Lord Edward FitzGerald

   

The Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October,1763 - 4 June,1798) was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. He was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster (née Lady Emily Lennox).

He was elected to the Irish Parliament as Member for Kildare. At first he displayed no radical inclinations, but a visit to revolutionary Paris in 1792 changed him into a committed republican.

As a member of the United Irishmen, he helped organize the Irish Rebellion of 1798 against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen had been infiltrated by informants however, and before the rebellion could take place, FitzGerald was arrested in a house on Thomas Street, Dublin, on 19 May 1798. He was injured during the arrest and died of his wounds in Newgate Prison some weeks later.

An Bill of attainder was used to confiscate his property after his death.

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