Sir William FitzWilliam of Gaynes Park, co. Essex & Milton, co. Northants. (b. 1526 - d. 22 Jun 1599), was the first son of Sir William FitzWilliam of Gaynes Park & Milton (bef. 31 Oct 1552).[1]
He was knighted on 02 October 1553,[1] and served as Lord Justice of Ireland and afterwards Lord Deputy of Ireland 1571–1575.[2]
William married Anne Sidney.[1][2] Their marriage settlement is dated 04 January 1543.[1] Anne was the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, co. Kent.[1][2]
children
According to Hasler (1981), William and Anne had two sons and three daughters:[1]
Sir William of Gainspark & Milton Hall, (d. 1618).[1] MP for Peterborough in 1571,1584 and 1586.[2]
m. Winnifred, dau. of Sir Walter Mildmay and niece of Sir Francis Walsingham.[3]
m. Sir Thomas Coningsby, of Hampton Court, co. Heres.[4]
Occupation
1587: as Governor of Fotheringhay Castle, he supervised the execution of the death sentence on Mary, Queen of Scots.
1588–94: Lord Deputy of Ireland for a second term .
MP for Peterborough and represented co. Carlow in the Irish House of Commons.
Property
He lived at Gainspark, Essex, and Milton Hall.
Notes
Lewis conflated FitzWilliam with an Irishman of the same name (Wikipedia).
Wikipedia names 2 sons and 2 daughters, but Hist. Parl. mentions 2s 3d.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7 Hasler, P.W. (1981). "FitzWilliam, Sir William II (1526-99), of Gaynes Park, Essex; later of Milton, Northants.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. HOP. Web.
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1.A child's birth date (Fitzwilliams-20 born 1530) should not be before a parent is six years old (FitzWilliam-349 born 16 Sep 1526) .