fitzjohn, Tudor, 1875-1962
GB-2014-WSA-07181 · Person · 1875-1962

Fitzjohn, Tudor, son of the Rev. Thomas Lechmere Tudor Fitzjohn, Vicar of Cardington, Salop, by Emily Mercy, second daughter of William Patchett, of Shrewsbury; b. July 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 16, 1890 (G); left July 1891; Non-Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896, migrated to Caius Coll., where he was adm. pensr. Jan. 14, 1898, and kept four terms; 2nd Lieut. Wares Regt. (from the Militia) April 21, 1900; Lieut. Dec. 8, 1900; Capt. Aug. 25, 1906; Major Oct. 26, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. 7th Batt. Lancs Regt. Dec. 20, 1915 - April 23, 1918, acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers April 24 -July 30, 1918, and acting Lieut.­Col. Worcs Rcgt. Sept. 9, 1918 - Feb. 22, 1919; Lieut.-Col. in the army May 31, 1922; retired. June 25, 1922; served in the South African War with the Mounted Infantry 1901-2, and in Great War I 1914-21; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and July 9, 1919; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917, Bar July 30, 1919; French War Cross; m. May 17, 1916, Jessie Louisa, widow of Lieut.-Col. Victor G. Rickards, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and daughter of the Rev. Canon Courtenay Moore, Rector of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; d. 1962.