William Petty, first marquess of Lansdowne

(1737-1805)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 NRA: Petty William (1737-1805) 1st Marquess of Lansdowne statesman DNB: Petty [formerly Fitzmaurice], William, second earl of Shelburne and first marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), prime minister LBT ID: LdShelb2 VIAF ID: 47520916 LOC ID: n87912182	B/BAP: 1737-05-02 DIED: 1805-05-07
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English statesman and opposition leader in Parliament; he concluded the Treaty of Paris (1783) giving independence to the United States.
REFERENCES TO William Petty, first marquess of Lansdowne: Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, 19 February 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, 15 March 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 29 May 1822 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 2 Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824, Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron (London: Charles Knight, 1824) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 2 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XII. 1779-1786 Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 Ch. XVII. 1787 Found 1: ¶ 27 Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 25 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. I. 1756-1785 Found 1: ¶ 53 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIII. Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1806