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| name = The Earl of Clare<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] [[Royal Guelphic Order|GCH]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]]<br />
| image = John Fitzgibbon 2nd Earl of Clare-cropped.jpg<br />
| office = [[Governor of Bombay]] <br />
| term_start = 1831<br />
| term_end = 1835<br />
| predecessor = [[John Romer (politician)|John Romer]] <br />
| successor = [[Robert Grant (MP)|Sir Robert Grant]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Harrow School]]<br>[[Christ Church, Oxford]]<br />
| parents = [[John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare]]<br>[[Anne FitzGibbon, Countess of Clare|Anne Whaley]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Hon. Elizabeth Burrell<br>|14 April 1826|18 August 1851|reason=his death}}<br />
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| relations = [[Thomas Whaley (politician)|Thomas Whaley]] (uncle)<br />
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'''John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare''' [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] [[Royal Guelphic Order|GCH]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (10 July 1792 &ndash; 18 August 1851) was an Anglo Irish aristocrat and politician.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
FitzGibbon was born on 10 July 1792. He was the eldest son of [[John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare]] and his wife, the former [[Anne FitzGibbon, Countess of Clare|Anne Whaley]].<ref name="Malcomson2006">{{cite book |last1=Malcomson |first1=A. P. W. |title=The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740-1840 |date=2006 |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |isbn=9781903688656 |pages=38, 80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WavuZbI41UC&pg=PA292 |accessdate=26 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He had two siblings, the Hon. Richard Hobart FitzGibbon (who later became the [[Earl of Clare|3rd Earl of Clare]]), and Lady Isabella Mary Anne FitzGibbon.<ref name="EarlClare"/><br />
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His maternal grandparents were Richard Chapel Whaley, of [[Whaley Abbey]] in [[County Wicklow]], and the former Anne Ward (daughter of Rev. Bernard Ward). His uncle was the [[Thomas Whaley (politician)|Thomas Whaley]], a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Newcastle]]. His father was the second, but first surviving son, and heir, of John FitzGibbon, of Mount Shannon in [[County Limerick]] and Eleanor ([[née]] Grove) FitzGibbon (daughter of John Grove, of Ballyhimmock, in [[County Cork]]).<ref name="EarlClare"/><br />
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Upon his father's death in 1802, he succeeded to the titles of Baron FitzGibbon in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] and [[Earl of Clare]] in the [[Peerage of Ireland|Irish Peerage]].<ref name="EarlClare"/> He was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], graduating in 1812.<ref name="EarlClare"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
From 1820 to 1851, he was active in estate management when not in public office, and from 1820 onwards was active in the [[House of Lords]]. In 1830 he became a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Councillor]], and later the same year was appointed [[Governor of Bombay]], serving until 1835.<ref name="EarlClare">{{cite web |title=Clare, Earl of (I, 1795 - 1864) |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/clare1795.htm |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Heraldic Media Limited |accessdate=26 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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In 1835 he was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Guelphic Order]], was a member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] from 1839 and invested as a [[Order of St Patrick|Knight of St Patrick]] in 1845. He was [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of the [[County Limerick|County of Limerick]] from 1846 to 1849 and afterwards [[Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick]] for the remainder of his life.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On 14 April 1826, he married the Hon. Elizabeth Burrell, daughter of [[Peter Burrell, 1st Lord Gwydwyr]] and [[Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby|Priscilla Bertie]], ''[[suo jure]]'' [[Baron Willoughby de Eresby|Baroness Willoughby de Eresby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p12529.htm#i125284|title=Person Page: John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare|website=thepeerage.com|date=16 February 2011}}</ref> Her dowry was between £30,000 and £60,000.<ref name="Malcomson2006"/> The couple lived apart, Lady Clare moving to the Isle of Wight where she built a Catholic church at Ryde and a Priory at Carisbrooke.<br />
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He was also known to have been a great friend of [[George Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] while attending Harrow School. Byron had claimed to love him "ad infinitum" and said that he could never hear the word "Clare" without "a murmur of the heart".<ref>[[Edna O'Brien|O'Brien, Edna]] (2009), ''Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life''; [[W.W. Norton & Co.]], pg 18.</ref><br />
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Lord Clare died on 18 August 1851 and, as he had no issue, was succeeded in his titles and estates by his younger brother. His remains are deposited in Catacomb B, Vault 63, in [[Kensal Green Cemetery]], London where his [[cap of maintenance]] may be seen inside the vault. His widow was buried at Mountjoy Cemetery in [[Carisbrooke]], [[Isle of Wight]], next to her close companion Miss Charlotte Elliot.<ref name="Toms2017">{{cite news |last1=Toms |first1=Jan |title=The Countess of Clare - Marriage, Love, Good Works |url=https://wizzley.com/the-countess-of-clare-marriage-love-good-works/ |accessdate=26 August 2019 |work=wizzley.com |date=23 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp00887/john-fitzgibbon-2nd-earl-of-clare John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (1792-1851), Governor of Bombay] at the [[National Portrait Galler, London]].<br />
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