Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin

Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011 ), was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight and author. FitzGerald served as the President of the Irish Georgian Society from 1991 until his death in 2011.

Career The only son of Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin (1901–1949), and Veronica Villiers (younger daughter of Ernest Villiers and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Harvard University. He worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, in the furniture department. He died at Dublin in 2011. only daughter of Count Alain Le Bailly de La Falaise. He married secondly on 12 August 1970, Olda Ann Willes, only daughter of Major Thomas Willes and Georgina née Wakefield-Saunders; his widow is styled Madam FitzGerald and divides her time between homes in Limerick, Dublin and London.

His three daughters are: landscape designer Catherine (who married actor Dominic West in 2010 and was previously married to Ned Lambton), artist Nesta, and Honor. At the time of his death, he had four grandchildren – Dora, Senan, Francis, and Rose, as well as a step-granddaughter, Martha.

Noble title FitzGerald was the last Black Knight; as he had no sons and the family title cannot pass to a daughter, the hereditary knighthood of Glin became dormant upon his death. A similar title, the Knight of Kerry, is held by his distant cousins.

Glin Castle FitzGerald divided his time between Glin Castle, Glin, County Limerick, which he inherited as a child, and his Dublin townhouse. 10= 10. Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl 11= 11. Florence Kerr 12= 12. Rev. Charles Villiers 13= 13. Florence Tyssen-Amherst 14= 14. Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne 15= 15. Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill 16= 16. John Fraunceis Eyre FitzGerald, 25th Knight of Glin, the Cracked Knight 17= 17. Clara Anne Blennerhassett 18= 18. Rev. Michael Lloyd Apjohn (d. 1871) 19= 19. Elizabeth Barnes (d. 1887) 20= 20. Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl 21= 21. Florence Goold 22= 22. Lord Charles Lennox Kerr 23= 23. Charlotte Hanmer 24= 24. Thomas Villiers 25= 25. Charlotte Harte 26= 26. William George Daniel-Tyssen 27= 27. Amelia Amhurst 28= 28. Sir John Guest, 1st Baronet 29= 29. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie 30= 30. John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough 31= 31. Lady Frances Vane