2nd Earl of Shelburne

E893190

The 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
2nd Earl of Shelburne canonical 4
The Earl of Shelburne 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British prime minister
British statesman
human
nobleman
alsoKnownAs 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
The Earl of Shelburne
William Petty-FitzMaurice
birthDate 1737-05-02
birthPlace Dublin
burialPlace Bowood House, Wiltshire
child John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Henry Petty
conflict Seven Years' War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1805-05-07
deathPlace Berkeley Square, London
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
University of Leiden
familyName Petty
father John FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne
givenName William
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
honorificSuffix PC
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of Great Britain
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank captain
monarchDuringTerm George III
mother Arabella Denny
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne
notableAchievement helped negotiate the end of the American Revolutionary War
notableFor reorganizing British policy after the loss of the American colonies
notableWork negotiation of the 1783 Treaty of Paris
officeEnd 1783-04-02
officeStart 1782-07-04
politicalAlignment Whig
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Home Secretary of Great Britain
linked to: Home Secretary

Leader of the House of Lords
Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain
Prime Minister of Great Britain
linked to: Prime Minister

Secretary of State for the Southern Department
precededBy The Marquess of Rockingham
residence Bowood House
linked to: Bowood
signature Signature of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne.svg
spouse Louisa FitzPatrick
Sophia Carteret
succeededBy The Duke of Portland
linked to: Duke of Portland

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland predecessor The Earl of Shelburne
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck precededBy The Earl of Shelburne
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Louisa FitzPatrick spouseNobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Shelburne
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne alsoKnownAs The Earl of Shelburne
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne alsoKnownAs The Earl of Shelburne
linked to: 2nd Earl of Shelburne