FITZGERALD

family name of Dukes of Leinster, and of former Earls of Desmond, latter title being extinct since 1601, when the last earl (restored 1600, seventeen years after his /f.’s attainder and execution for rebellion) died unmarried. Both families trace descent from Dominus Otho, a Florentine noble, who came to England before Norman Conquest and whose s., Walter was castellan of Windsor in Domesda times. John F, was cr. Earl of Kildare, in 1316, title descending in family until James, 20th earl, was Duke of Leinster in 1766. 83), poet, went to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1826, and there made lifelong friendships with the Tenny sons, Thompson, and the rest of the set. When he came down from the university he settled at Wood bridge. He found leasure in letter-writing and in boat ok but his principal interest was in books, In 1851 he published anonymously Euphranor, a Dialogue on Youth, and in the following year, Polonius, a Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances. He i ued in 1853 a free translation of Siz Dramas of Calderon, and six years later gave to the world his rendering of Omar Khayyam, which as made him famous in all the English speaking countries and has pa ed through innumerable editions.