2nd Earl of Shelburne

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The 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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2nd Earl of Shelburne canonical 4
The Earl of Shelburne 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British prime minister ⓘ
British statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
William Petty-FitzMaurice ⓘ
birthDate 1737-05-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
burialPlace Bowood House, Wiltshire ⓘ
child John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
Lord Henry Petty ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1805-05-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Berkeley Square, London ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
University of Leiden ⓘ
familyName Petty ⓘ
father John FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix PC ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George III ⓘ
mother Arabella Denny ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
notableAchievement helped negotiate the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
notableFor reorganizing British policy after the loss of the American colonies ⓘ
notableWork negotiation of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ
officeEnd 1783-04-02 ⓘ
officeStart 1782-07-04 ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Home Secretary of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Home Secretary

Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister

Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
precededBy The Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
residence Bowood House ⓘ
linked to: Bowood
signature Signature of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne.svg ⓘ
spouse Louisa FitzPatrick ⓘ
Sophia Carteret ⓘ
succeededBy The Duke of Portland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Portland

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne → nobleTitle → 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland → predecessor → The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck → precededBy → The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Louisa FitzPatrick → spouseNobleTitle → 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne → nobleTitle → 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne → alsoKnownAs → The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne → alsoKnownAs → The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne