Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
The Marquess of Lansdowne LVO DL | |
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| Member of Wiltshire County Council | |
| In office 1970–1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice 21 February 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot
(m. 1965; div. 1987)Fiona Mary Merritt
(m. 1987) |
| Parents | George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne Barbara Chase |
| Residence | Bowood House |
| Education | Eton College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | Royal Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, LVO, DL (born 21 February 1941), styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1999, is a British peer and Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2012 to 2016.[1][2]
He is also Earl of Kerry in the peerage of Ireland (1722); Earl of Shelburne and Earl of Wycombe in the peerage of Great Britain (1753 and 1784); Viscount Clanmaurice, Viscount Fitzmaurice (1751), and Viscount Calne and Calston; the 30th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw in the peerage of Ireland (1181); Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe.[3]
Early life[]
Lansdowne is the elder son of George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, a Conservative politician and landowner, by his marriage to Barbara, daughter of Harold Stuart Chase, of Santa Barbara, California.[4] His father inherited the peerage titles (and the Bowood House estates in Wiltshire) from a cousin, the 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, who was killed in action in 1944, when the present Marquess became known as the Earl of Shelburne, a courtesy title. He was educated at Eton College[3] and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II in 1956–1957.[5]
Career[]
Lord Shelburne (as he then was) served in the Kenya Regiment from 1960 to 1961.[3] In 1962 he was gazetted a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry[6] and in 1971 transferred with the rank of Lieutenant to the Royal Yeomanry attached to the Royal Armoured Corps.[3][7]
He was a member of Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council from 1964 to 1973, President of the Wiltshire Playing Fields Association from 1965 to 1974, a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1970 to 1985, and a councillor of North Wiltshire District Council from 1973 to 1976.[3][8] He was chairman of Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council from 1970 to 1973 and of North Wiltshire District Council from 1973 to 1976. Shelburne also served as a member of the South West Economic Planning Council from 1972 to 1977 and chaired its Population Settlement Pattern Working Committee during the same period. He was a member of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (English Heritage) from 1983 to 1989; Deputy President of the Historic Houses Association from 1986 to 1988 and President from 1988 to 1993; President of South West Tourism from 1989-2006; President of the Wiltshire Association of Boys Clubs and Youth Clubs from 1976 to 2003; and President of the North Wiltshire Conservative Association from 1986 to 1989.[3]
In 1990, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and served as the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2012 to 2016.[9][2] He has served as President of the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust since 1994[10] and of the Wilts & Berks Canal Partnership since 2001.
At the 1979 general election, he contested Coventry North East for the Conservatives, coming second behind Labour's George Park.[3]
On 25 August 1999, his father died and he became Marquess of Lansdowne and a member of the House of Lords.[3]
In 2001, Lord Lansdowne was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, shortly after retiring as a member of the of the Duchy of Cornwall (1996-2001).[11]
Family[]
On 9 October 1965, he married, firstly, Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot (6 March 1943 – 6 January 2004), daughter of Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans, but they were divorced in 1987, having had four children:[citation needed]
- Lady Arabella Helen Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, now Lady Arabella Haldane Unwin (b. 30 August 1966), married Rupert William Haldane Unwin, and has issue, three children:[12]
- Abrahm Arthur George Haldane Unwin (b. 15 November 1996)
- Gala Ellen Theadora Haldane Unwin (b. 11 August 1998)
- Evie May Hermione Haldane Unwin (b. 25 January 2001)
- Lady Rachel Barbara Violet Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 30 January 1968), married James Spickernell and has issue, four children:
- Benjamin Thomas Richard Spickernell (b. 15 September 1994)
- Frederick Charles William Spickernell (b. 16 October 1996)
- Olivia Spickernell (b. 4 March 1999)
- Jemima Spickernell (b. 3 May 2001)
- Simon Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry (b. 24 November 1970), married Nadine Mentior in January 2016, and has issue:
- George Henry Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, Viscount Calne and Calstone (b. 3 February 2020)[13]
- Lord William Nicholas Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 25 September 1973) married (engaged 29 April 2003, married 2004) Rebecca Sansum (b. 1982), of Chippenham, Wiltshire.[14][15] They have three daughters:
- Zara Frances Elaine Petty-Fitzmaurice, (b. 1 November 2006)
- Isla Mary Rose Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 30 August 2008)[16]
- Alexandra Jane Caroline Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lexie) (b. 20 November 2013)
In 1987 Lord Lansdowne married, secondly, Fiona Mary Merritt (b. 1954), daughter of Donald Merritt and Lady Davies,[3] an interior decorator known by her married name of Fiona Shelburne.[17]
The heir apparent to the title is Simon, Earl of Kerry (b. 1970), elder son of the Marquess.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire - Wiltshire Council".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lord Lieutenants | the Gazette".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i 'Lansdowne, 9th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black, 2014)
- ^ 'LANSDOWNE, 8th Marquess of, George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice' in Who's Who 1999 (London: A. and C. Black, 1999)
- ^ The London Gazette, Issue 40733 of 16 March 1956, page 1583 online
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 42793 of 25 September 1962, page 7579 online
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 45917 of 26 February 1973 (Supplement), page 2677 online
- ^ Charles Maurice Mercer Nairne Petty-FitzMaurice, later Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne Archived 3 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine at cracroftspeerage.co.uk, accessed 21 May 2010
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 52202 of 4 July 1990, page 11412 online
- ^ Colin Johns, Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust 1967–2007 (2007) online, Appendix 1
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 56430 of 31 December 2001 (Supplement No. 1), page S3 online
- ^ Charles Mosely, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 2003
- ^ Simon Kerry. "Birth announcement: Petty-Fitzmaurice". telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Paul Theroff. "News of Other James I Descendants, 2003" in "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Retrieved 27 September 2007
- ^ Anon. "Lansdowne Family Tree" from Bowood House website. [1]. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
- ^ Isla Mary Rose Petty-Fitzmaurice 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008
- ^ Jill Shearer. "The English Look" (PDF). wiltshire.grteatbritishlife.co.uk.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p8060.htm#i80597
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- Kenya Regiment officers
- Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- Living people
- Members of Wiltshire County Council
- People educated at Eton College
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers
- Marquesses of Lansdowne
- Earls of Kerry