For other people with this name, see Edward Fitzgerald.
Lord Edward FitzGerald
Born
(1763-10-15)15 October 1763 Carton House, County Kildare, Kingdom of Ireland
Died
4 June 1798(1798-06-04) (aged 34) Newgate Prison, Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
Buried
St. Werburgh's Church
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain United Irishmen
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1779–1790
Rank
Major
Battles/wars
Battle of Eutaw Springs
Spouse(s)
Stéphanie Caroline Anne Syms
Children
Edward Fox
Pamela
Lucy Louisa
Relations
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (father)
Lady Emilia Mary Lennox (mother)
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (brother)
Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 – 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and nationalist. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American War of Independence, and as an Irish Parliamentarian, to embrace the cause of an independent Irish republic. Unable to reconcile with Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy or with the Kingdom's English-appointed administration, he sought inspiration in revolutionary France where, in 1792, he met and befriended Thomas Paine. From 1796 he became a leading proponent within the Society of United Irishmen of a French-assisted insurrection. On the eve of the intended uprising in May 1798, he was fatally wounded in the course of arrest.
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