William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain Whig statesman human

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who served briefly as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American War of Independence.

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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne canonical 8
William Petty-FitzMaurice 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Whig statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
birthDate 1737-05-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
burialPlace All Saints' Church, Calne ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1805-05-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Berkeley Square ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley Square, London
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
University of Leiden ⓘ
elevationToMarquessate 1784 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Petty ⓘ
father John FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable ⓘ
ideology British Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig
knownFor advocating conciliatory policy toward the American colonies ⓘ
supporting free trade ideas ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
militaryRank officer ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III
mother Mary FitzMaurice, Countess of Shelburne ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
notableEvent American War of Independence peace negotiations ⓘ
notableWork negotiation of the peace treaties ending the American War of Independence ⓘ
officeEnd 1783 ⓘ
officeStart 1782 ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Lords ⓘ
positionHeld Home Secretary ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
predecessor Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
surface form: The Marquess of Rockingham
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Bowood ⓘ
surface form: Bowood House

Lansdowne House ⓘ
surface form: Lansdowne House, London
signature signature of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
spouse Louisa FitzPatrick ⓘ
Sophia Carteret ⓘ
successor Duke of Portland ⓘ
surface form: The Duke of Portland
titleCreatedAs Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
surface form: 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → successorInSecondTermAsPrimeMinister → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Marquess of Lansdowne → firstHolder → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Lansdowne House → patron → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Lord Shelburne → alsoKnownAs → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Earl of Shelburne → createdFor → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Earl of Shelburne → notableHolder → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Earl of Shelburne → notableHolderBirthName → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Petty-FitzMaurice
Lansdowne family → hasNotableMember → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
Shelburne, Vermont → namedAfter → William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ