Death of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory.
The death is announced of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, which occurred yesterday, at 32, Hertford-street. The late peer was son of John, late Earl of Upper Ossory, whose Irish estates he inherited. He was a Privy Councillor of Ireland and Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Queen's County. He was educated at Eton, and served several years in the 87th Regiment. Under the guardianship of Lord Holland and in the atmosphere of Holland House he was early trained in Whig principles, by which he abided consistently throughout a long political life, which he served as member for Queen's County from 1837 to 1841, from 1847 to 1852, and a third time from 1865 to November, 1869, when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, a title originally belonging to the Fitz Patrick family and dating from about 1500. He is succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Bernard E. B. Fitz Patrick, M.P. for Portarlington. [St James's Gazette - Tuesday 23 January 1883, p.12]
THE LATE LORD CASTLETOWN.
The funeral of the late Lord Castletown took place yesterday afternoon at Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire. The mourners included the the Hon. Bernard E. B. FitzPatrick, the only son of the deceased, who succeeds him in the title, and Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington Smyth, his son-in-law and daughter. The coffin bore the following inscription:
"John Wilson Fitz Patrick, first Baron Castletown;
born 1809, raised to the peerage, 1869; died 1883."
[Evening News (London) - Friday 26 January 1883, p.3]
The death is announced of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, which occurred yesterday, at 32, Hertford-street. The late peer was son of John, late Earl of Upper Ossory, whose Irish estates he inherited. He was a Privy Councillor of Ireland and Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Queen's County. He was educated at Eton, and served several years in the 87th Regiment. Under the guardianship of Lord Holland and in the atmosphere of Holland House he was early trained in Whig principles, by which he abided consistently throughout a long political life, which he served as member for Queen's County from 1837 to 1841, from 1847 to 1852, and a third time from 1865 to November, 1869, when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, a title originally belonging to the Fitz Patrick family and dating from about 1500. He is succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Bernard E. B. Fitz Patrick, M.P. for Portarlington. [St James's Gazette - Tuesday 23 January 1883, p.12]
THE LATE LORD CASTLETOWN.
The funeral of the late Lord Castletown took place yesterday afternoon at Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire. The mourners included the the Hon. Bernard E. B. FitzPatrick, the only son of the deceased, who succeeds him in the title, and Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington Smyth, his son-in-law and daughter. The coffin bore the following inscription:
"John Wilson Fitz Patrick, first Baron Castletown;
born 1809, raised to the peerage, 1869; died 1883."
[Evening News (London) - Friday 26 January 1883, p.3]
Death of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory.
The death is announced of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, which occurred yesterday, at 32, Hertford-street. The late peer was son of John, late Earl of Upper Ossory, whose Irish estates he inherited. He was a Privy Councillor of Ireland and Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Queen's County. He was educated at Eton, and served several years in the 87th Regiment. Under the guardianship of Lord Holland and in the atmosphere of Holland House he was early trained in Whig principles, by which he abided consistently throughout a long political life, which he served as member for Queen's County from 1837 to 1841, from 1847 to 1852, and a third time from 1865 to November, 1869, when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, a title originally belonging to the Fitz Patrick family and dating from about 1500. He is succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Bernard E. B. Fitz Patrick, M.P. for Portarlington. [St James's Gazette - Tuesday 23 January 1883, p.12]
THE LATE LORD CASTLETOWN.
The funeral of the late Lord Castletown took place yesterday afternoon at Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire. The mourners included the the Hon. Bernard E. B. FitzPatrick, the only son of the deceased, who succeeds him in the title, and Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington Smyth, his son-in-law and daughter. The coffin bore the following inscription:
"John Wilson Fitz Patrick, first Baron Castletown;
born 1809, raised to the peerage, 1869; died 1883."
[Evening News (London) - Friday 26 January 1883, p.3]
The death is announced of Lord Castletown, of Upper Ossory, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, which occurred yesterday, at 32, Hertford-street. The late peer was son of John, late Earl of Upper Ossory, whose Irish estates he inherited. He was a Privy Councillor of Ireland and Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Queen's County. He was educated at Eton, and served several years in the 87th Regiment. Under the guardianship of Lord Holland and in the atmosphere of Holland House he was early trained in Whig principles, by which he abided consistently throughout a long political life, which he served as member for Queen's County from 1837 to 1841, from 1847 to 1852, and a third time from 1865 to November, 1869, when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, a title originally belonging to the Fitz Patrick family and dating from about 1500. He is succeeded in the peerage by his only son, Bernard E. B. Fitz Patrick, M.P. for Portarlington. [St James's Gazette - Tuesday 23 January 1883, p.12]
THE LATE LORD CASTLETOWN.
The funeral of the late Lord Castletown took place yesterday afternoon at Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire. The mourners included the the Hon. Bernard E. B. FitzPatrick, the only son of the deceased, who succeeds him in the title, and Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington Smyth, his son-in-law and daughter. The coffin bore the following inscription:
"John Wilson Fitz Patrick, first Baron Castletown;
born 1809, raised to the peerage, 1869; died 1883."
[Evening News (London) - Friday 26 January 1883, p.3]
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