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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 7 January 1816

Died: 5 July 1866

Peerages

Earl of Shelburne

4th Marquess of Lansdowne - 31 January 1863

son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice

husband of Lady Georgiana Herbert

husband of Comtesse Emily de Flahault

father of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice

Education

Westminster School

Trinity College, Cambridge

Appointments

Elections fought

24 July 1837		Calne	Whig	Unopposed
29 June 1841		Calne	Whig	Unopposed
29 July 1847		Calne	Whig	Unopposed
1847 Resignation of Earl of Shelburne on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.
27 December 1847		Calne	Whig	Unopposed
6 July 1852		Calne	Whig	Unopposed
3 July 1856 Resignation of the Earl of Shelburne.