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...
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Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was made Baroness Shelburne. She was the wife of the noted economist Sir William Petty. The title...
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Earl of Shelburne, who took his mother's surname, and whose descendants hold the title Marquis of Lansdowne. Her grandson William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne...
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William Petty (1623–1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher. William Petty may also refer to: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)...
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Lansdowne House (category William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne)
house for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute but in 1763 he sold it (one year into its building) to William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (both men became Prime...
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the wife of Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. The Marchioness was the youngest daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory...
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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...
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"Shelburne" or "Shelburn" was chosen to honor William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, a celebrated nobleman of the British parliament and Prime Minister. According...
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initially organized as the district of Shelburne in 1768, named in honor of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, an Irish-born British politician, who...
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Bowood House (category William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne)
home of the Lansdowne family and has been the residence of: John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (1706–1761) William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburn...
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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...
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Great Britain Parliament William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805), Prime Minister of Great Britain Ramona Shelburne (born 1979), American sportswriter...
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and Spain, and British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne agreed. In charge of the British negotiations, some of which took place in his study at Lansdowne...
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leaving one daughter, Sophia Carteret, who married William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, later 1st Marquess of Lansdowne. Granville's second marriage may have...
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David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, 7th Viscount of Stormont, KT, PC (9 October 1727 – 1 September 1796) known as the (7th) Viscount of Stormont from...
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Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Shelburne lies at the southwest corner of Nova Scotia, at roughly the same latitude as...
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Morgan Petty, a fictional writer William Petty (1623–1687), British economist and inventor William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805), British Prime Minister...
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2nd Earl of Clancarty; Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (later made a marquess); and the (alleged) murderer John Bingham, 7th Earl...
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(1666–1735) Marquess of Lansdowne, title in the Peerage of Great Britain William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (1737–1805)...
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Shelbourne Hotel (category William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne)
named his grand new hotel The Shelbourne, after William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.[page needed] William Makepeace Thackeray was an early guest, staying...
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Parliamentary votes of "no confidence" would automatically force a Prime Minister to resign). The king's choice as replacement, Lord Shelburne (who, though an...
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Junius (writer) (redirect from The Letters of Junius)
scholars support the identification of Philip Francis. William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne claimed to know the identity of Junius a fortnight before his death...
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Boodle's (category William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne)
Founded in January 1762 by Lord Shelburne, who later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and then 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, it is London's second...
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Lansdowne portrait (redirect from Lansdowne portrait of George Washington)
of Art Archived April 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Gilbert Stuart. Philadelphia (1794–1803). Accessed: October 15, 2019. William Petty, 2nd Earl...
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list of the principal holders of government office during the premiership of the Earl of Shelburne between July 1782 and April 1783. Upon the fall of the...
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Wentworth, the town was named for William Petty Fitzmaurice, Earl of Shelburne. He was a supporter of independence for the American colonies, and at his insistence...
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Gordon Riots (category William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne)
as foreign and absolutist. The day after the riots broke out, the Earl of Shelburne shocked many by proposing in parliament that Britain should consider...
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power; he was succeeded by another Whig, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Many Whigs who had formed a part of the Rockingham ministry, including Fox...
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– Ji Yun, Chinese politician (b. 1724) May 7 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1737) May 9 – Friedrich Schiller...
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