Katherine FitzGerald | |
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| Suo jure Viscountess Grandison | |
| Born | August 1660 Dromana House, Villierstown, County Waterford, Ireland |
| Died | 26 December 1725 London |
| Buried | Westminster Abbey |
| Spouse(s) | John Le Poer, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (annulled) Brigadier-General Hon. Edward Villiers General William Steuart |
| Issue Detail | Mary Villiers Harriet Villiers John FitzGerald Villiers, 5th Viscount Grandison, 1st Earl Grandison, & others |
| Father | Sir John FitzGerald, Lord of the Decies (died 1664) |
| Mother | Katherine Le Poer |
Katherine FitzGerald, suo jure Viscountess Grandison (1660–1725), was a wealthy Irish heiress, being the only child of Sir John FitzGerald of Dromana, County Waterford. She inherited the Dromana estate in 1664 upon the death of her father. She was married three times; firstly to John Le Poer, 2nd Earl of Tyrone; secondly to Brigadier-General, Hon. Edward FitzGerald-Villiers; and thirdly and lastly to General William Steuart.
She was granted the rank of a Viscountess by Royal Warrant on 6 January 1700, and she died insane 25 years later.[1]