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{{Short description|British politician and colonial administrator (1818–1885)}}
{{For|the Irish statesman|William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Sir Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald
| honorific-suffix    = [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]]
| image               = William Vesey Fitzgerald.jpg
| imagesize           = 200px
| caption             =
| order1              = [[List of Governors of Bombay|Governor of Bombay]]
| term_start1         = 6 March 1867
| term_end1           = 6 May 1872
| monarch1            = [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]
| predecessor1        = [[Henry Bartle Frere|Sir Bartle Frere]]
| successor1          = [[Philip Wodehouse (colonial administrator)|Sir Philip Wodehouse]]
| birth_date          = {{birth-date|1818|}}
| birth_place         = [[County Clare]]
| death_date          = {{death-date|28 June 1885|}}
| death_place         = [[Oxford]], [[Oxfordshire]]
| nationality         = {{flagicon|UK}} [[British people|British]]
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater          = [[Christ Church, Oxford]] <br /> [[Oriel College, Oxford]]
| spouse              = Maria Seymour
}}
'''Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald''', [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] (1818 – 28 June 1885), was an [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] politician and colonial administrator. He served as [[Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] between 1858 and 1859 and as [[List of Governors of Bombay|Governor of Bombay]] between 1867 and 1872.
==Background and education==
FitzGerald was the illegitimate son of [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey|the 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey]]. He was educated at both [[Christ Church, Oxford]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford]], graduating with a degree in Classics in 1837.
==Political career==
FitzGerald was elected member for [[Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham]] in 1848, but was unseated on petition. In 1852 he was once again elected for Horsham and was able to hold the seat until 1865.<ref name="rayment">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231410/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe]}}</ref> He served under [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|The 14th Earl of Derby]] as [[Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] between 1858 and 1859.
In 1866 he was appointed [[List of Governors of Bombay|Governor of Bombay]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23187 |date=20 November 1866 |page=6157 }}</ref> admitted to the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23203 |date=28 December 1866 |page=7171 }}</ref> and (17 August 1887) made a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]],<ref>Great Britain. India Office {{google books|b2NPAAAAMAAJ|The India List and India Office List for 1905|page=145}}</ref> and Knight Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]].
On his return to Britain, he again represented Horsham in parliament from 1874 to 1875.<ref name="rayment"/> In 1875, he was appointed [[Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales|Chief Charity Commissioner]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24271 |date=30 November 1875 |page=6048 }}</ref>
He married Maria Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, in 1840 and had a son and daughter.
==See also==
*[[Baron FitzGerald and Vesey]]
==References==
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*''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]''
== External links ==
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