Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne

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The 4th Marquess of Lansdowne.
The 4th Marquess of Lansdowne.

Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne KG (January 7, 1816, Lansdowne HouseJuly 5, 1866, Lansdowne House), styled Earl of Kerry from 1836, then Lord Wycombe from 1856–63, was a British politician.

[edit] Biography

Fitzmaurice was the second son of the third Marquess of Lansdowne and was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduation, he entered the Commons as MP for Calne in 1837 and was also a Lord of the Treasury from 1847–48. In 1856, he was called up to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Wycombe and was Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from that year until 1858. His elder brother had died in 1836 and on the death of their father in 1863, Lord Wycombe succeeded to his titles and was made a Knight of the Garter a year later.

On 18 August 1840, he had married Lady Georgiana Herbert (a daughter of the 11th Earl of Pembroke), but she died six months later. He then married Comtesse Emily de Flahault (the eldest daughter of Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut and the 2nd Baroness Keith) on 1 November 1843 in Vienna and they had three children:

Lord Lansdowne died in 1866 and his titles were inherited by his eldest son, Henry.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Fox-Strangways
Member of Parliament for for Calne
1837–1856
Succeeded by
Sir William Williams, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by
Viscount Ebrington
Junior Lord of the Treasury
1847–1848
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
The Lord Wodehouse
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1856–1858
Succeeded by
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Marquess of Lansdowne
1863–1866
Succeeded by
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Baron Wycombe
(writ of acceleration)

1856–1866