Surname: Fitzpatrick Forename(s): Richard b. 24 January 1748. d. 25 April 1813. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet, army officer, and politician. Known for satirical verse. Son of John Fitzpatrick,
second Baron Gowran, and Evelyn (née Leveson-Gower). Close friends with Charles James
Fox, Educated at Westminster School and Caen Military Academy. Worked in the Grenadier
guards, in which he fought in the American War of Independence, before taking up a
parliamentary career as a prominent whig figure. Appointed as secretary at war in
1806 under Prime Minister Grenville, but the position was shortlived as the government
fell in 1807. Publications include a few volumes of satirical verse, including The Bath Picture (1771) and Dorinda: A Town Eclogue (1775). Biographical information: ODNB. (BGL)