William Vesey Fitzgerald, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey

(1783 c.-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fitzgerald and Vesey, William Vesey Fitzgerald, Baron, 1783-1843 NRA: Fitzgerald William Vesey (1783-1843) Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey statesman DNB: Fitzgerald, William Vesey-, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey, and Baron Fitzgerald (1783?-1843), politician LBT ID: LdFitzg2 VIAF ID: 69685917 LOC ID: n88132734	B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1843-05-11
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Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was a Tory MP for Ennis (1808-12, 1813-18, 1831-32), County Clare (1818-28), Newport (1829-30), and Lostwithiel (1830); he was chancellor of the Irish Exchequer (1812-16) when engaged with the scandals involving Mary Ann Clarke.
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Vesey Fitzgerald, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey: William Vesey Fitzgerald to William Jerdan, 7 April 1813 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)