John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory

The Earl of Upper Ossory
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office
1753–1758
Personal details
Born1719 (1719)
Died23 September 1758 (aged 38–39)
Spouse
Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower
(m. 1744)
ChildrenJohn, Richard, Mary and Louisa
Parent
EducationQueen's College, Oxford
Fermyn Woods Hall

John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (1719 – 23 September 1758), styled Lord Gowran from 1727–51, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician from County Cork, Ireland.

Biography

Fitzpatrick was the son of Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran, and Anne (née Robinson) and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.[1]

He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gowran in 1727 and his mother to the estates of Farmingwoods (now Fermyn Woods), Northamptonshire and Ampthill, Bedfordshire in 1744. He was created Earl of Upper Ossory in the Irish peerage on 5 October 1751. He was MP for Bedfordshire from 1753–8.[1]

He married Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, daughter of the 1st Earl Gower, on 29 June 1744. They had four children:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sedgwick, Romney, ed. (1970). "FITZPATRICK, John, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory [I] (?1719-58), of Ampthill, Beds.". The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. ^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 210. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
17531758
With: Thomas Alston
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Upper Ossory
1751 – 1758
Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron Gowran
1727 – 1758