The Hon. William Edward FitzMaurice (21 March 1805 – 18 June 1889) was a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Background

FitzMaurice was the son of John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall

John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall

John Hamilton FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall , known as John FitzMaurice until 1791, was a British politician.-Background:...

, son of the Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice (younger son of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne

John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne

John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC , known as John FitzMaurice until 1751 and as The Viscount FitzMaurice between 1751 and 1753, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician...

 and younger brother of Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC , known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the first Home Secretary in 1782 and then Prime Minister 1782–1783 during the final...

) and his wife Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney

Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney

Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney was a Scottish suo jure peeress, the only surviving child of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond and Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney....

, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond

Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond

Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond KP, PC , known from 1777 to 1800 as the 5th Earl of Inchiquin, was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.-Life:Murrough O'Brien was born in 1726 to Hon...

 and Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney

Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney

Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney was the eldest daughter of Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney and William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, and Countess of Orkney in her own right....

. His mother was the Hon. Anna Maria, daughter of John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere, while Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney

Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney

Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney , was born 8 August 1803 and died 16 May 1877. He married Charlotte Irby on 14 March 1826. Their son George William Hamilton FitzMaurice became the 6th Earl of Orkney. Their fourth son, Alexander Temple FitzMaurice, became a Groom of the Bedchamber in 1867...

 was his elder brother.

Political career

FitzMaurice was elected as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at an unopposed by-election in July 1842. He held the seat until the 1847 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1847

-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

, when he did not stand for re-election.

Family

FitzMaurice was twice married. He married firstly Hester, daughter of Henry Harford, in 1837. After her death in August 1859 he married secondly Anne Louisa, daughter of John Hatton, in 1870. He died in June 1889, aged 84.

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