| LC control no. | n 87912182 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 |
| Variant(s) | Lansdowne, William Petty, 1st marquis of, 1737-1805 Petty, William, Marquis of Lansdowne, 1737-1805 Shelburne, William Petty, Earl of Shelburne, 1737-1805 Shelburn, Earl of, 1737-1805 |
| See also | Great Britain. Prime Minister (1782-1783 : Shelburne) |
| Other standard no. | 47520916 |
| Associated country | England Great Britain Ireland |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1737-05-02 |
| Death date | 1805-05-07 |
| Place of birth | Dublin (Ireland) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Politics, Practical |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Prime ministers Cabinet officers |
| Found in | British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. A catalogue of the Lansdowne manuscripts in the British Museum, 1819. LC data base, 8/17/87 (hdg.: Lansdowne, William Petty, 1st marquis of, 1737-1805) Concise DNB (Petty, Sir William, 1st marquis of Lansdowne and 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1737-1805) An estimate of the annual charge of maintaining and supporting the establishment of the province of Pennsylvania [MS], 1767: overleaf (sent to the Earl of Shelburn, Secretary of State 24th April 1767) Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed July 5, 2024 (Petty [formerly Fitzmaurice], William, second earl of Shelburne and first marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), prime minister, was born on 2 May 1737 in Dublin; When Pitt, by then elevated to the Lords as earl of Chatham, formed his second ministry in July 1766 in succession to Rockingham, Shelburne was appointed secretary of state for the south. His responsibilities included India, Ireland, and America; He died at his house in Berkeley Square on 7 May 1805) |
| Associated language | eng |
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