Mr Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald MP for 'Cambridge Borough', as depicted by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1895[1]
Barton Family with Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald

Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Lisquinlan and Corkbeg (10 July 1839 – 10 July 1919), was a British Conservative politician.

Early life

Fitzgerald was the son of Robert Uniacke Penrose (1800 – 11 June 1857) of Corkbeg House, County Cork. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] His sister was the writer Geraldine Penrose Fitzgerald. He rowed at Cambridge and won the University Pairs with J. P. Ingham in 1860. He rowed in the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1861 and 1862 when Oxford won in both years.[3] After university he travelled in India and Tibet from 1863 to 1867.

Political career

Fitzgerald was elected to the House of Commons for Cambridge in the 1885 general election, a seat he held until the 1906 election.[4] In 1896 he adopted the name Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald and was created a baronet, of Lisquinlan in the Parish of Ightermurrough and of Corkbeg Island in the Parish of Corkbeg both in the County of Cork.[5] He owned about 6,000 acres (2,428 ha) in County Cork and was Director of the Property Defence Association and Cork Defence Union against Land League. He was also President of the Council of the Yacht Racing Association.

Personal life

Fitzgerald married Jane Emily Codrington, daughter of General Sir William Codrington, in 1867. They had no children.

Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald died at Westminster in 1919 on his eightieth birthday, when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Jane Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald died in 1924.

Ancestry

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald
Notes
Granted 30 July 1896 by Arthur Edward Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.[6]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a knight in complete armour his sword drawn and wreath up all Proper mounted on a horse courant Argent the whole charged with a crescent as in the principle arms.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Ermine on a saltire Gules a crescent Or (Fitzgerald) 2nd Argent six roses proper three and three between three bendlets Sable (Penrose) 3rd Argent a wolf passant Proper a chief Gules charged with a crescent of the field (Uniacke).
Motto
Fortis Et Fidelis

See also

References

  1. ↑ CAMBS: PENROSE-FITZGERALD Cambridge MP. Vanity Fair Spy cartoon 1895 by Antiqua Print Gallery
  2. ↑ "Fitzgerald, Robert Uniacke Penrose (FTST859RU)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Walter Bradford Woodgate Boating 1888
  4. ↑ "The city of Cambridge: Parliamentary representation Pages 68-76 A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City and University of Cambridge". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1959. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "No. 26766". The London Gazette. 7 August 1896. p. 4510.
  6. ↑ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H,". National Library of Ireland. p. 376. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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