Marquess of Lansdowne
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The title of Marquess of Lansdowne was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the former Prime Minister.
Lord Lansdowne holds the subsidiary titles of Earl Wycombe, of Chipping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham (1784), Earl of Kerry (1723), Earl of Shelburne (1753), Viscount Calne and Calstone (1784), Viscount Clanmaurice (1723), Viscount FitzMaurice (1751), Baron Wycombe, of Chipping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham (1760), Baron Kerry and Lixnaw (1223), and Baron Dunkeron (1751). The subsidiary titles are all in the Peerage of Ireland, except for the Earldom and Barony of Wycombe and the Viscountcy of Calne and Calstone, which are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title for the Lord Lansdowne's eldest son and heir alternates between Earl of Kerry and Earl of Shelburne.
The family seat is Bowood House in Wiltshire.
Earls of Shelburne, First Creation (1719)
Earls of Shelburne, Second Creation (1753)
- John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (1706-1761)
- William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805) (created Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784)
Marquesses of Lansdowne (1784)
- William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805)
- John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765-1809)
- Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863)
- Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816-1866)
- Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927)
- Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (1872-1936)
- Charles Hope Petty-FitzMaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (1917-1944)
- George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999)
- Charles Maurice Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne (b. 1941)
The Heir Apparent is Simon Henry George Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Shelburne (b. 1970 )ja:ランズダウン侯