Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne

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Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne

• Born on 7 January 1816 at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, England.
• Son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways.
• Married, firstly, Lady Georgiana Herbert, daughter of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and Catherine Woronzow, on 18 August 1840 at Wilton, Wiltshire, England.
• Married, secondly, Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Lady Nairne, daughter of Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahault, Comte de Flahault de la Billardrie and Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, Baroness Keith, on 1 November 1843 at British Embassy, Vienna, Austria.
• Died on 5 July 1866 at age 50 at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, England, from paralysis.
• Buried at Bowood Park, Calne, Wiltshire, England.
• Educated at Westminster School, Westminster, London and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University,
• Styled as Earl of Shelburne between August 1836 and January 1863.
• Held the office of -

• Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Calne between 1837 and 1856
  
• Lord of the Treasury between 1847 and 1848.
  
• Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 1856 and 1858
  

• Chairman of the Great Western Railway.
• Succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Wycombe, Baron of Chepping Wycombe, co. Bucks [G.B., 1760] on 14 July 1856, in his father's lifetime.
• Succeeded to the title of

• 5th Earl of Kerry [I., 1723] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 4th Earl Wycombe of Chepping Wycombe [G.B., 1784] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 5th Baron Dunkeron [I., 1751] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, co. Somerset [G.B., 1784] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 4th Viscount Calne and Calston, co. Wilts [G.B., 1784] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 5th Earl of Shelburne, co. Wexford [I., 1753] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 23rd Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw [I., c. 1295] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 5th Viscount Clanmaurice [I., 1723] on 31 January 1863.
  
• 5th Viscount FitzMaurice [I., 1751] on 31 January 1863.1
  

• Invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 10 October 1864.

Children of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Lady Nairne

• Lady Emily Louisa Anne FitzMaurice d. 2 Dec 1939
• Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne b. 14 Jan 1845, d. 3 Jun 1927
• Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice b. 19 Jun 1846, d. 21 Jun 1935
• Hon. unknown son Petty-FitzMaurice b. 22 Jan 1853

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquis of Lansdowne

Son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne.

Born 7 Jan 1816 at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London. Died 5 Jul 1866 at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London.

Henry (4th Marquis) was a Member of the House of Lords, Lord of the Treasury (1847), Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1856 -- 58), and a Member of the Privy Council.215

Investiture as Knight of the Garter in 1864.

On 18 Aug 1840, in Wilton,Wiltshire, Henry (4th Marquis) married Lady Georgiana Herbert (b. 3 Aug 1817 in Wilton; d. 28 Feb 1841 in Wilton).

On 1 Nov 1843, at the British Embassy in Vienna, Henry (4th Marquis) married Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault, 6th Baroness Nairne (b. 16 May 1819 in Edinburgh; d. 26 Jun 1895 at Meiklour House). Emily was the grand daughter of Prince Tallyrand and the daughter of the Comte de Flahault. Emily and Henry had at least two children:

   Lord Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis of Lansdowne (14 Jan 1845—3 Jun 1927)

Lord Edmond George Petty-fitzmaurice

   Born: 19 Jun 1846

   Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1883-5, 1905-8.

   Created First Baron Fitzmaurice of Leigh in 1906. (English Baronetry)

   Died s.p. 21 Jun 1935, when the title became extinct.

On 23 Nov 1889, Lord Edmond married Caroline FitzGerald. The marriage was annulled in 1894.
Emily Louisa Anne (d. 2 Dec 1939). On 2 Jun 1886, she married the Hon Everard Charles Digby (6 Sep 1852—16 Jan 1915).
Source: http://fitzmaurice-family.com/engl.html