William FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros
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General The Right Honourable The Lord de Ros PC DL |
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| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
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In office 27 February 1852 – 17 December 1852 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Donegall |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Sydney |
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In office 17 March 1858 – 11 June 1859 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Sydney |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Ducie |
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| Born | 1 September 1797 Thames Ditton, Surrey |
| Died |
6 January 1874 (aged 76) Old Court, Strangford, County Down |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Georgiana Lennox (1795–1891) |
General William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros of Helmsley, PC, DL (1 September 1797 – 6 January 1874), was a British soldier and Conservative politician. A general in the Army, he also held political office as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard in 1852 and between 1858 and 1859.
Fitzgerald-de Ros was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family at Thames Ditton, Surrey, the third son of Lord Henry FitzGerald, fourth son of The 1st Duke of Leinster and Lady Emily Lennox. His paternal uncle was Lord Edward FitzGerald, the Irish revolutionary. His mother was Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros, 21st Baroness de Ros, while Henry FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros, was his elder brother. Through his paternal grandmother he was a descendant of King Charles II.
As a younger son, de Ros embarked upon a military career, joining the Life Guards as a cornet on 29 March 1819. He subsequently became a lieutenant on 24 August 1821, a captain on 23 October 1824, a major on 5 June 1827 and a lieutenant-colonel on 8 September 1831. In July 1835, de Ros and the Earl of Durham travelled to the Black Sea for half a year to investigate Russian military preparations. He was appointed a Gentleman Usher Quarter Waiter to Queen Victoria in 1836, but had surrendered the post by 1839, when he inherited the barony of de Ros on the death of his eldest brother (a middle brother, Arthur, had predeceased them). He became a colonel on 9 November 1846, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower of London on 13 February 1852.
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