Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745-1818), Irish Peer and politician: MP for Bedfordshire
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- Biography and References
Whig politician; succeeded as 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory [I] 1758; MP 1767-94; FRS 1780, FSA 1793; created Baron Upper Ossory [GB] 1794; though he loved gaming and Newmarket, he ‘had good sense without vanity, and good nature without weakness’ (G. E. Cockayne, The Complete Peerage); one of the pall-bearers at Joshua Reynolds’s funeral; older brother of Richard Fitzpatrick.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.