Emily Fitzgerald, Duchess of Leinster, known before 1747 as Lady Emily Lennox, from 1747 to 1761 as The Countess of Kildare and from 1761 to 1766 as The Marchioness of Kildare, was the second of the f
Emily, Countess of Kildare by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784). Oil on canvas, painted 1765.
The Duchess of Leinster painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the 1770s.
Lieutenant-General James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, PC, styled Lord Offaly until 1743 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1743 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 1766
Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster
…Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (who was illegitimately descended from King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses). Lady Emily married James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare, on 7 February 1747. After their wedding in London, the couple returned to Fitzgerald's native Ireland, first residing at Leinster House then Carton…
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds, 1753