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|term_start         = 1886
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|predecessor        = [[Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys|The Lord Camoys]]
|successor          = Not replaced
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|term_start2        = 1885
|term_end2          = 1886
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Lieutenant-General '''Dudley Charles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros of Helmsley''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KP|KCVO|DL}} (11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907) was a soldier, courtier and the premier Baron of England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sitter: Lieutenant-General Sir Dudley Charles Fitz-Gerald de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907).|url=http://lafayette.org.uk/ros5044.html|publisher=Lafayette Negative Archive}}</ref>
==Biography==
He was the son of [[William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros|William FitzGerald-de Ros]] and Lady Georgiana Lennox. He was born in [[Brighton]].
He purchased a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the [[1st Life Guards]] on 7 February 1845, succeeding [[George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry|Viscount Seaham]],<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=20440 |page=358 | date=7 February 1845}}</ref> and a lieutenancy on 5 May 1848 when Seaham retired.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=20853 |page=1746 | date=5 May 1848}}</ref> He purchased a captaincy on 31 October 1851, succeeding [[Thomas Myddelton Biddulph]],<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=21258 |page=2833 | date=31 October 1851}}</ref> and on 30 August 1859, he purchased a commission as major and lieutenant-colonel upon the retirement of [[James McGarel-Hogg, 1st Baron Magheramorne|James Hogg]].<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=22302 |page=3239 | date=30 August 1859}}</ref> He was [[brevet (military)|brevet]]ed colonel on 30 August 1864.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=22893 |page=4416 | date=13 September 1864}}</ref> FitzGerald-de Ros retired on half-pay on 29 May 1872.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=23862 |page=2517 | date=28 May 1872}}</ref>
The Baron was [[Equerry]] to the [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Consort]] from 1853 to 1861, and then to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] from 1861 to 1874. He was also a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Lord in Waiting]] from 1874 to 1880, 1885–1886, and 1886–1892.
Lord de Ros was appointed a Knight of the [[Order of St Patrick]] (KP) in the [[1902 Coronation Honours]] list published on 26 June 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation Honours |date=26 June 1902 |page=5 |issue=36804}}</ref> and was invested by the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], [[George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan|Earl Cadogan]], at [[Dublin Castle]] on 11 August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ireland |date=12 August 1902 |page=9 |issue=36844}}</ref>
De Ros was also an early photographer, photographing the royal family in 1859 and example of which is held by the Royal Collection Trust.<ref>[https://www.rct.uk/collection/2084351/group-portrait-with-prince-albert-leopold-i-and-queen-victoria Group portrait with Prince Albert, Leopold I and Queen Victoria, 29-29 Jun 1859]. Accessed 15 July 2024.</ref> He was also a member of the Photographic Society of London, later the [[Royal Photographic Society]] from 1857.<ref>[https://rpsmembers.dmu.ac.uk/rps_results.php?mid=917 Capt. the Hon. De de Ros]. Accessed 15 July 2024</ref> He was a member of the Amateur Photographic Association from at least 1862 to 1869 and elected a Vice President in 1862.<ref>Amateur Photographic Association, ''British Journal of Photography'', 15 July 1862, p. 279.</ref>
He was appointed Colonel of the 1st Life Guards on 17 November 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27501 |page=8439 | date=5 December 1902}}</ref>
==Family==
He married firstly to Lady Elizabeth Egerton (5 July 1832 – 14 March 1892), daughter of [[Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton]], in Heaton, [[Lancashire]], on 12 October 1853, then to Mary Geraldine Mahon (died 28 December 1921), daughter of [[Sir William Mahon, 4th Baronet]], in [[London]] on 14 January 1896. By his first wife, he had one daughter:
*[[Mary Dawson, Countess of Dartrey|Mary FitzGerald-de Ros]] (born 1854), who succeeded her father upon his death.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/05/01/106112719.pdf|title=LORD DE ROS DEAD.; The Premler Baron of England Daughter Succeeds to Barony.|date=30 April 1907|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref>
The 23rd Baron had no children by his second wife. He died in Old Court, [[County Down]].
==References==
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==Sources==
* "de Ros, Baron (Maxwell) (Baron E 1264)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. pp.&nbsp;362–363.
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