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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess 1780 – 31 January 1863), known as Lord Henry Petty from

1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly

half a century, he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the

Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the

Council. Lansdowne was the son of Prime Minister William

Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (better known as the Earl of

Shelburne) by his second marriage to Lady Louisa,

daughter of John

FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory. He was educated at Westminster School,

the University of Edinburgh,

and Trinity College, Cambridge.

He

entered the House of Commons in

1802 as member for the family borough of Calne and

quickly showed his mettle as a politician. In February 1806 he became Chancellor of of All the

Talents, being at this time member for the University of Cambridge, but he lost both his seat and his

office in 1807. In 1809 he became Marquess of Lansdowne, and in the House of Lords and in society he continued to play an

active part as one of the Whig leaders.

His chief interest was perhaps in the question of Roman Catholic emancipation,

a cause which he consistently championed, but he sympathised also with the

advocates of the abolition of the slave-trade and with the cause of popular

education. Lansdowne, who had succeeded his cousin, Francis Thomas Fitzmaurice,

as 4th Earl of Kerry in 1818, took office with Canning in May 1827 and was Secretary of

State for the Home Department from July of that year until

January 1828. He was Lord President of the

Council under Earl Grey and

then under Lord

Melbourne from November 1830 to August 1841, with the exception

of the few months in 1835 when Sir Robert Peel was prime minister. He held the same office

during the whole of Lord John and, having declined to become prime

minister, sat in the cabinets of Lord

Aberdeen and of Lord

Palmerston, but without office. In 1857 he refused the offer of a

dukedom, and he died on 31 January 1863. Lansdowne's social influence and

political moderation made him one of the most powerful Whig statesmen of the

time; he was frequently consulted by Queen Victoria on

matters of moment, and his long official experience made his counsel invaluable

to his party. Lord Lansdowne married Lady Louisa Fox-Strangways, daughter of

the 2nd Earl of

Ilchester, in 1808. She died in April 1851, aged 65. Lord Lansdowne

died in January 1863, aged 82. His eldest son, the Earl of

Kerry, had predeceased him and he was succeeded in the marquessate

by his eldest surviving son Henry. The latter was the father of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, who also

became a distinguished statesman. 

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