Peerage Record – 32092

     George Robert FitzGerald was born circa 1746.² He was the son of George FitzGerald and Lady Mary Hervey.³ He married, firstly, Jane Conolly, daughter of Rt. Hon. William Conolly and Lady Anne Wentworth, on 10 February 1770.¹ He married, secondly, Sydney Vaughan, daughter of Matthew Vaughan, in 1782.² He was also reported to have been married on 4 March 1770.² He died on 12 June 1786 at Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland^G, hanged.²
     George Robert FitzGerald also went by the nick-name of ‘Fighting FitzGerald’.² He was educated in 1756 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was a famous duellist.² He kept a private company of banditti, which he called his ‘volunteers’ but which he merely used to bully his neighbours.² He fortified an old rath on his estate with guns stolen from a Dutch ship.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 69th Foot.² He hunted at night in order to avoid his enemies, with the meets being held by torchlight.² He incarcerated his father and tied him to a pet bear, for which, along with other acts of cruelty, he was imprisoned, escaped adn recaptured. He was eventually released owing to illness.² The house at Turlough was sacked by a hostile mob during the period of his trial and final imprisonment.² He lived at Turlogh, County Clare, Ireland^G.¹ He had his rival for the Colonelcy of the Mayo Volunteers, a Mr. McDonnell, murdered, for which he was tried and condemned to death.² On 12 June 1786 and was hanged at Castlebar.² He was an eccentric, quarrelsome and reckless, ‘an undutiful son, a bad brother and a worse husband.²‘

     Chambré Brabazon Conolly was the son of Colonel Edward Michael Conolly and Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker.¹ He died in 1835.¹

     Frederick William Conolly was born in 1826.¹ He was the son of Colonel Edward Michael Conolly and Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker.¹

     Captain Arthur Wellesley Conolly was born in April 1828.² He was the son of Colonel Edward Michael Conolly and Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker.¹ He died on 5 November 1854 at age 26 at Inkerman, Russia^G, killed in action.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 30th Foot.¹ He fought in the Crimean War.¹

     Lt.-Col. John Augustus Conolly, V.C. was born on 30 November 1829.² He was the son of Colonel Edward Michael Conolly and Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker.¹ He married Ida Charlotte Burnaby, daughter of Edwyn Burnaby and Anne Caroline Salisbury, on 4 August 1864.¹ He died on 28 January 1889 at age 59.¹
     He fought in the Crimean War.¹ He was awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.¹

     Ida Charlotte Burnaby was born on 22 December 1839 at Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Edwyn Burnaby and Anne Caroline Salisbury.¹ She married Lt.-Col. John Augustus Conolly, V.C., son of Colonel Edward Michael Conolly and Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker, on 4 August 1864.¹ She died in 1886.¹
     From 4 August 1864, her married name became Conolly.¹

     John Richard Arthur Conolly was born on 22 July 1870.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Augustus Conolly, V.C. and Ida Charlotte Burnaby.¹

     Aileen Geta Katherine Conolly was born in 1866 at Belgravia, London, England.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. John Augustus Conolly, V.C. and Ida Charlotte Burnaby.¹ She married Eustace Abel Smith, son of Robert Smith and Isabel Adeane, on 10 November 1891.³ She died on 12 July 1912 at Sweden^G.³
     From 10 November 1891, her married name became Abel Smith.³

     Andrew Cantouris is the son of John Cantouris and Richardena Dutton.¹ He married Charlotte Amaryllis FitzGeorge-Balfour, daughter of Robert Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour and Patricia Anne Christiana Rowntree.¹

     Oonagh Edwina Conolly was born circa 1867.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. John Augustus Conolly, V.C. and Ida Charlotte Burnaby.¹ She married Lt.-Col. John McNeile on 22 January 1891.¹ She died on 15 October 1960.²
     From 22 January 1891, her married name became McNeill.¹