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Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, Earl OfSHELBURNE, WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, EARL OF. (1737–1805). British politician and prime minister. Born in Dublin, Fitzmaurice (later Petty) joined the Twentieth Regiment and served at Rochefort (1757), Minden (1759), and Kloster Kamp (1760).
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.
Among Fitzmaurice’s papers at Bowood is a list of the parliamentary representation of England and Wales at the end of 1760, annotated by him with remarks concerning the dominant interests in the constituencies, the candidates, their chances, etc.; and among George III’s papers at Windsor a list of Members, torn out of an almanac for 1760, is interleaved with blank pages on to which ...
WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE LANSDOWNE, 1ST Marquess Of (1737-1805), British statesman, better known under his earlier title of earl of Shelburne, was born at Dublin on the 10th of May 1737. He was a descendant of the lords of Kerry (dating from 1181), and his grandfather Thomas Fitzmaurice, who was created earl of Kerry (1723), married the daughter of Sir William Petty.
Edited by Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice in Life of William, Earl of Shelburne (2nd ed., 1912): Paper on Sepulchral Monuments (1791), originally published in The Gentleman's Magazine. Autobiographic papers (1800–1801) "Lord Shelburne on Men and Things", undated fragments on politics and economics.
21 de abr. de 2019 · The Fall of the Fitzmaurices describes the extravagance of Thomas, 21st Lord of Kerry, Baron of Lixnaw, enobled as an Earl in 1723, who having made a remarkable marriage to Lady Anne Petty, daughter of Sir William Petty, proceeded to live a feudal lifestyle at the ancient seat of his Norman ancestors, the Old Court in Lixnaw.
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