Biography of John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory 1745-1818

After 25th June 1727. St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map]. Monument to those contained in the vault: [his grandfather] Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran and [his grandmother] Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran, their son [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 8] and his wife [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 2], their son John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott.

Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran: On 27th April 1715 Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran was created 1st Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. In 1718 he and Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran: she was born to John Robinson. On 24th November 1744 she died.

On 29th June 1744 [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 25] and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 2nd May 1745 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory was born to John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 26] and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 20].

On 5th October 1751 [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Upper Ossory. [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 26] by marriage Countess Upper Ossory.

On 29th January 1756 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 20] and [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 19] were married.

On 6th May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 73] died. His grandson Augustus [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 20] by marriage Duchess Grafton.

On 25th September 1758 [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 39] died. His son John [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Earl Upper Ossory, 3rd Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

Before August 1760 [his step-father] Richard Vernon [aged 34] and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and [his grandmother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 14th April 1763 [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 38] died.

On 23rd March 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 33] and [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32] were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 23] whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard [aged 34], if they existed, were undermined by the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset [aged 23].

After 23rd March 1769 [his daughter] Anne Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 23] and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32].

After 23rd March 1769 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 23] and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory.

After 23rd March 1769 [his daughter] Gertrude Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 23] and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32].

On 24th June 1769, three months after his divorce from his first wife Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32], Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 33] and Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

After 5th January 1771 [his brother-in-law] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 33] and [his sister] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Shelburne in County Wexford. She the daughter of [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne.

On 14th July 1776 [his brother-in-law] George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke [aged 29] and [his half-sister] Henrietta Vernon Countess Warwick and Brooke [aged 15] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess Warwick, Countess Brooke Warwick Castle. She the daughter of [his step-father] Richard Vernon [aged 50] and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick [aged 56]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 4th June 1778 John Smyth [aged 30] and [his step-daughter] Georgiana Fitzroy [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 42] and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 41].

In 1784 [his brother-in-law] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 46] was created 1st Marquess Lansdowne. [his sister] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 29] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 16th November 1784 [his step-son] George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton [aged 24] and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave [aged 23] were married at Navestock, Essex. She the daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh [aged 48]. He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 49] and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 47]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th August 1789 [his sister] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 34] died.

On 20th June 1795 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy [aged 30] and Frances Mundy were married. He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 59] and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 58].

On 10th January 1799 [his step-daughter] Georgiana Fitzroy [aged 41] died.

In 1804 [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 67] died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.

In 1808 [his illegitimate daughter] Emma Mary Fitzpatrick Baroness Lyveden was born illegitimately to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 62] and Elizabeth Mary Wilson.

On 1st February 1818 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory [aged 72] died.

In 1846 [his son-in-law] Robert Smith aka Vernon 1st Baron Lyveden [aged 45] changed the surname of his children to Vernon when his wife inherited the estates of her father John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory.