Earl Kerry

Earl Kerry is in Earl Ireland.

On 17 Jan 1723 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 55) was created 1st Earl Kerry. Anne Petty Countess Kerry (age 52) by marriage Countess Kerry.

On 16 Mar 1741 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 73) died. His son William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Kerry.

On 04 Apr 1747 William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry (age 53) died. His son Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 6) succeeded 3rd Earl Kerry.

In 1768 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 27) and Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry (age 48) were married. She by marriage Countess Kerry. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry and Gertrude Lambart.

On 04 Jul 1818 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 77) died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] in the same tomb as his wife Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry. His first cousin once removed Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Kerry.

On 31 Jan 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 82) died. His son Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne (age 47) succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 30 Aug 1944 Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 27) was killed in action. He was unmarried. His first cousin George Petty-Fitzmaurice 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 31) succeeded 8th Marquess Lansdowne, 9th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 9th Earl Kerry. His younger brother Lieutenant Edward Norman Petty-Fitzmaurice (deceased) had been killed nine days before.