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Earl Kerry

Earl Kerry is in Earl Ireland.

On 17th January 1723 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 55) was created 1st Earl Kerry. Anne Petty Countess Kerry (age 52) by marriage Countess Kerry.

On 16th March 1741 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 73) died. His son William (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Kerry.

On 4th April 1747 William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry (age 53) died. His son Francis (age 6) succeeded 3rd Earl Kerry.

In 1768 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 27) and Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry (age 48) were married. She by marriage Countess Kerry. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry and Gertrude Lambart.

On 4th July 1818 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 77) died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] in the same tomb as his wife Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry. His first cousin once removed Henry (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Kerry.

On 31st January 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 82) died. His son Henry (age 47) succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 5th July 1866 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne (age 50) died. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 5th Marquess Lansdowne, 6th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 6th Earl Kerry.

On 3rd June 1927 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 82) died. His son Henry (age 55) succeeded 6th Marquess Lansdowne, 7th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 7th Earl Kerry.

On 5th March 1936 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 64) died. His son Charles (age 19) succeeded 7th Marquess Lansdowne, 8th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 8th Earl Kerry.

On 30th August 1944 Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 27) was killed in action. He was unmarried. His first cousin George (age 31) succeeded 8th Marquess Lansdowne, 9th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 9th Earl Kerry. His younger brother Lieutenant Edward Norman Petty-Fitzmaurice (deceased) had been killed nine days before.

On 25th August 1999 George Petty-Fitzmaurice 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 86) died. His son Charles (age 58) succeeded 9th Marquess Lansdowne, 10th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 10th Earl Kerry.