Gerald FitzGerald, Knight of Glin

Gerald FitzGerald, 17th Knight of Glin (died 1689) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician, the son of John FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Glin and Honora O'Connor.

Between 1661 and 1666, FitzGerald was the Member of Parliament for Limerick City in the Irish House of Commons. In 1680, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Limerick. FitzGerald was a supporter of James II following the Glorious Revolution, and in 1689 he represented County Limerick in the brief Patriot Parliament in Dublin.^[1] He also fought as an officer in James' Irish army and was killed in the Battle of Windmill Hill following the Siege of Derry in 1689.^[2]

He had married Joan O'Brien, daughter of Donough O'Brien, and was succeeded as knight by his son, Thomas FitzGerald.

References

^ O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ FitzGerald, Gerald. Officers of the Jacobite Armies, Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Sir William King Robert Oliver	Member of Parliament for County Limerick 1689 With: Sir John Fitzgerald, Bt	Succeeded by George Evans Sir William King
Preceded by George Ingoldsby Standish Hartstonge	Member of Parliament for Limerick City 1661–1666 With: Sir Standish Hartstonge, Bt	Succeeded by Nicholas Arthur Thomas Harold

[1] O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[2] FitzGerald, Gerald. Officers of the Jacobite Armies, Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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