Men-at-the-Bar/FitzGerald, Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour

by Joseph Foster

FitzGerald, Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour, G.C.S.I. 1868, P.C. 1866, D.C.L., chief charity commissioner since 1875, M.A., Oriel Coll., Oxon, 1840, Newdigate university prize 1835, D.L. Sussex, P.C. 1866, foreign under-secretary 1858-9, governor of Bombay 1866-72, M.P. Horsham 1848 (unseated), 1852-65, 1874-5, a student of Lincoln's Inn 21 Jan., 1834 (then aged 17), called to the bar 29 Jan., 1839 (only son of William FitzGerald, Esq., of Dublin); born , 1817; married 1 July, 1840, Maria Tryphena, dau. of late Edward Seymour, M.D., of London; she died 6 May, 1865, leaving issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

Ballylinch, Kilkenny; 29, Warwick Square, S.W,; Gwydyr House, Whitehall, S.W.; Carlton and University (Dublin) Clubs.