Author: Fitzgerald, Preston
Biography:
FITZGERALD, Preston (c. 1777-1824: ancestry.co.uk)
Information is scanty but he was a son of the Rev. Dr. Gerald Fitzgerald (q.v.) and his wife Elizabeth Preston. Ancestry family trees give the date of his birth as 23 Sept. 1777 but this has not been confirmed by public records. He graduated BA from Trinity College Dublin in 1798 and LLB in 1806; this tends to confirm the 1777 birth year. On 11 May 1807 he married Elizabeth Pringle in Dublin. They had children, including one daughter, Geraldine. He died at Great Charles Street, Dublin, in 1824 and his will was proved in 1825. The Siege of Carthage by William Fitzgerald (q.v.) is sometimes erroneously attributed to him. (ancestry.co.uk 12 Dec. 2025; Caledonian Mercury 30 May 1807; Limerick Chronicle 31 Aug. 1836; Waterford Mail 18 Nov. 1837; Catalogue of Graduates) SR