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.
REFERENCES TO William Vesey Fitzgerald, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey: Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, September 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [September 1822] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n3 Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January] 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 17 June 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 20 October 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XI 1826 Found 1: ¶ 55 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 21: Sun Anecdotes Found 1: ¶ 9 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1835 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. II: 1822 Found 1: ¶ n3 Ch. VI: 1827-28 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch. VIII: 1829 Found 1: ¶ 1