LEINSTER

August us Frederick Fitzgerald 3 Duke of (eld. son of 2 duke of Leinster 1749–1804). b. Carton house, Maynooth 21 Aug. 1791; styled marque of Kildare 1791–1804; succeeded his father 20 Oct. 1804; ed. at Eton, matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 23 Oct. 1810; P.C. Ireland 9 May 1831; P.C. 29 June 1831; lord high constable of Ireland for coronations of William IV. and Victoria; lord lieut. of co. Kildare 7 Oct. 1831 to death; grand master of Irish grand lodge of freemasons 24 June 1813 to death; president of National Agricultural Soc. 1841; a resident landlord who much improved his estate, the Leinster lease was a well known document; his masonic jubilee was celebrated 24 June 1863; premier duke, marque and earl of Ireland. d. Carton house 10 Oct. 1874. Dublin Univ. Mag. lxxxiv 42–57 (1874), portrait ; I.L.N. lxv 369, 378 (1874), portrait ; Graphic , x 391 (1874), portrait .