Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet

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Sir
Sir William Fitzherbert
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Born1748 (1748)
Died1791 (1792)
England
Education St John's College, Cambridge
OccupationLawyer
SpouseSarah Perrin (m. 1778)
Children2
Parent(s) William Fitzherbert
Mary Fitzherbert

Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet (27 May 1748 - 30 July 1791) [1] was an English lawyer and courtier. Born in Derbyshire, he served as Gentleman Usher to George III and was granted a baronetcy. FitzHerbert also owned a number of slave plantations in the British colony of Jamaica which he inherited via his marriage with Jamaican heiress Sarah Perrin. [2] [3]

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Biography

Fitzherbert was born 27 May 1748 to William Fitzherbert, Member of Parliament for Derby, and Mary Fitzherbert of Tissington Hall. [3] He attended Westminster School and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating M.A. in 1770. [4] He toured Europe with his neighbour William Cavendish, later fifth Duke of Devonshire, when they were both about twenty. After leaving Paris they visited the major cities of Italy, including Rome and Florence, where Fitzherbert commissioned portraits of himself and his companion from Thomas Patch and Pompeo Batoni respectively. [2]

Fitzherbert with the 5th Duke of Devonshire ca. 1780, by Thomas Patch Cavendish anf Fitzherbert by Thomas Patch.JPG
Fitzherbert with the 5th Duke of Devonshire ca. 1780, by Thomas Patch

He served as Gentleman Usher to George III [5] and was rewarded with portraits of the king and queen. [2] [6] Fitzherbert became a baronet on 22 January 1784 [7] and retired to the family seat of Tissington Hall. On his death in 1791 he was buried at Tissington and was succeeded by Anthony Perrin Fitzherbert his son with Sarah, his wife. [8] William's younger brother Alleyne FitzHerbert was a diplomat who became Baron St Helens in 1791.

Anthony Fitzherbert, the second Baronet, died suddenly on 2 April 1798 of a "sudden consumption" at the age of nineteen. He was succeeded by Henry, his brother, the third son of the first Baronet. [3]

Family

On 14 October 1777 he married Sarah Perrin in London and through her inherited five slave plantations in Jamaica. These were four sugar plantations of Blue Mountain, Forest, Grange Hill and Vere and the coffee plantation of Retrieve Mountain. They had two children:

Coat of arms of Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet
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Crest
A dexter hand erect in an open gauntlet all Proper.
Motto
Ung Je Serviray (One Will I Serve) [10]

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References

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Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Tissington)
1784–1791
Succeeded by
Anthony FitzHerbert