Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 1780-1863

On 3rd February 1765 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Sophia Carteret Countess Shelburne [aged 19] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Shelburne in County Wexford. She the daughter of John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Fermor Countess Granville. He the son of [his grandfather] John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and [his grandmother] Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne.

After 5th January 1771 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 33] and [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Shelburne in County Wexford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and [his grandmother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne.

On 2nd July 1780 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne was born to William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 43] and Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 25].

In 1784 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 46] was created 1st Marquess Lansdowne. [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 29] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 7th August 1789 [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 34] died.

On 7th May 1805 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 68] died. His son [his half-brother] John [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Marquess Lansdowne, 3rd Earl Shelburne in County Wexford and inherited Bowood House, Wiltshire [Map].

In 1808 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester. He the son of William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne and Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 15th November 1809 [his half-brother] John Petty 2nd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 44] died. His half brother Henry [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Marquess Lansdowne, 4th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford and inherited Bowood House, Wiltshire [Map]. [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 24] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.

On 30th March 1811 [his son] William Petty-Fitzmaurice was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 30] and [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 25] at Lansdowne House Mayfair. He married 1834 his sixth cousin Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, daughter of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane, and had issue.

In 1812 [his brother-in-law] Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester [aged 24] and Caroline Leonora Murray Countess Ilchester were married. She by marriage Countess Ilchester. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray. He the son of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester.

On 7th January 1816 [his son] Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 35] and [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 30]. He married (1) 18th August 1840 Georgiana Herbert, daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (2) 1st November 1843 Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne, daughter of Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut and Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith, and had issue.

On 4th July 1818 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry [aged 77] died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] in the same tomb as his wife Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Kerry.

In 1834 William Petty-Fitzmaurice [aged 22] and Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 52] and Maria Fane [aged 47]. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 53] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 48]. They were sixth cousins.

In 1836 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 55] was appointed 678th Knight of the Garter by King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 70].

On 21st August 1836 [his son] William Petty-Fitzmaurice [aged 25] died at Lansdowne House Mayfair.

On 18th August 1840 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 24] and Georgiana Herbert [aged 23] were married. She died six months later. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 55]. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 60] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 55].

On 1st November 1843 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 24] were married at the British Embassy Vienna. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 63] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 58].

On 3rd April 1851 [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 65] died.

On 31st January 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 82] died. His son Henry [aged 47] succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 43] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.