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Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight, and author. He was the president of the Irish Georgian Society between 1991 and until his death in 2011.
Desmond John Villiers Fitzgerald, the 29th Knight of Glin, was a doughty and inspirational defender of Ireland's threatened architectural heritage. He was president of...
Sep 16, 2011 · THE 29TH Knight of Glin, Desmond FitzGerald, the last heir to one of Ireland’s oldest hereditary titles, has died aged 74.
The 29th and last Knight (dormant or extinct) was Desmond FitzGerald, son of Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin. He had a MFA degree from Harvard University.
There is a final chapter on Glin and on the part it played in the life of its 29th Knight. O’Byrne has been thorough, and has talked to many of Desmond’s friends.
He became the 29th Knight of Glin (give or take) upon his father's death in 1949, inheriting an unprofitable 500-acre estate. The ramshackle castle's sale seemed inevitable until 1954, when his mother married Ray Milner, a Canadian millionaire willing to spend lavishly on its restoration and on installing modern plumbing and central heating.
Dec 31, 2022 · The 29th Knight of Glin, Desmond FitzGerald, died from cancer on September 14, 2011, in County Limerick, at the age of 74. He had no son to inherit his title. The ancient Irish noble...
