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Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 – 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and nationalist. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American War of Independence, and as an Irish Parliamentarian, to embrace the cause of an independent Irish republic.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald (born Oct. 15, 1763, County Kildare, Ire.—died June 4, 1798, London, Eng.) was an Irish rebel renowned for his gallantry and courage. He was a leading conspirator behind the uprising of 1798 against British rule in Ireland.
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A biography of Edward FitzGerald, a United Irishman and a soldier who fought in America, the West Indies, and Canada. He was a friend of African-Americans and Native Americans, and a supporter of Irish independence and republicanism.
Lord Edward now assumed the military leadership of the United Irishmen, determined to assert by arms the independence of Ireland, a post for which he was in every way qualified both by training and disposition.
Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster, etc. (6 May 1892 – 8 March 1976), known as Lord Edward FitzGerald before 1922, was Ireland's Premier Peer of the Realm.
His travels deepened his evolving radicalism and in 1792 in Paris, he became a fully fledged republican—Le Citoyen Edouard Fitzgerald—who ostentatiously renounced his aristocratic title—‘I do not like to be Lord Edward’. He subsequently enthusiastically embraced the ‘democratic turf and milk’ of his rural Kildare retreat.
8. Juni 2018 · Learn about the life and death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a prominent Irish patriot and leader of the United Irishmen in 1798. Find out his background, political views, involvement in the rebellion, and legacy in Irish history.
