John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory

John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (1719 – 23 September 1758), styled Lord Gowran from 1727–51, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician from County Cork, Ireland.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Upper Ossory
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office 1753–1758
Personal details
Born	1719 (1719)
Died	23 September 1758 (aged 38–39)
Spouse	Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower ​ ​ (m. 1744)​
Children	John, Richard, Mary and Louisa
Parent	Richard FitzPatrick (father)
Education	Queen's College, Oxford

Fermyn Woods Hall

Biography

Fitzpatrick was the son of Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran, and Anne (née Robinson) and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.^[1]

He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gowran in 1727 and his mother to the estates of Farmingwoods (now Fermyn Woods), Northamptonshire and Ampthill, Bedfordshire in 1744. He was created Earl of Upper Ossory in the Irish peerage on 5 October 1751. He was MP for Bedfordshire from 1753–8.^[1]

He married Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, daughter of the 1st Earl Gower, on 29 June 1744. They had four children:^[2]

• John FitzPatrick, Lord Gowran, later 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745–1818)
• The Hon. Richard FitzPatrick (24 January 1748 – 25 April 1813)
• The Lady Mary FitzPatrick (bef. 1751 – 6 October 1778), married the 2nd Baron Holland and had issue.
• The Lady Louisa FitzPatrick (1755 – 7 August 1789), married the 2nd Earl of Shelburne (later the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne) and had issue including Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne.