Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baronet,, also styled as the 20th Knight of Kerry, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, landowner, and soldier.
"Knight of Kerry". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1909
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Knight of Kerry, also called The Green Knight, is one of three Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The other two were The White Knight, being dor
Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baronet
…FitzGerald, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Julia Hussey, daughter of Peter Hussey. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy—in addition to the illustrious knighthood of Kerry—in 1880. FitzGerald was commissioned as an officer in the Rifle Brigade in 1863. He fought in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in which he served as ADC to…
Rahinnane Castle, residence of the Knights from c. 1500 to c. 1650