Louisa Petty, Marchioness of Lansdowne, known as the Countess of Shelburne from 1779–84, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat from the Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty. She was the wife of Prime Minister William
Portrait of Lady Lansdowne
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was t
Louisa Petty, Marchioness of Lansdowne
…known as the Countess of Shelburne from 1779–84, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat from the Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty. She was the wife of Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. The Marchioness was the youngest daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, and his wife, Lady Evelyn (née Leveson-Gower; daughter of…
Portrait by Jean-Laurent Mosnier, 1791
Shelburne served with distinction during the Seven Years' War participating in engagements such as the Battle of Minden in 1759.
A portrait of Lord Shelburne by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Shelburne, Charles James Fox and Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by James Gillray (1783)