Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century, he notably served as H
Portrait by Henry Walton, c. 1805
Photograph of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, c. 1857
In A Great Stream from a Petty-Fountain (1806), James Gillray caricatured the budget of Petty, then the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, as a stream from which his fellow Whigs fed. Petty is the fountainhead at the upper right.
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the Uni
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
…Walton, c. 1805 Leader of the House of Lords In office 6 July 1846 – 27 February 1852 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister Lord John Russell Preceded by The Duke of Wellington Succeeded by The Earl of Derby Lord President of the Council In office 6 July 1846 – 27 February 1852 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister Lord John Russell…
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1815–1816
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842).
Beginning in 1787, Wellesley served at Dublin Castle (pictured) as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
Wellesley as Lieutenant Colonel, aged c. 26, in the 33rd Regiment. Portrait of Arthur Wellesley by John Hoppner, 1795.