William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Petty,_1st_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lord_Shelburne
gptkb:The_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_of_the_Garter
gptkbp:birthDate 1737-05-02
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:William_Petty-Fitzmaurice
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Petty,_2nd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkbp:coatOfArms Arms of the Marquess of Lansdowne.svg
gptkbp:deathDate 1805-05-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley_Square,_London,_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:John_Petty,_1st_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
PC
KG
The Most Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:George_III
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_FitzMaurice
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:President_of_the_Board_of_Trade
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig
gptkbp:portrait William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne by Jean-Laurent Mosnier.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_Duke_of_Portland
gptkb:The_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:primeMinister 1782-07-04
1783-04-02
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bowood_House,_Wiltshire
gptkbp:signature William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Sophia_Carteret
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkb:2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkb:Viscount_Fitzmaurice
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lord_Lansdowne
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5