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Lord Edward FitzGerald

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Lord Edward FitzGerald

Irish nationalist (1763–1798)

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About Lord Edward FitzGerald

Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary proponent of Irish independence from Britain. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American War of Independence, and as an Irish Parliamentarian, to embrace the cause in Ireland of Catholic-Protestant reconciliation and of a sovereign republic. Unable to reconcile with Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy or with the Kingdom's English-appointed administration, he sought inspiration in the American Revolution and in revolutionary France where, in 1792, he met and befriended Thomas Paine. From 1796 he became a leading proponent within the Society of United Irishmen of a French-assisted insurrection. On the eve of the intended uprising in May 1798, he was fatally wounded in the course of arrest.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Hugh Douglas Hamilton via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: politician
Position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
Citizenship: Kingdom of Ireland
Born: October 15, 1763
Died: June 4, 1798

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