William FitzHardinge Berkeley, first earl FitzHardinge

(1786-1857)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fitzhardinge, William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Earl of, 1786-1857 NRA: Berkeley, William Fitzhardinge (1786-1857) Earl Fitzhardinge LBT ID: LdFitzh1 VIAF ID: 40828235 LOC ID: n85273723	B/BAP: 1786-12-26 DIED: 1857-10-10
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The illegitimate son of the fifth earl of Berkeley; he was Whig MP for Gloucester (1810) and unsuccessfully petitioned the House of Lords for admission as Lord Berkeley in 1812, and was created earl FitzHardinge in 1841.
REFERENCES TO William FitzHardinge Berkeley, first earl FitzHardinge: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: The Criminal Found 1: ¶ 1