Henry Vesey-FitzGerald, 3rd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey

Henry Vesey-FitzGerald, 3rd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey (19 December 1786 – 30 March 1860) was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century.[1]

Vesey-FitzGerald was born on 19 December 1786, the youngest son of James Fitzgerald and Catherine Vesey, created Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey in 1826.[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2]

He held incumbencies at Castlerahan, County Cavan and then Ballintemple, Cork.[3] He was Dean of Emly[4] from 1818, until 1825 when he became Dean of Kilmore,[5][6] a position he held until his death on 30 March 1860 at Danesfort, County Cavan.[2][7] He succeeded to the barony of FitzGerald and Vesey in 1843 following the death of his brother William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey; the title became extinct on his death.[2]

References

  1. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J.; Cosgrove, A. (1976). A New History of Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  2. Kelly, James (January 2008) [2004]. "Fitzgerald, James (1742–1835)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9566. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Brady, William Maziere (1864). Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Dublin.
  4. Cotton, Henry (1860). Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges & Smith.
  5. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Morning Post (16886). London. 2 February 1825.
  6. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  7. "Ireland. From our own correspondent". The Times (23585). London. 4 April 1860. p. 11.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Richard Moore
Dean of Emly
1818–1825
Succeeded by
Thomas Le Fanu
Preceded by
William Magenis
Dean of Kilmore
1825–1860
Succeeded by
Thomas Carson
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
1843–1860
Extinct
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