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. | |