John Wilson (1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory) Fitzpatrick, PC

1811 - 1883  (71 years)

• Name	John Wilson (1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory) Fitzpatrick
  Suffix	PC
  Birth	23 Sep 1811
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jan 1883
  Person ID	I76019	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John FitzPatrick (2nd Earl of Upper Ossory) Fitzpatrick,   b. 1745   d. 1818 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Wilson
  Family ID	F27561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Augusta Mary Douglas,   b. Bef 1830   d. 3 Jun 1899, Brunswick Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, England (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	1830
  Children	1. Bernard (2nd Baron Castletown) Fitzpatrick, KP CMG PC,   b. 29 Jul 1849   d. 29 May 1937 (Age 87 years)   2. Three Daughters Fitzpatrick   3. Hon Edith Susan Esther Fitzpatrick   d. 1 Dec 1906   4. Hon Olivia Amy Douglas Fitzpatrick   d. 22 May 1895   5. Hon Cecilia Emily Emma Fitzpatrick,   b. 1833   d. 3 Nov 1918 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F27562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Known as John Wilson until 1842, was an Irish Liberal politician. Castletown was the illegitimate son of John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, and was baptised John Wilson. He was educated at Eton. He inherited parts of his father's estates in Ireland and in 1842 he assumed by Royal license the surname of FitzPatrick. He was appointed High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1836. He was then elected to the House of Commons for Queen's County in 1837, a seat he represented until 1841, and again from 1847 to 1852 and from 1865 to 1869. He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1848 and in 1869 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Castletown, of Upper Ossory in the Queen's County. Apart from his parliamentary career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County from 1855 to 1883. On the death of his brother, Richard Wilson Fitzpatrick (1811-1850), became the owner of Granston Manor.