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John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (1719 – 23 September 1758) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who lived in County Cork, Ireland. Biography. He was the son of Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran, and Anne (née Robinson) and educated at Queen's College, Oxford.
Apr 30, 2022 · John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory was born on August 16, 1719 in United Kingdom and was baptized on August 20, 1719 in St. James's, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. His parents were Richard Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Gowran and Anne Fitz-Patrick (Robinson).
Earl of Upper Ossory was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 October 1751 for John FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Gowran, who later represented Bedfordshire in the House of Commons. He was the son of Richard FitzPatrick, who had been created Baron Gowran on 27 April 1715, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
FITZPATRICK, John, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory [I] (?1719-58), of Ampthill, Beds. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 , ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964 Available from Boydell and Brewer
Biography. Fitzpatrick inherited extensive Irish estates from his father, and from his mother Ampthill, which she had purchased in 1736. He bought the manor of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, in 1741.
In 1541, during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, Barnaby Fitzpatrick ( Brían Óg Mac Giolla Phádraig) was created 1st Baron Upper Ossory upon the surrender and regrant of his lands to and by Henry VIII, legitimating his lordship in the eyes of the Dublin Castle administration.
In 2000, Steve Zalewski and Ronan Fitzpatrick embarked on a task of documenting the descendants of Bryan Fitzpatrick, Lord and 1st Baron of Upper Ossory with a view to identifying The Giolla Phádraig.
