John Fitzgibbon, first earl of Clare

(1748-1802)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Clare, John Fitzgibbon, Earl of, 1748-1802 NRA: Fitzgibbon John (1749-1802) 1st Earl of Clare DNB: FitzGibbon, John, first earl of Clare (1748-1802), lord chancellor of Ireland LBT ID: LdJClare1 VIAF ID: 57459386 LOC ID: n85024794	B/BAP: 1748 DIED: 1802-01-28
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Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Christ Church, Oxford, he was lord chancellor of Ireland (1789-1802) and instrumental in passing the Act of Union.
REFERENCES TO John Fitzgibbon, first earl of Clare: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 3 September 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXIV Found 1: ¶ 3 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 I: 1821