Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster

Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster (6 October 1731 – 27 March 1814), known before 1747 as Lady Emily Lennox, from 1747 to 1761 as The Countess of Kildare and from 1761 to 1766 as The Marchioness of Kildare, was the second of the famous Lennox sisters, daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (who was illegitimately descended from King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses).


Emily Fitzgerald
  • Duchess of Leinster
  • Marchioness of Kildare
  • Countess of Kildare
Emily, Countess of Kildare by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784). Oil on canvas, painted 1765.
BornLady Emilia Mary Lennox
(1731-10-06)6 October 1731
Died27 March 1814(1814-03-27) (aged 82)
Grosvenor Square, London
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
(m. 1747; died 1773)
    William Ogilvie
    (m. 1774)
    Issue22, including:
    Parents
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