Earl of Desmond wife Margery FitzAnthony. The title Earl of Desmond was first created for Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Baron Desmond in approximately 1329. Over time, according to English sources, the FitzGerald family became highly assimilated to the local Irish culture. The final Earl of Desmond of this creation was Gerald FitzGerald, the 15th (or, by some counts, the 16th) Earl. The FitzGeralds and Fitzmaurices to had resisted the Reformation of King Henry VIII and, after the failure of the first and second Desmond Rebellions, the 15th Earl was defeated and killed by forces loyal to Queen Elizabeth I on 11 November 1583. His
Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield until 1934. The title was created for a third time when Thomas Anson was created Earl of Lichfield in the 1831 coronation honors of William IV. Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield (3 July 1706 – 3 November 1776) was an English politician and peer. An uncle of the 3rd Earl, George Henry Lee II, he was a son of Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield and his wife Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford from 1754 to 1768, and considered a Tory.