Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
British politician, art collector, and museum founder (1745-1816) · Musicians · Died at 70
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Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam, 1764 portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby; Fitzwilliam Museum
Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam. Portrait after Henry Howard, Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, founded by a bequest in the will of Richard FitzWilliam
Monument to FitzWilliam and his maternal grandfather Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet; St Mary Magdalene's Church, Richmond, SurreyAwards
Musicians born in the 1740s 6
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Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam of Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland, and of FitzWilliam House in the parish of Richmond in Surrey, England, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland who was a benefactor and musical antiquarian who founded the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, with a bequest of his library and art collection. He was also a significant urban developer in the City of Dublin. He served as a Member of Parliament for Wilton in Wiltshire, England, from 1790 until his death.
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