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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 American War of Independence.
William Petty, 2 nd Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805) . William was a soldier and Whig politician. He was Prime Minister from 1782-83 and created 1 st Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784. William created the 1 st Marquess of Lansdowne for negotiating peace with America at the end of the War of Independence. He was married twice and father to three children.
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 ...
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 2024 · The son of John Fitzmaurice, who took the additional name of Petty on succeeding to the Irish estates of his uncle and who was created earl of Shelburne (1753), William was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford (1755–57), and, entering the army, served in the Seven Years’ War.
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.
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 ...
