Person:Richard FitzWilliam (5)

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Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
b.1 Aug 1745
d.4 Feb 1816
m. 3 May 1744
  1. Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam1745 - 1816
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Name Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Aug 1745
Death[1] 4 Feb 1816
Reference Number? Q7325692?


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Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1 August 1745 – 4 February 1816) of Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland, and of FitzWilliam House in the parish of Richmond in Surrey, England, was a nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland who was a benefactor and musical antiquarian who founded the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, with a bequest of his library and art collection. He was also a significant urban developer in the City of Dublin. He served as a Member of Parliament for Wilton in Wiltshire, England (not precluded by his Irish peerage), from 1790 until his death.

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