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John Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (Ire) (1706 – 14 May 1761), known as John FitzMaurice until 1751 and as The Viscount FitzMaurice between 1751 and 1753, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Earl of Shelburne is a title that has been created two times while the title of Baron Shelburne has been created three times. The Shelburne title was created for the first time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was made Baroness Shelburne.
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b. 1706, 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 20th Baron and 1st Earl of Kerry [I], by Anne, da. of Sir William Petty, sis. of Henry, 1st Earl of Shelburne [I]. educ. Westminster 1715; M. Temple 1723. m. 16 Feb. 1734, his cos. Mary, da. of Hon. William Fitzmaurice of Gallans, co. Kerry, 2s. 3da. suc. to estates of his uncle, Henry, Earl of Shelburne...
The Fitzmaurices had sat for generations in the Irish Parliament, but Shelburne was the first to enter that of Great Britain. With a fortune of over £300,000, he inherited from his uncle a house in London and Loakes House (now Wycombe Abbey) at High Wycombe; and next purchased Bremhill in Wiltshire and Bowood Park, where he rebuilt the house.1 Towa...
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history), was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the ...
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Mary FitzMaurice was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. William FitzMaurice and Deborah Brookes. 2,1 She married John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, son of Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry and Anne Petty, on 16 February 1734. 2 She died on 9 December 1780 at Llewenny Hall, Denbighshire, Wales G. 2 Her will was proven (by probate) in May 1781. 2
Earl of Kerry and others - in a Chancery Court case about the Earl's estate and Will that was to run from 1752 until well into the 1770s. However, the main part of the estate was in fact left to the Earl's nephew, John Fitzmaurice, who, according to the terms of the Will, changed his name to Petty. Such a change of name as a condition of ...
