page_title: Oakley Court
section_title: Lord Otho Fitzgerald
hierarchical_section_title: Oakley Court / Lord Otho Fitzgerald
caption_attribution_description: English: Lord Otho Fitzgerald, owner of Oakley Court, Windsor
context_page_description: Oakley Court is a Victorian Gothic country house set in 35 acres overlooking the River Thames at Water Oakley in the civil parish of Bray in the English county of Berkshire. It was built in 1859 and is currently a luxury hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building that has been often used as a film location.
context_section_description: Otho Fitzgerald lived in Oakley Court from 1874 until his death in 1882. He was born in 1827 in London and was the third son of the Duke of Leinster. He entered the army and served in the Royal Horse Guards. He was elected as a Member of Parliament and was appointed to several official positions in the Queen’s Household. He was an amateur photographer and several of his photographs are in the Royal Collection. He was also a musical composer and wrote a piece called "The Spirit of the Ball". 
  In 1861 at the age of 34 he married Ursula, widow of the 1st Baron Londesborough and daughter of Vice- Admiral Charles Orlando Bridgeman. The couple had two children. The Fitzgeralds attended many high society parties and they invited many celebrates to Oakley Court. Some of these included the Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon and Lilly Langtry. Lady Augusta Fane in her memoirs recalls a water party held at Oakley Court where Lilly Langtry was present. 
  Otho died in 1882 and his wife Ursula died a year later. Oakley Court was rented out for the next ten years and then in 1894 John Lewis Phipps bought the house.
caption: Lord Otho Fitzgerald
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