Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare

Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, a notorious rakehell, just before his death in 1741, received a letter from his local vicar reproaching him for his debauchery and blasphemy and urging him to repent.

Rosse, noting that the letter was addressed only to "My Lord", as a dying joke put it in a fresh envelope and forwarded it to Kildare, who naturally assumed that it was an attack on him and was predictably furious.

He demanded an inquiry by John Hoadly, Archbishop of Dublin, but the hoax was quickly exposed.

[3] A monument dedicated to him was created by Henry Cheere, showing how he was mourned by his wife and his surviving children Margaretta and James.

This monument was first put at the north side of the choir of Christ Church Cathedral but later moved into the south transept.