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Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight, and author. He was the president of the Irish Georgian Society between 1991 and until his death in 2011.
After teaching English literature in the University of Malaya in Singapore on a one-year international exchange scholarship, he studied art history at Harvard University's Fogg Museum, where he was a teaching fellow and received an MA for his thesis on eighteenth-century French drawings.
Desmond John Villiers Fitzgerald, the 29th Knight of Glin, was a doughty and inspirational defender of Ireland's threatened architectural heritage. He was president...
15. Sept. 2011 · The Irish Georgian Society has confirmed that Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, passed away last night. The Knight of Glin is an ancient Irish noble title handed down...
To the Manor Born. By Anna-Maria Hajba, Archivist. The 14th of September 2021 marked the tenth anniversary of the death of Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (1937–2011). A leading figure in Irish architecture and decorative arts, his interest in these subjects was fuelled by his ancestral home, Glin Castle, and its vast collection of ...
John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, of Shanid, County Limerick, Lord of Connelloe and Decies, married (first) Margery, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Anthony, Lord of Decies and Desmond. These domains were confirmed to him by Prince Edward, the Black Prince in 1260.
15. Sept. 2011 · Desmond John Villiers Fitzgerald, also known as the 29th Knight of Glin, has passed away. He was the father-in-law of British actor Dominic West. The Knight of Glin is an ancient Irish...
