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9 de mai. 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. The son of John Fitzmaurice, who took the additional name of Petty on succeeding to the Irish estates of his uncle and who was ...
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21 de mai. de 2024 · Sir William Petty was an English political economist and statistician whose main contribution to political economy, Treatise of Taxes and Contributions (1662), examined the role of the state in the economy and touched on the labour theory of value.
21 de mai. de 2024 · The first official resident at the premises was Lord Henry Petty, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne), son of William, the 1st Marquess, was born in 1780. After making the Grand Tour he entered Parliament in 1803 as member for Calne, and attached himself to Fox.
21 de mai. de 2024 · Bowood House and its park passed in turn to William's sons John, marquess of Lansdowne (d. 1809), and Henry, marquess of Lansdowne (d. 1863), who in 1818 adopted the surname Petty-Fitzmaurice and in 1845 owned the whole liberty.
5 de mai. de 2024 · Lady Louisa's life was marked by her contributions to society and her role as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1838. Her legacy includes her children, among whom were William Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, Louisa Petty (Petty-Fitzmaurice) Howard, and Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice.
Há 4 dias · William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Landsdowne – who sympathised with Unitarianism – built a laboratory for the famous dissenter at Bowood House. Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus. Priestley assembled his oxygen paper and several others into a second volume of Experiments and Observations on Air ...
16 de mai. de 2024 · Daughter of William Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Kerry and Augusta Ponsonby, Countess of Kerry. Wife of Lt.-Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert. Mother of Henry Edward Herbert; George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis ; Magdalen Lucy Herbert and Margaret Augusta Cholmondeley.
