Name Henry 6th | Grandchildren Richard Bigham | |
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Children Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, Katherine Evelyn Bigham, 12th Lady Nairne Parents Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne Siblings Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice Similar People Henry Petty‑Fitzmaurice - 5th Marq, Victor Cavendish - 9th Duke, Edward Cavendish - 10th Duk, Lord Charles Arthur Fra, Lady Dorothy Macmillan | ||
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne DSO MVO (14 January 1872 – 5 March 1936), styled Earl of Kerry until 1927, was a British soldier and politician.
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Background
Lansdowne was the son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud.
Military career
Lansdowne was originally commissioned into a volunteer battalion of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, but transferred to the (regular) Grenadier Guards in 1895 and the Irish Guards on its formation in 1900, resigning in 1906 with the rank of Major. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1900 for his service in the Boer War. He returned to the Army during the First World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Political career
Lansdowne was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire from 1908–18. He was a member of the Senate of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1929, to which he was nominated by the executive council. He succeeded his father as Marquess of Lansdowne in 1927, with a seat in the British House of Lords, meaning that he had the unusual distinction of serving in the national legislatures of two different countries at the same time.
Family
He married Elizabeth Caroline Hope, on 16 February 1904 and they had five children:
Alva Vanderbilt once considered him a suitable match for her daughter Consuelo, but instead she married his maternal first cousin, the Duke of Marlborough in 1895.
He died in Marylebone, aged 64.