William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
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The Right Honourable The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey PC PC FRS FSA |
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In office 11 June 1828 – 2 February 1830 |
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| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | Charles Grant |
| Succeeded by | John Charles Herries |
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In office 23 October 1841 – 17 May 1843 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | The Lord Ellenborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Ripon |
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| Born | 24 July 1783 |
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11 May 1843 (aged 59) Belgrave Square, London |
| Nationality | Anglo-Irish |
| Political party | Tory |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC PC FRS FSA (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Irish statesman.
FitzGerald was the elder son of James FitzGerald and Catherine, 1st Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey, daughter of Reverend Henry Vesey. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
FitzGerald first entered parliament in 1808 as member for Ennis (succeeding his father), a seat he held until October 1812, when he was replaced by his father, and again between January 1813 and 1818. He was implicated in the scandal involving the Duke of York and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke, but after bringing valuable evidence of the case the courts he was rewarded when he was appointed a Lord of the Irish Treasury and sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1810. In 1812 he was admitted to the British Privy Council and made a Lord of the Treasury in England, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer and First Lord of the Irish Treasury. He held the Irish offices until they were merged with the English treasury in 1816. In 1820 FitzGerald was returned to Parliament for Clare, which constituency he represented until 1828. In 1820 he was appointed Ambassador to Sweden. He tried to make the Swedish King, Charles XIV John, repay the large sums of money given to him during the Napoleonic Wars, but this was to no avail and he returned to Britain in 1823. He served as Paymaster of the Forces under successively Lord Liverpool, George Canning and Lord Goderich between 1826 and 1828.
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