Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC |
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| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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In office 10 December 1888 – 11 October 1894 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Dufferin |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Elgin |
| 5th Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 23 October 1883 – 11 June 1888 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 12 November 1900 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Grey |
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14 January 1845 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 3 June 1927 (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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