{{Short description|British Conservative Party politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} '''William Edward FitzMaurice''' (21 March 1805 – 18 June 1889)<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |orig-date=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=355 }}</ref> politician.

==Background== FitzMaurice was the son of [[John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall]], (son of the Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice who was the younger son of [[John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne]] and younger brother of Prime Minister [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne]]) and his wife [[Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney]], daughter of [[Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond]] and [[Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney]]. His mother was the Hon. Anna Maria, daughter of [[John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere]], while [[Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney]] was his elder brother.

==Political career== FitzMaurice was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] at an unopposed by-election in July 1842.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 20121 |date=19 July 1842 |page=1989 }}</ref> He held the seat until the [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847 general election]],<ref name="rayment" /> when he did not stand for re-election.<ref name="craig1832-1885" />

==Family== FitzMaurice was twice married. He married firstly Hester, daughter of Henry Harford, in 1837. After her death in August 1859 he married secondly Anne Louisa, daughter of John Hatton, in 1870. He died in June 1889, aged 84.

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== External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | hon-william-fitzmaurice | William FitzMaurice }}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = [[Sir William Young, 4th Baronet|Sir William Young]] | before2 = [[Caledon du Pré]] | before3 = [[Charles Scott-Murray]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] | with = [[Caledon du Pré]] 1824–1847 | with2 = [[Charles Scott-Murray]] 1842–1845 | with3 = [[Christopher Tower (died 1884)|Christopher Tower]] 1845–1847 | years = 1842–1847 }} {{s-aft| after = [[Caledon du Pré]] | after2 = [[Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham|Charles Cavendish]] | after3 = [[Benjamin Disraeli]] }} {{s-end}}

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