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6th Viscount Fitzwilliam

Richard Fitzwilliam, 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam (see here),
bapt 24th July 1711,
mar Catherine Decker [dau of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart, of Richmond, Surrey],
lived in his father-in-law's grand house in Richmond Green, Richmond (see map, there is a road today on the NE side of the green called "Fitzwilliam House"),
succ 1743,
as an absentee landlord, started the development of Dublin's ultra-fashionable Georgian SE side, extending from the Duke of Leinster's house eastwards into the old Fitzwilliam lands around Baggotrath,
first laid out Merrion St 1758,
laid out Merrion Square 1762,
in later years he decided to live at Mount Merrion once more, and made alterations there (think it was him who built the main block),
the beauty of Mount Merrion is praised in Freeman's Journal, 1 Sept 1774, p.14 d and p.15 a,
he died at Mount Merrion, 25th May 1776, age 64 yrs, bur Donnybrook chapel,
(todo) see Exshaw's Magazine, 1776, p.384,
having had issue:

1. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam,
   bapt 22nd Aug 1745.

   
   

2. John Fitzwilliam, 8th Viscount Fitzwilliam, bapt 1752,
   succ 1816,
   died 1830, age 78 yrs.

3. Thomas Fitzwilliam, 9th Viscount Fitzwilliam, bapt 3rd Sept 1755,
   succ 1830,
   died Jan 1833, age 77 yrs [title became extinct].