Friday, 28 March 2014
462 Otho Fitzgerald
Constituency : Kildare 1865-74
Otho replaced Richard O' Ferrall at Kildare.
Otho was the brother of the Duke of Leinster. He was an officer in the Royal Horse Guards and a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Russell made Otho Treasurer of the Household. He was Comptroller of the Household throughout Gladstone's first ministry. In 1870 he voted for the Women's Disabilities Bill then against it 12 days later when Gladstone made his opposition known.
Otho was a keen musician and photographer. He was the first President of the Dublin Photographic Society.
Otho was defeated by the Home Rule League in 1874. He was not helped by a controversy concerning his brother's tenants in 1873 when he publicly promised them the withdrawal of an obnoxious lease. The Duke said Otho must have misunderstood him and refused to honour the promise.
He died in 1882 aged 55.
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