Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney

Thomas John Hamilton FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (8 August 1803 – 16 May 1877) was a Scottish aristocrat.

Early life FitzMaurice was the son of John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall and the former Hon. Anna Maria Blaquiere.

His paternal grandparents were Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney and Thomas Fitzmaurice, MP for Calne and Wycombe (who was a younger son of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne). His maternal grandparents were the former Eleanor Dobson and John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere, the Chief Secretary for Ireland. His great-uncle was British Prime Minister under George III, William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, who succeeded in securing peace and ending the American War of Independence.

From 14 January 1833 to 26 January 1874, he served as a Representative Peer for Scotland. He is interred in Latteragh graveyard in County Tipperary, Ireland. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, George.