Family and Education
b. 3 Jan. 1788, 2nd s. of Frederick Augustus, 5th earl of Berkeley (d. 1810), and future w. Mary, da. of William Cole, publican and butcher, of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. m. (1) 4 Dec. 1823, Lady Charlotte Lennox (d. 20 Aug. 1833), da. of Charles Lennox†, 4th duke of Richmond, 2s. 2da.; (2) 30 Sept. 1834, Hon. Charlotte Reynolds Moreton, da. of Thomas, 4th Bar. Ducie, s.p. CB 18 Dec. 1840; KCB 5 July 1855; suc. bro. William Fitzhardinge Berkeley†, 1st Earl Fitzhardinge, to Berkeley estates 1857; GCB 28 June 1861; cr. Bar. Fitzhardinge 5 Aug. 1861. d. 17 Oct. 1867.
Offices Held
Entered RN 1802, lt. 1808, cdr. 1810, capt. 1814, r.-adm. 1849, v.-adm. 1856, adm. 1862.
Ld. of admiralty Apr. 1833 – Dec. 1834, July 1837 – Mar. 1839, July 1846 – Mar. 1852, Jan. 1853 – Nov. 1857; naval a.d.c. to Queen Victoria 1846 – 49; PC 13 Aug. 1855.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Fishborne, nr. Chichester, Suss.; 6 Spring Gardens, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BERKELEY, Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge (1788-1867)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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