Richard FitzPatrick

Hon. Richard FitzPatrick
FitzPatrick is one of many politicians featured in Anton Hickel's The House of Commons, 1793–94
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office
1782–1782
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byWilliam Eden
Succeeded byWilliam Grenville
Secretary at War
In office
1783–1783
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterThe Duke of Portland
Preceded bySir George Yonge, Bt
Succeeded bySir George Yonge, Bt
In office
1806–1807
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterThe Lord Grenville
Preceded byWilliam Dundas
Succeeded bySir James Murray-Pulteney, Bt
Personal details
Born(1748-01-24)24 January 1748
Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
Died(1813-04-25)25 April 1813 (aged 65)
Arlington Street, London, England
Resting placeSt Michael & All Angels, Sunninghill, Windsor
Political partyWhig
Alma materEton

General Richard FitzPatrick (24 January 1748 – 25 April 1813), styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, and Whig politician. He sat in the British House of Commons for 39 years from 1774 to 1813 and was a "sworn brother" of the statesman Charles James Fox. He served in the Philadelphia campaign during the American Revolutionary War.