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Fue abuelo de William Petty Landsdowne. Es mejor conocido por sus escritos de historia económica y estadística previos al trabajo de Adam Smith. Sus trabajos más famosos son los de tipo demográfico, Aritmética política y títulos similares, en los que se trata del primer intento de entender las relaciones entre la población y la economía.
20 de mar. de 2023 · En 1660 William Petty inventó una herramienta que contaba con dos plumas, y que algunas personas consideran que es el origen de la máquina de escribir. La invención de una máquina copiadora, cuando Petty tenía solo 23 años, fue lo que le abrió las puertas a los círculos de eruditos británicos. Referencias. Jori, G.
Their grandson William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was created Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784. In the 1870s, the Munster estate of the Marquess of Lansdowne amounted to over 94,000 acres in county Kerry with 1,526 acres in county Limerick. This included property in the parishes of Dromod, Killinane and Prior, barony of Iveragh ...
26 de abr. de 2022 · General William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne was born on 2 May 1737 at Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandG.3 He was the son of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne and Mary FitzMaurice.1,4 He was baptised on 13 May 1737.3 He married, firstly, Lady Sophia Carteret, daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville and Lady Sophia Fermor, on 3 February 1765 at Chapel Royal, St. James's, London ...
Her great grandson, the second Earl of Shelburne became first Marquis of Landsdowne in 1784. He died in 1805 and the second Marquis of Landsdowne, a century after William Petty, rediscovered the site and in 1805-09 built a Pleasure Ground with encircling walls (Walls in half-circles and serpentine walls, (O’Neill,1896 oral and www.wikipedia.com).
History of Kenmare. Sir William Petty established a settlement/plantation scheme here ("Kilmare") around 1670 comprised of English, Cornish, and Welsh protestants. It wasn't however until around 1775 when the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (William Petty-Fitzmaurice) took an interest in the settlement that the town took on its present shape.
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice. Life of William Earl of Shelburne Afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne: With Extracts from his Papers and Correspondence. (Second and revised edition) [Extra-illustrated]. London: Macmillan and co., 1912. Lansdowne, William Petty. Lord Shelburne, the Bowood Circle, and the American Revolution.:
