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  Marquess of Lansdowne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Marquess of Lansdowne was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the former Prime Minister.
The courtesy title for the Lord Lansdowne's eldest son and heir alternates between Earl of Kerry and Earl of Shelburne.
Charles Maurice Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne (b.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 3843
General Sir William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne was the son of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne and Mary FitzMaurice.
John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne was the son of General Sir William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Sophia Carteret.
Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne was the son of General Sir William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa FitzPatrick.
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The Marquess of Lansdowne departed Canada with a true appreciation of the beauty of the wilderness and an equal appreciation of the diversity of Canadian society.
After studying at Eton and Oxford, the Marquess of Lansdowne succeeded to the title at the relatively young age of 21 in 1866.
The Marquess of Lansdowne served in the Gladstone government as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1869 to 1872.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 3307
She married Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, son of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, on 18 August 1840 at Wilton, Wiltshire.
Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne was the son of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways.
She married Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, son of Sir Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, on 1 November 1843 at British Embassy, Wien, Austria.
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 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Former Governors General: Lansdowne
t was with the issue of fishing rights between the United States and Canada that the Marquess of Lansdowne proved himself as an adept statesman, helping to negotiate a peaceful settlement to a potentially serious dispute between both countries.
t is interesting to note that the Marquess of Lansdowne's military secretary, Lord Melgund, benefited greatly from serving the Governor General.
fter studying at Eton and Oxford, the Marquess of Lansdowne succeeded to the title at the relatively young age of 21 in 1866.
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 Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The eldest son of the 4th Marquess, he attended Eton and on the death of his father succeeded, at age 21, to the marquessate and great lands and wealth.
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Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of see Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2d earl of.
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Bowood House, near Calne in Wiltshire, England, is the stately home of the Lansdowne family and has been the residence of:
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburn and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (1737-1803)
Charles Maurice Petty Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne (born 1941)
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 Lansdowne, William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of --  Encyclopædia Britannica
William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of Lansdowne, from a steel engraving, 1836, after the …
The son of John Fitzmaurice, who took the additional name of Petty on succeeding to the Irish estates of his uncle and who was created earl of Shelburne (1753), William was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford (1755–57), and, entering the army, served in the Seven Years' War.
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The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Wycombe (1784), Earl of Kerry (1723), Earl of Shelburne (1753), Viscount Calne and Calstone (1784), Viscount Clanmaurice (1723), Viscount Fitzmaurice (1751), Baron Wycombe of Chipping Wycombe (1760), Baron Kerry (1223), and Baron Dunkeron (1751).
The title Earl of Wycombe is the courtesy title for the eldest son of the Marquess.
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805) (became Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784)
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 The Marquess of Lansdowne to Sir E. Monson: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
The Marquess of Lansdowne to Sir E. Monson.
I HAVE from time to time kept your Excellency fully informed of the progress of my negotiations with the French Ambassador for the complete settlement of a series of important questions in which the interests of Great Britain and France are involved.
On two occasions—in 1857 and 1885—Conventions were actually signed limiting the area within which the French rights were to be exercised, and, in return, acknowledging those rights and conceding some further privileges.
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, British politician
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, British politician and Irish peer
William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Prime Minister and Irish peer
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 William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Statesman and patron of the arts
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Statesman and patron of the arts
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)
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 Lansdowne
The children of The Marquesses of Lansdowne bear the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.
2a) HENRY, 3d Marquess of Lansdwone, etc, suc his cousin in 1818 as 4th Earl of Kerry and Viscount Clanmaurice, and 22d Baron of Kerry, changed surname to Petty-Fitzmaurice (Shelburne House 2 Jul 1780-Bowood Park 31 Jan 1863); m.Melbury 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways (27 Jun 1785-Bowood Park 3 Apr 1851)
2b) HENRY, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc (Lansdowne House 7 Jan 1816-Lansdowne House 5 Jul 1866); m.1st Wilton, Wilts 18 Aug 1840 Lady Georgiana Herbert (Wilton 3 Aug 1817-Wilton 28 Feb 1841); m.2d Vienna 1 Nov 1843 Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahaut, 6th Baroness Nairne (Edinburgh 16 May 1819-Meiklour House 26 Jun 1895)
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