Background
He was the eldest son of George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison and his wife Mary, daughter of Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester.
He was the eldest son of George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison and his wife Mary, daughter of Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester.
He adopted the surname of Fitzgerald to reflect this inheritance. Their children included:
John, later 5th Viscount and 1st Earl Grandison
William
Harriet, who married Robert Pitt and was the mother of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. Fitzgerald-Villiers was a Brigadier-General in the Army and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Queen"s Regiment of Horse.
He also sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Waterford.