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  1. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

  2. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of Lansdowne (born January 14, 1845, London, England—died June 3, 1927, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland) was an Irish nobleman and British diplomat who served as viceroy of Canada and of India, secretary for war, and foreign secretary.

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  3. 14 de jan. de 2008 · Governor General of Canada. Lansdowne was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1883, at the age of 38, succeeding Queen Victoria ’s son-in-law, the Marquess of Lorne. The British public viewed the appointment as a kind of political exile for Lansdowne’s opposition to Prime Minister William Gladstone’s Irish Land Act of 1881.

  4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 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.