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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI}} (26 August 1837 – 20 May 1920) was a barrister and member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], who became [[Lieutenant-Governor]] of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] 1892–1897.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Fitzpatrick was born in Dublin in 1837 the son of a physician, he was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]].<ref name="obit" /> <br />
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==Indian civil service==<br />
In 1858 Fitzpatrick passed the Indian Civil Service examination and the following year joined the Punjab Commission.<ref name="obit" /> He worked in the Delhi territory as a magistrate until called for special duties to related to the government defence of a case brought by the heirs of [[Begum Samru]] related to confiscation of estates and seizure of arms during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name="obit" /> As part of his special duties he returned to England in March 1969 and he was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] by the [[Inner Temple]].<ref name="obit" /><br />
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Returning to India Fizpatrick became a deputy-secretary in the Legislative Department and in 1876 a Judge of the Chief Court in Lahore.<ref name="obit" /> He then became Secretary of the Legislative Department and acted as Secretary of the Home Department in early 1885.<ref name="obit" /> At the end of 1885 he became Resident in Mysore and for a few months Chief Commissioner of Coorg.<ref name="obit" /> In October 1887 he was Chief Commissioner in Assam before being transferred two years later to be Resident at Hyderabad.<ref name="obit" /> In the [[1890 Birthday Honours]] he was appointed Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]].<br />
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In March 1892 he returned to the Punjab as Lieutenant-Governor, a role he undertook until 1897 when he returned to the United Kingdom to join the London-based [[Council of India]].<ref name="obit" /> Fitzpatrick retired from the Council in 1907.<ref name="obit" /> He was upgraded to Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) in the [[1911 New Year Honours]].<br />
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==Family life==<br />
Fitzpatrick married Mary Buller in 1862, they had a large family, two daughters had died in India as well as a son who died in a railway accident, they had two further sons.<ref name="obit">"Death Of Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick." Times [London, England] 22 May 1920: 16. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 June 2015.</ref> Fitzpatrick died in London on 20 May 1920.<ref name="obit" /><br />
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