Biography of John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory 1745-1818

After 25th June 1727. St James the Apostle Church, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire [Map]. Monument to those contained in the vault: [his grandfather] Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran and [his grandmother] Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran, their son [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 8) and his wife [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 2), their son John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory and [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott.

Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran: On 27th April 1715 Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran was created 1st Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. In 1718 he and Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran: she was born to John Robinson. On 24th November 1744 she died.

On 29th June 1744 [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 25) and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and [his grandmother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 2nd May 1745 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory was born to John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 26) and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 20).

On 29th January 1756 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 20) and [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 19) were married.

On 25th September 1758 [his father] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory (age 39) died. His son John (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Upper Ossory, 3rd Baron Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny.

Before August 1760 [his step-father] Richard Vernon (age 34) and [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 35) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and [his grandmother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 14th April 1763 [his mother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory (age 38) died.

On 23rd March 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and [his future wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).

After 23rd March 1769 [his daughter] Anne Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).

After 23rd March 1769 [his daughter] Gertrude Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32).

After 23rd March 1769 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory.

On 4th June 1778 John Smyth (age 30) and [his step-daughter] Georgiana Fitzroy (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 42) and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 41).

On 16th November 1784 [his step-son] George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 24) and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (age 23) were married at Navestock, Essex. She the daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 48). He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 49) and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 47). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 20th June 1795 [his step-son] Charles Fitzroy (age 30) and Frances Mundy were married. He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 59) and [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 58).

On 10th January 1799 [his step-daughter] Georgiana Fitzroy (age 41) died.

In 1804 [his wife] Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 67) died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.

In 1808 [his illegitimate daughter] Emma Mary Fitzpatrick Baroness Lyveden was born illegitimately to John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 62) and Elizabeth Mary Wilson.

On 1st February 1818 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 72) died.

In 1846 [his son-in-law] Robert Smith aka Vernon 1st Baron Lyveden (age 45) changed the surname of his children to Vernon when his wife inherited the estates of her father John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory.