Hugh Douglas Hamilton
, Irish, 1740-1808
Title
William Robert FitzGerald, later 2nd Duke of Leinster (1749-1804)Datec.1773
MediumPastel and graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.2 x 16.2 cm
Credit LineBequeathed, Miss M. Grace, 1949
Object numberNGI.3022
DescriptionWilliam Fitzgerald (1749-1804) and Whig politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806) were first cousins, as their mothers Emily and Caroline Lennox were sisters. Thomas Conolly, MP (1734-1803) married another Lennox sister, Louisa. The couple lived at Castletown just a few miles from the Fitzgerald estate at Carton, Maynooth.