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Biography of William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley 1797-1874

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On 1st September 1797 William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley was born to Henry Fitzgerald (age 36) and Charlotte Boyle 20th Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 28) at Thames Ditton, Surrey [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th June 1824 William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 26) and Georgiana Lennox Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 55). They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11th March 1827 [his son] Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley was born to William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 29) and [his wife] Georgiana Lennox Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.58%.

In 1829 [his brother-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond (age 37) was appointed 665th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 66).

On 8th July 1829 [his father] Henry Fitzgerald (age 67) died.

On 9th January 1831 [his mother] Charlotte Boyle 20th Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 61) died. Her son [his brother] Henry (age 37) succeeded 21st Baron Ros Helmsley.

On 29th March 1839 [his brother] Henry Fitzgerald 21st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 45) died. His brother William (age 41) succeeded 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley. [his wife] Georgiana Lennox Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 43) by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

The London Gazette 21926. At the Court at BucKingham-Palace, 27th day of February 1852

PRESENT, the The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

HER Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable William, Earl of Lonsdale (age 64), Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and His Lord ship took his place at the Board accordingly.

day the Most Noble Algernon (age 59), Duke of Northumberland, the Right Honourable John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich; the Right Honourable Archibald William (age 39), Earl of Eglinton; the Right Honourable Charles Philip (age 52), Earl of Hardwicke; the Right Honourable James Howard, Earl of Malmesbury; the Right Honourable John James Robert Manners (commonly called Lord John Manners); the Right Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton); the Right Honourable William Lennox Lascelles (age 54), Lord De Ros; the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Colchester; the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester; the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington (age 53), Bart.; the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole (age 45); the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli; the Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley; the Right Honourable Robert Adam Christopher; the Right Honourable William Beresford; and the Right Honourable George Bankes; were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly.

The London Gazette 21397. St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert (age 47) Viscount Sydney to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of William-Lennox-Lascelles Lord de Ros (age 55), resigned

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On 12th October 1853 [his son] Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Egerton Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 21) were married at Heaton, Lancashire. She the daughter of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton (age 53) and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton (age 52).

On 21st October 1860 [his brother-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond (age 69) died. His son Charles (age 42) succeeded 6th Duke Richmond, 6th Earl March, 6th Baron Settrington. Frances Harriett Greville Duchess Richmond (age 36) by marriage Duchess Richmond.

On 6th January 1874 William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 76) died at Old Court, Strangford, County Down. His son [his son] Dudley (age 46) succeeded 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Egerton Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 41) by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

On 15th December 1891 [his former wife] Georgiana Lennox Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 96) died.

[his father] Henry Fitzgerald and [his mother] Charlotte Boyle 20th Baroness Ros of Helmsley were married. He the son of [his grandfather] James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster and [his grandmother] Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley 1797-1874 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley 1797-1874

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley 1797-1874

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Boyle Countess Kildare

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Clotworthy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

GrandFather: James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Murdough O'Brien 1st Earl Inchiquin

Great x 3 Grandfather: William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth St Leger Countess Inchiquin 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Boyle Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard Countess Orrery 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Henry Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume de Penancoët Seigneur de Kéroualle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie de Plœuc

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cadogan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cadogan

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hardress Waller

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Waller

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cecilia Munter Countess Cadogan

William Fitzgerald De Ros 22nd Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Boyle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Howard Countess Orrery 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Robert Boyle Walsingham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Charlotte Boyle 20th Baroness Ros of Helmsley 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England