Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, etc. PC PC (Ire) (21 August 1791 – 10 February/October 1874) was an Anglo-Irish peer and freemason, styled Marquess of Kildare from birth until 1804. He was born and died in Carton House. FitzGerald was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland for most of the 19th century, holding the post for 61 years from 1813 until 1874.
The Duke of Leinster |
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In office 7 October 1831 – 10 October 1874 |
Preceded by | New Office |
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Succeeded by | The Marquess of Drogheda |
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Born | (1791-08-21)21 August 1791 |
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Died | 10 October 1874(1874-10-10) (aged 83) |
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Spouse | Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope |
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In 1813, he was chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held until his death in 1874.[1] Under FitzGerald and his Deputy Grand Secretary, John Fowler (1769-1856),[2] all Freemasonic movements became highly centralised in Ireland and could not operative without the approval of the Grand Lodge.
Marc Bédarride's Rite of Misraim was imported from France to Ireland during the time of FitzGerald. One of the Bédarride brothers is supposed to have visited Ireland in 1820 and by February 1821, a council of seventeen members of the Rite was formed, including; FitzGerald, Fowler, Dumoulin, Norman, Mitchell, Trim and Jamar (a Frenchman residing in Dublin). Banned in France by the government in 1822, it continued to exist in Ireland as part of the Supreme Grand Council of Rites (approved by the Grand Lodge of Ireland), set up on 28 January 1838.[3]