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William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1er marqués de Lansdowne, (2 de mayo de 1737, Dublín-7 de mayo de 1805, Berkeley Square, Londres; conocido como el conde de Shelburne entre 1761 y 1784, título por el que se le conoce generalmente en la historia), fue un estadista whig británico nacido en Irlanda que fue el primer ministro del Interior en 1782 y ...
Fue abuelo de William Petty Landsdowne, primer marqués de Lansdowne (más conocido como el segundo conde de Shelburne), quien se desempeñó como primer ministro de Gran Bretaña, 1782-1783. [7] Es conocido por sus escritos de historia económica y estadística previos al trabajo de Adam Smith.
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1er marqués de Lansdowne,, fue un estadista whig británico nacido en Irlanda que fue el primer ministro del Interior en 1782 y luego primer ministro en 1782-1783 durante los últimos meses de la Guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos.
In 1818 Lansdowne also succeeded his cousin as fourth Earl of Kerry. His eldest son William Petty FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry, was a Member of Parliament for Calne, but predeceased his father, without having a son. Lansdowne was therefore succeeded by his second son, the fourth Marquess.
Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers.
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 ...
The portrait was a gift to former British Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, and spent more than 170 years in England. Stuart painted three copies of the Lansdowne, and five portraits that were closely related to it.: 175 His most famous copy has hung in the East Room of the White House since 1800.
