Thomas FitzMaurice
b. 1475
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Thomas FitzMaurice was son and heir apparent to the eighth Baron of Kerry and died in his father's lifetime, so he never held the barony. His son succeeded his grandfather instead. His wife is not recorded, which leaves the ninth Baron's mother unknown: one of the honest gaps in this line.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Source: Burke's Peerage (modern edn), LANSDOWNE lineage pp.2237-38, re-photographed and read 22 Jul 2026.): THOMAS FITZMAURICE, son and heir apparent of the 8th Baron - "dvp" (died in his father's lifetime), NEVER BARON - the second non-titled rung in the medieval ladder (with Alfonso de Vere on the Oxford side). His wife is NOT NAMED in the printed lineage - the 9th Baron's mother is unrecorded (? open). Father of Edmond, 9th Baron (our line). Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026.