Marquess of Lansdowne

Marquess of Lansdowne is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of Great Britain, named after the village of Lansdowne, now considered a district of Lansdown, Bath. It is supported by the family Petty.

Ancestral home of the family is Bowood House in Wiltshire. Earlier, the family also belonged Lansdowne House on Berkeley Square in London.

Award

The title was for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne created in 1784. This was 1782/83 Minister of the United Kingdom.

Subordinate title

Subordinate title of Marquess of Lansdowne are Earl Wycombe of Chipping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, ( created 1784), Earl of Kerry ( created 1723), Earl of Shelburne ( created 1753), Viscount Calne and Calstone ( created 1784), Viscount Clanmaurice ( created 1723), Viscount FitzMaurice ( created 1751 ), Baron Wycombe of Chipping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire ( created 1760), Baron Kerry and Lixnaw ( created 1223 ) and Baron Dunkeron ( created in 1751 ). The title Earl Wycombe, Viscount Calne and Calstone and Baron Wycombe belong to the Peerage of Great Britain, while all other titles of the peerage of Ireland are assigned.

The title Earl of Shelburne was 1719 once created, but then goes off again after the death of the first Earl.

Since 1818, the title Earl of Kerry and Viscount Clanmaurice be performed as subordinate title, which had previously been worn by an older branch of the family.

As a courtesy title of the heir to the title title Earl of Kerry and Earl of Shelburne be used alternately.

Another title

The fifth Marquess inherited in 1895 by his mother the title of Lord Nairne. It belongs to the Peerage of Scotland and can also be inherited through the female line. As the seventh Marquess died was this title to his sister, while the Marquessat went over to the other subsidiary titles on a cousin.

List of Marquesses of Lansdowne and Earl of Shelburne

Earl of Shelburne, First Creation ( 1719)

  • Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne ( 1675-1751 )

Earl of Shelburne, Second Creation (1753 )

  • John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne ( 1706-1761 )
  • William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ( 1737-1805 ) ( in 1784 the Marquess of Lansdowne applicable)

Marquesses of Lansdowne (1784 )

  • William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1737-1805 )
  • John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1765-1809 )
  • Henry Petty - FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1780-1863 )
  • Henry Petty - FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1816-1866 )
  • Henry Charles Keith Petty - FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1845-1927 )
  • Henry William Edmund Petty - FitzMaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1872-1936 )
  • Charles Hope Petty - FitzMaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1917-1944 )
  • George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty - FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne ( 1912-1999 )
  • Charles Maurice Petty - FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne ( b. 1941 )

The heir apparent is the son of the current Marquess, Simon Henry George Petty - FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry ( b. 1970 ).

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  • Marquess of Lansdowne
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