FitzGerald baronets

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There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname FitzGerald, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">FitzGerald baronets of Clenlish (1644)</span>

The FitzGerald baronetcy, of Clenlish in County Limerick, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 8 February 1644 for Edmond FitzGerald, a Royalist of the Irish Confederate Wars. The 2nd Baronet was a member of the 1689 Irish Parliament, who was then attainted in 1691, and the baronetcy was then forfeited.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FitzGerald baronets of Newmarket on Fergus (1822)</span>

The FitzGerald baronetcy, of Newmarket on Fergus, or Carrigoran in County Clare, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 January 1822 for Augustine FitzGerald. He was son of Edward Fitzgerald of Carrigoran, M.P. for Co. Clare, 1782. The family were a branch of the Geraldines of Pallas, County Limerick, established at Carrigoran, parish of Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower, County Clare, which they bought in 1678 from Col. Daniel O'Brien, later Viscount Clare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FitzGerald baronets of Valentia (1880)</span>

The FitzGerald baronetcy, of Valentia in the County of Kerry, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 July 1880 for Sir Peter George Fitzgerald, 19th Knight of Kerry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FitzGerald baronets of Geraldine Place (1903)</span>

The FitzGerald baronetcy, of Geraldine Place in St Finn Barr in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 October 1903 for Edward FitzGerald, Lord Mayor of Cork in 1901, 1902 and 1903.