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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Personal data
Date of birth2 July 1780
Place of birthLansdowne House, London, England
Date of death31 January 1863(age 82)
Place of deathBowood House, England
Political partyBritish Whig Party
SpouseLady Louisa Fox-Strangway
(1785-1851)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Trinity College, Cambridge
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office5 February 1806 - 26 March 1807
MonarchGeorge III
Succeeded byHon. Spencer Perceval
Preceded byHon. William Pitt the Younger
Home Secretary
In office16 July 1827 - 22 January 1828
MonarchGeorge IV
Succeeded byRobert Peel
Preceded byWilliam Sturges Bourne

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS (2 July 1780 � 31 January 1863), known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809 and then as The Earl of Kerry to 1818, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Jekyll
Sir Francis Baring, Bt
Member of Parliament for Calne
With: Joseph Jekyll
1802 - 1806
Succeeded by
Joseph Jekyll
Osborne Markham
Preceded by
William Pitt the Younger
Earl of Euston
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
With: Earl of Euston
1806 - 1807
Succeeded by
Earl of Euston
Sir Vicary Gibbs
Preceded by
Robert Adair
Viscount Maitland
Member of Parliament for Camelford
With: Robert Adair
1807 - 1809
Succeeded by
Robert Adair
Henry Brougham
Political offices
Preceded by
William Pitt the Younger
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1806 - 1807
Succeeded by
Spencer Perceval
Preceded by
William Sturges-Bourne
Home Secretary
1827 - 1828
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded by
The Earl Bathurst
Lord President of the Council
1830 - 1834
Succeeded by
The Earl of Rosslyn
Preceded by
The Earl of Rosslyn
Lord President of the Council
1835 - 1841
Succeeded by
The Lord Wharncliffe
Preceded by
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
Lord President of the Council
1846 - 1852
Succeeded by
The Earl of Lonsdale
Preceded by
The Duke of Wellington
Leader of the House of Lords
1846 - 1852
Succeeded by
The Earl of Derby
Party political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Melbourne
Leader of the Whigs in the House of Lords
1842 - 1855
Succeeded by
The Earl Granville
Preceded by
The Viscount Melbourne
Leader of the British Whig Party
1842 - 1846 - with Lord John Russell
Succeeded by
Lord John Russell
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Petty
Marquess of Lansdowne
1809 - 1863
Succeeded by
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Earl Wycombe
1809 - 1863
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Francis Fitzmaurice
Earl of Kerry
1809 - 1863
Succeeded by
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Campbell
Rector of the University of Glasgow
1829 - 1831
Succeeded by
Henry Thomas Cockburn
Preceded by
New Creation
President of the Royal Statistical Society
1834 - 1836
Succeeded by
Charles Lemon
Preceded by
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
President of the Royal Statistical Society
1842 - 1843
Succeeded by
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Pembroke
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
1827 - 1863
Succeeded by
The Marquess of Ailesbury

Chancellors of the Exchequer

of EnglandGiffard * Stanton * Catesby * Berners * Baker * Mildmay * Fortescue * Dunbar * Caesar * Brooke * Portland * Barrett * Cottington * Colepeper * Clarendon * Shaftesbury * Duncombe * Ernle * Warrington * Hampden * Halifax * Smith * Carleton
of Great BritainCarleton * Smith * Oxford/Mortimer * Bingley * Wyndham * Onslow * Walpole * Stanhope * Aislabie * Pratt * Walpole * Sandys * Pelham * Lee * Bilson-Legge * Lyttelton * Bilson-Legge * Mansfield * Bilson-Legge * Barrington * le Despencer * Grenville * Dowdeswell * Townshend * North * Cavendish * Pitt * Cavendish * Pitt * Sidmouth * Pitt * Lansdowne * Perceval * Bexley
of the
United Kingdom
Bexley * Goderich * Canning * Tenterden * Herries * Goulburn * Spencer * Denman * Peel * Monteagle * Northbrook * Goulburn * Halifax * Disraeli * Gladstone * Lewis * Disraeli * Gladstone * Disraeli * Hunt * Sherbrooke * Gladstone * Iddesleigh * Gladstone * Childers * St Aldwyn * Harcourt * R Churchill * Goschen * Harcourt * St Aldwyn * Ritchie * A Chamberlain * Asquith * Lloyd George * McKenna * Bonar Law * A Chamberlain * Horne * Baldwin * N Chamberlain * Snowden * W Churchill * Snowden * N Chamberlain * Simon * K Wood * Waverley * Dalton * Cripps * Gaitskell * Butler * Macmillan * Thorneycroft * Amory * Lloyd * Maudling * Callaghan * Jenkins * Macleod * Barber * Healey * Howe * Lawson * Major * Lamont * Clarke * Brown * Darling * Osborne

Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom

of Great BritainShelburne * Sydney * North * Temple * Sydney * Grenville * Dundas * Portland
of the United KingdomPelham * Yorke * Hawkesbury * Spencer * Liverpool * Ryder * Sidmouth * Peel * Bourne * Lansdowne * Peel * Melbourne * Duncannon * Wellington * Goulburn * Russell * Normanby * Graham * Grey * Walpole * Palmerston * Grey * Walpole * Sotheron-Estcourt * Cornewall Lewis * Grey * Walpole * Hardy * Bruce * Lowe * Cross * Harcourt * Cross * Childers * Matthews * Asquith * Ridley * Ritchie * Akers-Douglas * Gladstone * Churchill * McKenna * Simon * Samuel * Cave * Shortt * Bridgeman * Henderson * Joynson-Hicks * Clynes * Samuel * Gilmour * Simon * Hoare * Anderson * Morrison * Somervell * Ede * Fyfe * Lloyd George * Butler * Brooke * Soskice * Jenkins * Callaghan * Maudling * Carr * Jenkins * Rees * Whitelaw * Brittan * Hurd * Waddington * Baker * Clarke * Howard * Straw * Blunkett * Clarke * Reid * Smith * Johnson * May



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