Lord Shelburne

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Lord Shelburne was a British Whig statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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Lord Lansdowne 1
Lord Shelburne canonical 1
The Earl of Shelburne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Whig statesman
human
alsoKnownAs The Earl of Shelburne
linked to: Lord Shelburne

The Marquess of Lansdowne
William Petty
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
birthCountry Kingdom of Ireland
birthDate 1737-05-02
birthPlace Dublin
conflict Seven Years' War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1805-05-07
deathPlace Berkeley Square, London
linked to: Berkeley Square
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
familyName Petty
father John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
givenName William
headOfGovernmentOf Kingdom of Great Britain
ideology Whig liberalism
knownFor Reformist politics
Role in ending the American Revolutionary War
Support for free trade
memberOf Whig Party
militaryRank Colonel
monarchDuringTerm George III
mother Mary FitzMaurice
nobleTitle Earl of Shelburne
Marquess of Lansdowne
notableAchievement Negotiated peace to end the American Revolutionary War
notableWork Negotiation of the 1783 Treaty of Paris
officeEndTime 1783
officeStartTime 1782
parliamentaryGroup House of Lords Whig faction
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Ireland
positionHeld Home Secretary
Member of the House of Lords
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
predecessor Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
religion Anglicanism
residence Bowood House
linked to: Bowood
servedIn British Army
spouse Louisa FitzPatrick
Sophia Carteret
successor William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

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Rockingham Whig hasMember Lord Shelburne
Entente Cordiale signedBy Lord Lansdowne
linked to: Lord Shelburne
Lord Shelburne alsoKnownAs The Earl of Shelburne
linked to: Lord Shelburne