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20 de mar. de 2024 · William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of Lansdowne (born May 13, 1737, Dublin—died May 7, 1805, London) was a British statesman and prime minister (July 1782 to April 1783) during the reign of George III.
Origins. This branch of the Fitzmaurice family descends from John Fitzmaurice, second son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (see Earl of Kerry for earlier history of the family), and his wife Anne, the daughter of the political economist Sir William Petty, whose wife had been created Baroness Shelburne for her own life only and whose two sons had been created at different times Baron ...
The Fitzmaurices, of Norman origin, settled in Ireland in the Twelfth century. In 1692, the marriage of Thomas Fitzmaurice and Anne Petty, the only daughter of the scientist and philosopher, Sir William Petty (1623-1687) transformed the family fortunes. In 1751 their son, John Fitzmaurice (1706-1761) legally changed his name to Petty.
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 from 1782 to 1783 during the final months of the American War of Independence.
John Marshall, son of Robert, assignee to Sir William Petty, was granted 58,701 acres in the barony of Iveragh, county Kerry in 1686. The Marshall family held lands in the parish of Currans, barony of Trughanacmy, until the 1840s. Richard John Marshall was the owner of over 5600 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s.
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 ...
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne. (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 68 portraits. Petty, who was styled Viscount Fitzmaurice, entered the Army after university and served in the Seven Years' War. In 1760, he was promoted colonel and appointed aide-de-camp ...