Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam
Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam (24 July 1711 - 25 May 1776),
Anglo-Irish
peer and property developer.
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of
Sir John Shelley, 3rd Baronet
and his first wife Bridget Nevill.
Career
He replaced his father as
Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet, but later moved back to Mount Merrion, the family's principal seat near Dublin
.
Marriage and children
On 3 May 1744, he married Catherine Decker, eldest daughter and co-heiress of
Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet, a wealthy merchant of Dutch origin, by his wife Henrietta Watkins, at Sir Matthew's house in St James's Square.[2] Horace Walpole thought the marriage notable enough to mention in his correspondence.[3]
By Catherine he had issue including:
- Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (c. 22 August 1745 - 1816), eldest son and heir, who inherited the Decker mansion and art collection at Richmond and died unmarried and without legitimate issue; by his will, he founded the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
- William Fitzwilliam, (c. 18 September 1749 Richmond - pre-1816)[citation needed]
- John FitzWilliam, 8th Viscount Fitzwilliam, (c.21 Oct 1752 Richmond – 1830)
- Thomas FitzWilliam, 9th Viscount Fitzwilliam (c.3 September 1755 Richmond - January 1833) [4]
- Henrietta FitzWilliam, (c. 16 October 1746 Richmond - )[citation needed]
- Mary FitzWilliam, (c. 20 August 1748, Richmond - )[citation needed]
- Hon. Catherine FitzWilliam, (c.30 Oct 1753 Richmond - )
Death
Lord FitzWilliam died on 25 May 1776 at Mount Merrion and was buried at Donnybrook Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Fellows details". Royal Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754. 3 May 1744.
- ^ Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann Richard Bentley London 1833 Vol. 2 p.12
- ^ Sir Bernard Burke (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire. Harrison.