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    Duke of Leinster (/ˈlɪnstər/; Irish: Diúc Laighean) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The subsidiary titles...
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    7th Duke of Leinster, etc. (6 May 1892 – 8 March 1976), known as Lord Edward FitzGerald before 1922, was Ireland's Premier Peer of the Realm. Leinster was...
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    FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, PC (Ire) (29 May 1722 – 19 November 1773), styled Lord Offaly until 1743 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1743...
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    3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG (30 June 1641 – 16 July [O.S. 5 July] 1719), was a general in the service of Willem, Prince of Orange...
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    the age of seventeen. William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (12 March 1749 – 20 October 1804) married Hon. Emilia St. George (daughter of St George...
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    residence in Dublin of the Duke of Leinster, and since 1922 has served as the parliament building of the Irish Free State, the predecessor of the modern Irish...
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    Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster (27 May 1914 – 3 December 2004) was the premier Duke, Marquess and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland. Gerald FitzGerald...
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    4th Duke of Leinster, PC (30 March 1819 – 10 February 1887), styled Marquess of Kildare until 1874, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Leinster was...
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    Dukes of Leinster and Premier Peers of Ireland). The current head is Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster. The Fitzmaurices and FitzGeralds of Desmond...
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    Leinster (/ˈlɛnstər/ LEN-stər; Irish: Laighin [ˈl̪ˠəinʲ] or Cúige Laighean [ˌkuːɟə ˈl̪ˠəinˠ]) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast...
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    William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, KP, PC (Ire) (12/13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804) was an Irish liberal politician and landowner. He was...
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  • premier duke of England. The premier duke of Scotland is the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. The premier duke of Ireland is the Duke of Leinster. The general...
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  • person) Duke of Leinster (Ireland) (senior non-royal duke in that peerage) Duke of Manchester (Great Britain) Duke of Marlborough (England) Duke of Montrose...
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    FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc. PC PC (Ire) (21 August 1791 – 10 February/October 1874) was an Anglo-Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare...
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  • 5th Duke of Leinster (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of the 4th Duke of Leinster...
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  • Duke of Schomberg (1645–1693), younger son of the 1st Duke, was also a general Other titles (3rd Duke): Duke of Leinster, Earl of Bangor and Baron of...
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  • Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster (1 March 1887 – 4 February 1922), was the eldest son of the 5th Duke of Leinster and his wife, the former Lady...
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  • Baron Rayleigh (category Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom)
    his wife. She was the daughter of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, and his wife Lady Emily Lennox, the second of the famous Lennox sisters. Her...
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  • Fitzgerald, Lord of Offaly (died 1204) Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (1851–1893), Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster (1914–2004)...
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    General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 –...
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    Denise Orme (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music)
    Jessie Smither, Duchess of Leinster (25 August 1885 – 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Denise Orme, was an English music hall singer, actress...
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    Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, DL (born 16 November 1956), styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is a British hereditary peer...
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    public Leinster House in Dublin - residence of the Duke of Leinster (Ireland's premier duke) and now the seat of Oireachtas Éireann, the Irish parliament...
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    Lord Edward FitzGerald (category Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies)
    FitzGerald, the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Lady Emily Lennox (daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond), was born at Carton...
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    Carton House (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from February 2022)
    renamed Leinster House) in Dublin, which he also built for the FitzGeralds. In 1747, the 20th Earl of Kildare (created His Grace the 1st Duke of Leinster in...
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  • Offaly between 1976 and 1997, was the only son of Maurice, Marquess of Kildare (now the 9th Duke of Leinster). In May 1997, Lord Offaly was killed in a car...
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    Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom...
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    James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer...
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    by the Duke of Norfolk and Duke of Leinster, respectively), and as such the Earl of Shrewsbury is sometimes described as the premier earl of England...
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    Athy (category Former urban districts in the Republic of Ireland)
    forces of the cannonball. The current bridge, the Crom-a-Boo Bridge, was built in 1796, with the foundation stone laid by the Duke of Leinster. The first...
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