UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 1 May 1816, Dublin, Ireland

Died: 16 October 1889

Baron Fitzgerald - 23 June 1882

Member of Privy Council - 29 June 1882

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1856

son of David FitzGerald

son of Catherine Leahy

husband of Rose O'Donohue

husband of Hon Jane Matilda Mary Southwell

Trinity College, Dublin

King's Inn, Dublin (1838 -)

Doctor - 1870

Judge

Solicitor-General for Ireland	March 1855	March 1856
Attorney-General for Ireland	March 1856	February 1858
Attorney-General for Ireland	June 1859	February 1860

13 July 1852	Ennis	Independent Irish	59	56.19
March 1855 Resignation of John Fitzgerald on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland.
8 March 1855	Ennis	Whig	Unopposed
March 1856 Resignation of John Fitzgerald on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland.
8 April 1856	Ennis	Whig	Unopposed
28 March 1857	Ennis	Whig	Unopposed
2 May 1859	Ennis	Liberal Party	Unopposed
June 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon John Fitzgerald on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland.
29 June 1859	Ennis	Liberal Party	Unopposed
February 1860 Resignation of Rt Hon John Fitzgerald on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench for Ireland.