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The Duke of Leinster | |
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![]() Portrait by Joshua Reynolds | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 1747 – 19 November 1773 Hereditary Peerage | |
Succeeded by | William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 May 1722 |
Died | 19 November 1773 Leinster House, Dublin | (aged 51)
Spouse | |
Children | 18, including: |
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Lieutenant-General James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, PC (Ire) (29 May 1722 – 19 November 1773), styled Lord Offaly until 1743 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1743 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 1766, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier and politician.