About Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare
Lived 1634 – 1664 (aged 29–30). Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare was an English politician.
Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare PC (I) (1634 – 5 March 1664), styled Lord Offaly until 1660, was an Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1660 and from 1661 sat in the Irish House of Lords.
Background Kildare was the son of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare, and Lady Jane Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1660.
Political career Kildare served as Governor of King's County, County Kildare and Queen's County. He owned no property in Nottinghamshire, but in April 1660 he was elected Member of Parliament for East Retford in the Convention Parliament. In 1661, he took his seat in the Irish House of Lords and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council. He was active both in Parliament and in the Privy Council.
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Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare died on 5 March 1664.
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