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Cannon, John. "Petty, William, second earl of Shelburne and first marquess of Lansdowne (1737--1805)." In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice. Life of William Earl of Shelburne Afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne: With Extracts from his Papers and Correspondence.
John Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne (Irish Peerage) Apparently the title "Earl of Shelburne" was also held by John's uncle, Henry Petty, but became extinct when he died in 1751. The title was recreated for John 225 on 26 Jun 1753. Born c. 1700; died in May 1761. Son of Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry.
Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (I) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (Ire), known as John FitzMaurice until 1751 and as The Viscount FitzMaurice between 1751 and 1753, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
William Petty, 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 Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the first Home Secretary in 1782 and then Prime Minister 1782–1783 during the final months of the American War of Independence. He succeeded in securing peace with ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Shelburne, William Petty, 2nd earl of (1737–1805). Shelburne was intelligent and able, but deemed untrustworthy by most of his social and political equals. He entered the army in 1757, became an MP in 1760, and went to the Lords in 1761, succeeding his father as earl of Shelburne and Baron Wycombe. Initially a follower of Bute, he shifted his ...
William Petty, the second Earl of Shelburne, has a good claim to be regarded as his nearest British equivalent. Born in Dublin, on 2 May 1737, his parents, who were first cousins, were John Fitzmaurice (later Petty) and Mary Fitzmaurice, both of whom were descended from a family which had dominated the western Irish county of Kerry, since the ...
William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, William L. Clements Library . 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers ... John Perceval, 2 Earl: LS . 5 .
