 He was also Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire from 1771 to 1818.In 1794, he was given the title of 'Baron Upper Ossory', of Ampthill in the County of Bedford, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords.In 1763, Fitzpatrick was in Italy with the bibliophile, Topham Beauclerk; where he bought old-master paintings and commissioned paintings from Gavin Hamilton.