Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge FSA

Society of Antiquaries of London

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 (16 November 1826 – 28 June 1896), was a British Liberal Party

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 politician.

Background and education

FitzHardinge was the eldest son of Admiral Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge

Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge

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, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

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. He was educated at Rugby

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Career

FitzHardinge was a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards

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 and sat as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Cheltenham between 1856 and 1865. Two years later he succeeded his father in the barony and was enable to take a seat in the House of Lords

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. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...

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Family

Lord FitzHardinge married Georgina, daughter of William Holme-Sumner, in 1857. The marriage was childless. He died in London

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 in June 1896, aged 69, and was succeeded in the peerage by his younger brother, Charles. Lady FitzHardinge died in July 1897, aged 66.