Catherine FitzGerald

Catherine Celinda Leopoldine FitzGerald, formerly Catherine Lambton, Viscountess Lambton, (born 18 May 1971) is an Irish landscape designer and gardener. She and her husband, Dominic West also operate her ancestral home, Glin Castle, as a small hotel and event venue.

This article is about the Irish landscape designer. For her ancestor, the Countess of Desmond, see Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond.

Catherine Fitzgerald
BornCatherine Celinda Leopoldine FitzGerald
(1971-05-18) 18 May 1971
Noble familyFitzGerald
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1995; div. 2002)​

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(m. 2010)​
Issue
Dora West
Senan West
Francis West
Christabel West
FatherDesmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin
MotherOlda Ann Willes
OccupationLandscape designer

Early life and family

Catherine FitzGerald was born on 18 May 1971.[1] She is a member of the FitzGerald dynasty, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty that originated in Wales and Normandy. Her father, Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, was the last Knight of Glin. She has two sisters, Honor and Nesta. She grew up at her family's ancestral home, Glin Castle, in Glin, County Limerick. Her godfather was Christopher Gibbs.[2]

FitzGerald attended Trinity College Dublin.[3]

Career

FitzGerald works as a landscape designer and gardener in Ireland and the United Kingdom; she shares a studio with landscape architect Mark Lutyens in London. She has worked as a freelance writer on landscaping and gardening for House & Garden, The Garden, Interiors Magazine, and The Telegraph.[4]

FitzGerald has worked on the gardens at her family's home, Glin Castle, and has also worked on landscaping projects at Hillsborough Castle, Lansdowne Crescent, Clarendon Park, Holland Park Avenue, Glenarm Castle, and St Olav's Church.[5][3][6]

Personal life

FitzGerald married Edward Lambton, Viscount Lambton, the future 7th Earl of Durham, on 19 October 1995.[7] They divorced in 2002. She married Dominic West, whom she had dated while at Trinity College,[8] on 26 June 2010 in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Limerick. She and West have four children.[9]

FitzGerald and West own a town house in Shepherd's Bush, London, a home in the Cotswolds, and share ownership of Glin Castle with her sister.[2][10][5]

Glin Castle

In 2011, FitzGerald’s father died. Since her father had no male heirs, the hereditary knighthood of Glin became extinct. FitzGerald, along with her mother and sisters, decided to sell the estate through an auction at Christie’s.[3][11] The castle did not sell, so FitzGerald and West, along with FitzGerald's sisters, purchased it in order to keep it in the family.[12][13][14] They split their time between Glin Castle and their home in London.

FitzGerald and West first operated the castle as a bed and breakfast and now run it as a hotel and event venue (it had previously operated as a boutique hotel for a period).[7]

References
  1. Lundy, Darryl. "Catherine Celinda Leopoldine FitzGerald". The Peerage. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. Cohane, Ondine. "Dominic West's Cozy and Colorful London Home". Lonny. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. Tobin, Emily. "Top stories of 2018: Catherine FitzGerald and her husband, actor Dominic West, have rescued her ancestral home in Ireland". House & Garden. Condé Nast. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. FitzGerald, Catherine. "Landscape Design". Catherine FitzGerald. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. Bickerstaff, Isaac (14 October 2020). "Who is Dominic West's aristocratic wife, Catherine FitzGerald?". Tatler.
  6. FitzGerald, Catherine. "Projects". Catherine FitzGerald. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. Gray, Catriona (30 January 2019). "Inside Glin Castle – home to Dominic West and Catherine FitzGerald". Town & Country. Hearst. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. Danaher, Patricia (10 January 2016). "Dominic West: 'My wife hasn't watched The Affair yet and I don't really want her to'". The Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "Wire actor West marries long-term Irish partner". Irish Examiner. Irish Times. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. Donald, Caroline (2 October 2016). "A wild affair". The Sunday Times. News UK. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. Ward, Victoria (24 April 2015). "Dominic West and his wife forced to sell her ancestral castle". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  12. "Tour Dominic West and Catherine Fitzgerald's Historic Home". Yahoo! News. Oath Inc. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  13. Parker-Magyar, Katherine (17 January 2019). "Dominic West and Catherine Fitzgerald's Irish Country Castle Is Straight Out of a Fairy Tale". Architectural Digest. Condé Nast. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  14. O'Brien, Jennifer (6 September 2018). "West: Move to our Irish castle is no brief affair". The Times. News UK. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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