Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baronet

Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baronet, 20th Knight of Kerry, CVO, JP, DL (5 February 1844 - 22 October 1916) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, landowner, soldier and yachtsman.

He fought in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in which he served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Sir Archibald Alison.

[2] Throughout his life, FitzGerald was an enthusiastic yachtsman, member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and owned several vessels including The Satanita, a winning racing cutter.

[3] In 1909 FitzGerald acquired Buckland House, a grand Georgian mansion near Farringdon, Berkshire, where on one occasion he hosted King Edward VII.

[4] Following his wife's death in 1947, she bequeathed the property to their grandson Major Richard Wellesley, in which family the estate remains.