Henry Vesey-FitzGerald, 3rd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey (19 December 1786 – 30 March 1860), was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century.[1]
Vesey-FitzGerald was born on 19 December 1786, the youngest son of James Fitzgerald and Catherine Vesey, created Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey in 1826.[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2]
He held incumbencies at Castlerahan, County Cavan and then Ballintemple, Cork.[3] He was Dean of Emly from 1818 until 1825,[4] when he became Dean of Kilmore,[5][6] a position he held until his death on 30 March 1860 at Danesfort, County Cavan.[2][7] He succeeded to the barony of FitzGerald and Vesey in 1843 following the death of his brother William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey; the title became extinct on his death.[2]
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- ^ Brady, William Maziere (1864). Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Dublin.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cotton, Henry (1860). Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges & Smith.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Morning Post. No. 16886. London. 2 February 1825.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ "Ireland. From our own correspondent". The Times. No. 23585. London. 4 April 1860. p. 11.