Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin

Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011), was an Irish author, hereditary knight and president of the Irish Georgian Society.

The son of Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin (1901–1949), and Veronica Villiers (daughter of Ernest Villiers, M.P.), FitzGerald was born in Paddington, London, England into an old Anglo-Irish family in County Limerick and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Harvard University. He worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, in the furniture department.

He later returned to Ireland, and became active in conservation issues, becoming involved with the Irish Georgian Society. He was appointed its president in 1991. He has also represented the Christie's art auctioneers in Ireland. He died in Dublin in 2011.

He was originally married to Loulou de la Falaise for a brief period. In 1970 he married his second wife, Olda Ann Willes, daughter of Major Thomas and Georgina Willes. His three daughters are: landscape designer Catherine, who married actor Dominic West in 2010 and was previously married to Ned Lambton, Nesta, and Honor. At the time of his death he had four grandchildren – Dora, Senan, Francis, and Rose, as well as step-granddaughter Martha.

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