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Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
May 30, 2024 · Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of Lansdowne was an Irish nobleman and British diplomat who served as viceroy of Canada and of India, secretary for war, and foreign secretary. The eldest son of the 4th marquess, he attended Eton and, on the death of his father, succeeded at age.
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In 1895 he succeeded his mother as Lord Nairne. His eldest son, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, sat as Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1908 to 1918 and was a Senator of the Irish Free State in 1922. In 1927 he succeeded his father and became the 6th Marquess.
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5 th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927). Henry was a politician and an Imperial statesman. He spent over 50 years in politics in Britain and abroad.
Jan 14, 2008 · Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and his wife, Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne. Lord Lansdowne was governor general of Canada from 1883 to 1888 (photo taken in Ottawa, Ontario, in February 1888).
Details. Philip Alexius de László (after) - Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927) Viceroy of India & Foreign Secretary - oil painting.
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Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquis of (1845–1927). A Liberal politician, Lansdowne resigned from Gladstone's government over Irish land reform in 1880. After serving as governor-general of Canada and viceroy of India, he joined Salisbury's 1895 cabinet.
