William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkb:Lord_Shelburne
gptkbp:birthDate 1737-05-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:child gptkb:Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkb:Lord_Edmond_Fitzmaurice
gptkbp:deathDate 1805-05-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley_Square,_London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:father gptkb:John_Petty,_1st_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Wycombe
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_FitzMaurice
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor signing the Treaty of Paris (1783)
negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Whig
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Peerage_of_Ireland
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Jean-Laurent_Mosnier
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Bowood_House
gptkb:Lansdowne_House,_London
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bowood_House,_Wiltshire
gptkbp:signature William Petty signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Louisa_FitzPatrick
gptkb:Lady_Sophia_Carteret
gptkbp:style The Most Honourable
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_Duke_of_Portland
gptkbp:termEnd 1783-04-02
gptkbp:termStart 1782-07-04
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkb:2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shelburne,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkb:1st_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
gptkb:City_of_Shelburne
gptkb:Petty-Fitzmaurice_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6