UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 July 1783

Died: 11 May 1843

2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey - 3 January 1832

1st Baron Fitzgerald - 10 January 1835

Member of Privy Council - 1812

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1810

son of Catherine Vesey

Christ Church, Oxford

Lord Commissioner of the Irish Treasury	1810	1812
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	16 June 1812	7 January 1817
President of the Board of Trade	11 June 1828	2 February 1830
President of the Board of Control	23 October 1841	17 May 1843

25 February 1808	Ennis	Tory	Unopposed
1810 Resignation of William Fitzgerald on appointment as a Commissioner of the Irish Treasury.
5 February 1810	Ennis		Unopposed
3 November 1812	Clare County		1,658	48.32
4 January 1813	Ennis	Tory	Unopposed
2 July 1818	Clare County	Tory	Unopposed
18 March 1820	Clare County	Tory	Unopposed
23 June 1826	Clare County	Tory	Unopposed
11 June 1828 Resignation of Rt Hon William Vesey-Fitzgerald on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.
5 July 1828	Clare County	Tory	982	32.31
11 May 1831	Ennis	Tory	Unopposed
3 January 1832 Succession of Rt Hon William Vesey-Fitzgerald to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey.