Katherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Grandison

Katherine FitzGerald
Suo jure Viscountess Grandison
BornAugust 1660
Dromana House, Villierstown, County Waterford, Ireland
Died26 December 1725
London
BuriedWestminster 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
FatherSir John FitzGerald, Lord of the Decies (died 1664)
MotherKatherine 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]

  1. ^ Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 107th Edition, Volume 2, p. 2096