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| Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinghe Berkeley R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Illegitimate second son of the 5th Earl of Berkeley. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 January 1788 | Born. | ||
| 4 December 1823 | Married his cousin Lady Charlotte Lennox, 6th daughter of 4th Duke of Richmond (died 20 Aug 1833). | ||
| December 1832 | April 1833 | M.P. (Liberal) for Gloucester. | |
| 30 September 1834 | Married Lady Charlotte Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd daughter of 1st Earl of Ducie. | ||
| 1835 | 1837 | M.P. for Gloucester. | |
| 1840 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath). | ||
| 1841 | 1857 | M.P. for Gloucester. | |
| 1846 | 1849 | Naval Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. | |
| 1855 | Privy Councillor. | ||
| 5 July 1855 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). | ||
| 18 June 1861 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 5 August 1861 | 1st Baron Fitzhardinge of Bristol. | ||
| 17 October 1867 | Died. | ||
| The alleged private marriage between his father, the 13th Lord (Baron) and 4th Earl Berkeley with Mary, daughter of William Cole, publican and butcher, on 30 Mar 1875, was not recognised; for this reason, neither his elder brother nor himself inherited their fathers titles. On 16th May 1796 the couple (re)married. | |||
| Literature: (DNB; Stenton). | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| June 1802 | Entered Navy | ||
| 9 July 1808 | Lieutenant | ||
| 19 December 1810 | Commander | ||
| 7 June 1814 | Captain | ||
| 30 October 1849 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 21 October 1856 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 15 January 1862 | Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 27 May 1828 | 1831 | Captain in Semiramis, flagship of Charles Paget, Cork | |
| 13 April 1833 | 23 December 1834 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (4th Naval Lord) | |
| 1836 | 1837 | Captain in Hercules, home station | |
| 22 July 1837 | 5 March 1839 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (4th Naval Lord); resigned over the introduction of a (smaller) 'peace complement' in the Navy's ships | |
| 31 January 1840 | 28 July 1841 | Captain in Thunderer, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | |
| 13 July 1846 | 28 February 1852 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3rd, 2nd and finally 1st Naval Lord) | |
| 5 January 1853 | 24 December 1857 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (2nd then 1st Naval Lord) | |
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