Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice (1846 - 1935)

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Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice PC born 19 June 1846 died 21 June 1935, styled Lord Edmond FitzMaurice from 1863 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1883 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1908, when he entered the cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under H. H. Asquith. However, illness forced him to resign the following year.

He was lampooned in 'Punch' magazine Vol. 84, 30 June 1883, p.310  Caption: A Foreign Under Secretary-Bird at Question Time ~ Depicted as a stork on one leg PFP 142 PETTY-FITZMAURICE, Edmond George, Baron Fitzmaurice (1846-1935) statesman and historian; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs DNB

Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice was the author of 'Speech of Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice : On Mr. Bruce's Motion Relating to Eastern Affairs' (1876) and 'Life of William, Earl of Shelburne, Afterwards First Marquess of Landsdowne' by Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice also 'Charles William Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick : an historical study : 1735-1806' by Edmund George Petty Fitzmaurice. He also wrote:- 'The Life Of Granville George Leveson Gower: Second Earl Granville, K. G., 1815-1891' by Baron Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice and 'Dandy dolls' by Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron, 1846-1935 new Publication by ReInk Books (2015)

In 'Papers, 1858-1905'. by F W Chesson he is referred to as Fitzmaurice, Edmund George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron, 1846-1935. Petty-Fitzmaurice, Edmond George (1846-1935), 1st Baron Fitzmaurice Letters, 1904, 1908, MS. Eng. hist. c. 652, fols. 152-153; MS. Eng. hist. c. 657, fol. 34.

2c) Edmund George, created 1906 Lord Fitzmaurice of Leigh (19 Jun 1846-21 Jun 1935); m. 23 Nov 1889 (annulled 1894) Caroline FitzGerald daughter of William John FitzGerald of Connecticut.

Sources

• https://www.geni.com/people/Edmond-George-Petty-Fitzmaurice-1st-Baron-Fitzmaurice/6000000013406270957
• http://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/154-punchs-fancy-portraits-a-handlist
• http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/ponsonby/ponsonby.html
• http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lansdowne.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Fitzmaurice,_1st_Baron_Fitzmaurice

Christening

Name: Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 9 Aug 1846

Event Place: Derry Hill, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): Derry Hill, Wiltshire, England

Sex: Male

Father's Name: Henry Petty Fitzmaurice

Mother's Name: Emily Jane^[1]

Census 1891

Event Place: St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): St George Hanover Square, London, England

Event Place Note: South Audley Street

County: London

Parish: St George Hanover Square

Ecclesiastical Parish: ST GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE

Enumeration District: 13

Registration District: St George Hanover Square

Edmond G P Fitzmaurice, Lord Head Male 44 London, England

Lady Fitzmaurice Wife Female 25 Connection U S A British Subject

Virginia Argenti Servant Female 38 Italy^[2]

Census 1901

Event Place: Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Bradford On Avon

Ecclesiastical Parish: Bradford Christ Church

Sub-District: Bradford South Eastern

Registration District: Bradford On Avon

Edmond Fitzmaurice Head Male 54 London - MP Living on own means

Joseph Dyer Servant Male 44 St Germans, Cornwall

Lizzie Jones Servant Female 34 Tidmarsh, Berkshire

Florence Saunders Servant Female 25 Fawley, Hampshire^[3]

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3J2-3XB : 21 March 2020), Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice, 1846.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3Y7N-GMM : 25 November 2020), Edmond G P Fitzmaurice, Lord, St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSV1-D4D : 21 May 2019), Edmond Fitzmaurice, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bradford South Eastern subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.