Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
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Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne,, was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Bowood House, estate inherited by Lansdowne
The Marquess of Lansdowne by Philip Alexius de László, 1920
Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, Marchioness of Lansdowne by Cowell, Simla, India
Secretary of State for War
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The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and was assisted by a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, a Parliamentary Private Secretary who was also a Member of Parliament (MP), and a Military Secretary, who was a general.
Edward Cardwell, later Viscount Cardwell, Secretary of State for War from 1868 to 1874; architect of the Cardwell Reforms
Image: Henry Raeburn (1756 1823) The 1st Viscount Melville N03880 National Gallery
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