Sir Adrian James Andrew Denis FitzGerald, 6th Baronet, 24th Knight of Kerry (born 24 June 1940) is a hereditary knight, a Conservative Party

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 politician in the UK

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, and former Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Family

The eldest son and heir of Sir George FitzGerald, 5th Baronet, 23rd Knight of Kerry, MC

Military Cross

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, by his wife Angela (Lady FitzGerald), daughter of Captain James Rankin Mitchell, of Mayfair

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, Adrian was educated at Harrow School

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Career

A founder-member (1962) of the Conservative Monday Club

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, he was firstly editor of their Newsletter, and from 1967-74 editor of their glossy magazine, Monday World. He has served as an elected Councillor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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 in London

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 from 1974 until his retirement in 2002, as Mayor (1984–85), and as Chairman of their Education and Libraries Committees from 1995. In 1989-90 he was Deputy Leader of the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

Other interests

Sir Adrian has also served as Chairman of Anglo-Polish Society for 1989–92, and is currently its President. He is vice Chairman of the London Chapter of the Irish Georgian Society

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 and a Patron of the Save Sloane Square

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 campaign and the anti-euthanasia

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He is a Knight of Malta, he is currently President of the Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). He divides his time between his homes in South Kensington

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, London, and Cappoquin

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, County Waterford

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*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

, Ireland.

Links

• PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE of NORTHERN IRELAND. The FitzGerald (Knights of Kerry) Papers (MIC/639 and T/3075)
• BURKE'S PEERAGE & GENTRY'S A TO Z GUIDE

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