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
Earl of Rothes She was wife of the Hon. George Waldegrave, younger son of William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave. The courtesy title used by an heir apparent to the earldom is "Lord Leslie". The family seat is Littlecroft, near West Milton, Dorset. The heir presumptive is the present holder's only brother, Hon. Alexander John Leslie (b. 1962). Earl of Rothes Earl of Rothes (pronounced ""Roth"-is") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for George Leslie, 1st Lord Leslie. He had already been created Lord Leslie in 1445, also in the Peerage of Scotland. His grandson, the third