Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and courtier. Born in Derbyshire, he served as Gentleman Usher to George III and was granted a baronetcy. FitzHerbert also owned a number of
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, c.1768, Tissington Hall, Derbyshire
Fitzherbert with the 5th Duke of Devonshire ca. 1780, by Thomas Patch
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The FitzHerbert baronetcy, of Tissington in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 22 January 1784 for William FitzHerbert, of Tissington Hall, Derbyshir
Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet
…Baronet (27 May 1748 - 30 July 1791) was an English lawyer and courtier. Born in Derbyshire, he served as Gentleman Usher to George III and was granted a baronetcy. FitzHerbert also owned a number of slave plantations in the British colony of Jamaica which he inherited via his marriage with Jamaican heiress Sarah…
Tissington Hall, seat of the Tissington FitzHerberts since the 15th century