#4812 Capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald for High Treason Lord Fitzgerald b1763, swapped nobility for revolution. From England to France and eventually to Erin, the son of the Duke of Leinster fought for change, emancipation and a nationwide and philosophical ‘levelling up’. From 1796, he became a central figure in the United Irish society and its increasingly radical militia, increasingly frustrated at the failure of diplomatic means to achieve reform. With his and the group’