William Petty
William Petty-FitzMaurice
1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1784 - )
2nd Earl of Shelburne (1761 - 1784)
2nd Earl of Shelburne (1761 - 1784)
Parents
- John Petty (1706 - 1761), Earl of Shelburne, privy councillor, member of parliament
- Mary FitzMaurice ( - 1780)
Family
- Married on February 3, 1765 in London, at Saint James’s Palace, with Sophia Carteret (1745 - 1771), Marchioness de Lansdowne, issuing
William (1765 - 1809)
- Married with Louisa FitzPatrick (1755 - 1789), lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, issuing
- Henry (1780 - 1863)
Occupations
- prime minister of Great Britain (1782 - 1783)
- leader of the House of Lords (1788 - 1783)
- home secretary (1782)
- secretary of State for the Southern Department (1766 - 1768)
- privy councillor
- member of parliament
- president of the Board of Trade
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter