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Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Lansdowne
KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC
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Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office
10 December 1888 – 11 October 1894
Monarch Queen Victoria
Preceded by The Earl of Dufferin
Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin
5th Governor General of Canada
In office
23 October 1883 – 11 June 1888
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Canadian: John A. Macdonald
British:
William Ewart Gladstone
Marquess of Salisbury
William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by Marquess of Lorne
Succeeded by The Lord Stanley of Preston
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
12 November 1900 – 4 December 1905
Monarch Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by Sir Edward Grey
Personal details
Born 14 January 1845 (2017-03-03UTC07:07:32)
London, United Kingdom
Died 3 June 1927(1927-06-03) (aged 82)
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Liberal Unionist
Spouse(s) Lady Maud Hamilton
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford

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 the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1917, during the First World War, he wrote to the press (the "Lansdowne Letter") vainly advocating a compromise peace. He has the distinction of having held senior positions in both Liberal Party and Conservative Party governments.

The great-grandson of the British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne (later 1st Marquess of Lansdowne), and the eldest son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Emily, 8th Lady Nairne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice was born in London in 1845. He held the courtesy title Viscount Clanmaurice from birth until 1863 and then the courtesy title Earl of Kerry until he succeeded to the marquessate in 1866. Upon his mother's death in 1895, he succeeded her as the 9th Lord Nairne in the Peerage of Scotland.


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