Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros
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(11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907) was the son of William FitzGerald-de Ros
William FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros
General William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros of Helmsley, PC, DL , was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
and Lady Georgiana Lennox. He was born in Brighton
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The 24th Baron was Equerry
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to the Prince Consort from 1853–1861, and thence to Queen Victoria
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from 1861–1874. He was also a Lord in Waiting from 1874–1880, 1885–1886, and 1886–1892.
He married firstly to Lady Elizabeth Egerton (5 July 1832 - 14 March 1892), daughter of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
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, in Heaton, Lancashire
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, on 12 October 1853, then to Mary Geraldine Mahon (- 28 December 1921), daughter of Sir William Mahon, 4th Baronet, in London
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on 14 January 1896. By his first wife, he had one daughter:
- Mary FitzGerald-de RosMary Dawson, Countess of DartreyMary Frances Dawson, Countess of Dartrey, 25th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley was a British peeress. She was born in London. Her parents were Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros and Lady Elizabeth Egerton...
(born 1854), who succeeded her father upon his death.
The 24th Baron had no children by his second wife. He died in Old Court, County Down
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