property passed to his nephew, Sir Henry Fitzherbert. From 1805 to 1837 he had been a trustee of the British Museum, and at the time of his death he was the senior member of the privy council. Personal life St. Helens never married nor had children. However, he was known to have a very close relationship with Princess Elizabeth, third daughter of George III. Seventeen years older than Elizabeth, St. Helens was a frank, practical, and sharp-witted character known to dislike court life, qualities which Elizabeth shared. She referred to him as, "a dear and valuable saint," and said of him in a letter to her companion Lady Harcourt, "There is no man I love so well, and his tenderness to me has never varied, and that is a thing I never forget." Elizabeth later wrote that she pined for St. Helens, eager to see him, "at all times, hours, minutes, days, nights, etc." Elizabeth later commissioned a portrait of St. Helens from noted enamelist Henry Pierce Bone, evidence of her great attachment to him. St. Helens in turn kept an enamel miniature of Elizabeth, also painted by Bone. External links References 1839 deaths 1753 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George III Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Peers of the United Kingdom created by George III Ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia Diplomatic peers Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Members of the Privy Council of Ireland People educated at Derby School People educated at Eton College People from Derby Ambassadors of Great Britain to France Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia Ambassadors of Great Britain to Spain Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Netherlands Chief Secretaries for Ireland Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery