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William Thomas Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry (30 March 1811 – 21 August 1836), styled Earl of Wycombe between 1811 and 1818, was a British heir and Whig politician.
His younger son John Petty Fitzmaurice was created the 1st Earl of Shelbourne in the Peerage of Ireland in 1753 and his son William Petty FitzMaurice, the 2nd Earl of Shelburne, who served as British prime minister from 1782 to 1783, was created Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784.
Explore the History of the Lansdowne Family. 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.
Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland.
Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (1668 - 16 March 1741), was the son of William FitzMaurice, 20th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw. He married Anne Petty, the daughter of scientist and philosopher Sir William Petty and Elizabeth Waller, Baroness Shelburne, in 1692.
William Petty-Fitzmaurice,1st Marquess of Landsdowne primary name: William Petty-Fitzmaurice other name: (Earl of) Shelburne
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.
