History

John Fitzgerald, 18th Earl of Kildare and his wife are buried in the Duke of Richmond's vault in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. But they have no monument or gravestone. He was born in 1661, son of Wentworth Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare and was a Member of Parliament. He was buried on 4 December 1707. His first wife was Mary, eldest daughter of Henry O'Brien, Lord Ibracken and she died of smallpox and was buried on 28 November 1683. Their infant son Henry was buried on 21 February 1684. John's second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh. She was buried in the chapel of St John the Baptist on 22 April 1758, aged 93. Her sister Catherine Jones had been buried there in 1740. Their two names were inscribed on a stone in the chapel in 1879.

Mary's parents are also buried in the Richmond vault. Henry O'Brien (buried 9 September 1678) was the only son of Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond and his wife Anne (daughter of the 5th Earl).  His wife was Catherine Stuart, daughter of Lord Aubigny. She was baptised at St Martin in the Fields church in London and married Henry in 1664. She was buried on 11 November 1702.  Their son George was buried on 8 May 1679 and they had another son Donatus. Her second husband was Sir Joseph Williamson. Her brother was Charles Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox.

See a separate entry for Sir Joseph Williamson