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Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry
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- 3rd Marquess of Landsdowne; Lord Henry Petty
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1780-1863
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784-1809. He was the son of Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (known as the Earl of Shelburne) by his second marriage to Lady Louisa, daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory. He was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a British Statesman and served as Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council.
He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1827-1831.
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ZSL President
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1827-1831