About Thomas Fitzgerald
Thomas Fitzgerald was a British politician and plantation owner.
Thomas FitzGerald (died October/November 1834) was an Irish politician and slave trader. FitzGerald worked as a merchant and became wealthy in the West Indies. The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery states that he was probably the owner of Richmond Hill in Demerera, and as having been a slave factor in the colony as of 1807.
In 1823, FitzGerald returned to Ireland, where he purchased Fane Valley in County Louth.
FitzGerald had two sons: Thomas Christopher, and Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald.
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Who was Thomas Fitzgerald?
Irish politician and slave trader
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Thomas Fitzgerald died in 1834.
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Thomas Fitzgerald was a politician and plantation owner.
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Thomas Fitzgerald was British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Thomas Fitzgerald
· DBpedia: Thomas FitzGerald (County Louth politician)
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