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John Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (Ire) (1706 – 14 May 1761), known as John FitzMaurice until 1751 and as The Viscount FitzMaurice between 1751 and 1753, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne was born in 1706. 2 He was the son of Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry and Anne Petty. 1 He married Mary FitzMaurice, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. William FitzMaurice and Deborah Brookes, on 16 February 1734. 2 He died on 14 May 1761. 2 He was buried at Borwood, Wiltshire, England G. 2
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b. 1706, 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 20th Baron and 1st Earl of Kerry [I], by Anne, da. of Sir William Petty, sis. of Henry, 1st Earl of Shelburne [I]. educ. Westminster 1715; M. Temple 1723. m. 16 Feb. 1734, his cos. Mary, da. of Hon. William Fitzmaurice of Gallans, co. Kerry, 2s. 3da. suc. to estates of his uncle, Henry, Earl of Shelburne...
The Fitzmaurices had sat for generations in the Irish Parliament, but Shelburne was the first to enter that of Great Britain. With a fortune of over £300,000, he inherited from his uncle a house in London and Loakes House (now Wycombe Abbey) at High Wycombe; and next purchased Bremhill in Wiltshire and Bowood Park, where he rebuilt the house.1 Towa...
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Earl of Shelburne is a title that has been created two times while the title of Baron Shelburne has been created three times. The Shelburne title was created for the first time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was made Baroness Shelburne.
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 ...
Son of John Fitzmaurice (later Earl of Shelburne) whose name was changed to Petty in 1751 when he inherited from his mother estates at High Wycombe (with electoral influence) from his mother. 259 related objects
