William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

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William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
The Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
birthDate 1737-05-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
burialPlace All Saints' Church, Calne ⓘ
child John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1805-05-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Berkeley Square, London ⓘ
linked to: Berkeley Square
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Leiden University ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition 1783-04-02 ⓘ
familyName Petty-FitzMaurice ⓘ
father John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
genreOfActivity politics ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor Negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
militaryRank Colonel ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George III ⓘ
mother Mary FitzMaurice ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Baron Wycombe ⓘ
notableWork Negotiation of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ
officeHeldJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
parliamentaryRole Irish representative peer ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Wycombe ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ireland) ⓘ
First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
precededBy The Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
residence Bowood House ⓘ
linked to: Bowood
servedIn British Army ⓘ
signatureImage Signature of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
spouse Louisa FitzPatrick ⓘ
Sophia Carteret ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1782-07-04 ⓘ
succeededBy The Duke of Portland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Portland

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Earl of Shelburne → notableHolder → William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington → commissionedFor → William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington → namedAfter → William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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William Petty → nobleTitle → 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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Sophia Carteret → spouse → 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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Louisa FitzPatrick → spouseNobleTitle → 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne → alsoKnownAs → 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne → nobleTitle → 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
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Baron Lansdowne → titleHolder → William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ