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Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare

Anglo-Irish politician and noble From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare
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Richard Hobart FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare (2 October 1793 10 January 1864) was an Anglo-Irish politician and noble.

Quick facts The Right HonourableThe Earl of Clare, Member of Parliament for County Limerick ...

Born at Mountshannon House in County Limerick, FitzGibbon was educated at Harrow School.[1] He joined the British Army, and was present at the Second Battle of Porto and Battle of Talavera.[2]

At the 1818 UK general election, he stood in County Limerick for the Whigs, winning the seat. He rarely spoke in Parliament, and did not always vote in line with the Whig leadership. In turn, they offered him little support, but he nevertheless held his seat, sometimes describing himself as an independent. He served until 1841, when he stood down.[2] He was appointed Governor of Limerick in 1818, and later served twice as Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.

In the 1820s, FitzGibbon had a child with Diana Woodcock, who was then married to Maurice Crosbie Moore. He obtained a divorce in 1825, by act of the House of Lords, and FitzGibbon and Woodcock immediately married. However, Moore secured custody of FitzGibbon's illegitimate child, despite stating that he was doing so purely out of vindictiveness. The couple had one legitimate child, John Charles Henry FitzGibbon, Viscount FitzGibbon, who was killed in the Battle of Balaklava in 1854.[1] In 1851, FitzGibbon succeeded his brother as the Earl of Clare. He died in 1864.[2]

Coat of arms of Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare
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Coronet
A coronet of an Earl
Crest
A boar passant azure tusked and bristled or.
Escutcheon
Ermine a saltire gules on a chief or, three annulets of the second.
Supporters
Dexter: a lion or; Sinister: a tiger or.
Motto
Nil admirari. Marvel at nothing.[3]
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