Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne KG (7 January 1816 – 5 July 1866), styled Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice until 1836 and Earl of Shelburne between 1836 and 1863, was a British politician.

The Marquess of Lansdowne
The 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, c. 1860-65
Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
In office
5 July 1856 – 26 February 1858
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Palmerston
Preceded byThe Lord Wodehouse
Succeeded byWilliam Vesey-FitzGerald
Personal details
Born5 January 1816 (1816-01-05)
Lansdowne House, London
Died5 July 1866 (1866-07-06) (aged 50)
Lansdowne House, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)(1) Lady Georgiana Herbert
(1817–1841)
(2) Comtesse Emily de Flahaut (1819–1895)
Children
Parents
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Quartered arms of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG

Background and education

edit

Born Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, he was the second son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, and Lady Louisa Emma, daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. He was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] On the early death of his elder brother the Earl of Kerry in 1836 he became known by the courtesy title Earl of Shelburne.[2]

Political career

edit

After graduation, he entered the Commons as MP for Calne in 1837. He served under Lord John Russell as a Lord of the Treasury from 1847 to 1848. In 1856, he was called up to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Wycombe and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Palmerston from that year until 1858. On the death of his father in 1863, Lord Shelburne succeeded to his titles and was made a Knight of the Garter a year later.

Family

edit

On 18 August 1840, he married Lady Georgiana Herbert (a daughter of the 11th Earl of Pembroke), but she died six months later. He then married Comtesse Emily de Flahault (the eldest daughter of Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut and the 2nd Baroness Keith) on 1 November 1843 in Vienna and they had three children:

Lord Lansdowne died suddenly from an attack of apoplexy on 5 July 1866;[3] his titles were inherited by his eldest son, Henry.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Fitzmaurice, Lord Henry Petty (FTSY833HP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ thepeerage.com
  3. ^ "The New Administration". The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 7 July 1866.
  4. ^ thepeerage.com
edit
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Calne
1837–1856
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Junior Lord of the Treasury
1847–1848
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1856–1858
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Marquess of Lansdowne
1863–1866
Succeeded by
Baron Wycombe
(writ of acceleration)

1856–1866