Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne

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Charles Hope Petty-FitzMaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (born January 9, 1917 - August 20, 1944 ) was a British nobleman.

life and career

He was the second son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne .

He completed his education at Eton College and at Balliol College of Oxford University . After the death of his father in 1936 he inherited his title Marquess of Lansdowne and numerous other subordinate titles, including that of "Baron of Kerry". The membership in the House of Lords associated with the marquess title he could not take up until he reached the age of 21 in 1938. He completed his studies in 1938 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA).

After completing his studies, he joined the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Regiment, in whose ranks he participated in World War II and made it to captain . He was killed as a soldier in Italy on August 20, 1944 at the age of 27 when his tank exploded.

Lord Lansdowne was not married and had no children. His titles went to his cousin George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne . However, the Scottish title Lord Nairne is also hereditary in the female line and therefore fell to his sister Katherine .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times. Vol. XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda. Stroud (Gloucestershire): Sutton Publishing 1998, p. 424.
  2. ↑ cf. Entry on www.fitzmaurice.info ( memento of the original from June 1, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fitzmaurice.info
  3. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 107th Ed. Wilmington (DE): Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. 2003, Vol. 2, p. 2240; also on death: Notes and Queries. Vol. 188/189. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1945, p. 55.
  4. ^ Charlotte Mosley: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters. New York: HarperCollins, 2007, p. 204.

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predecessor Office successor
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice Marquess of Lansdowne
1936-1944 		George Petty-Fitzmaurice
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice Lord Nairne
1936-1944 		Katherine Bigham
personal data
SURNAME Petty-Fitzmaurice, Charles, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lansdowne, Charles Hope Petty-FitzMaurice 7th Marquess of; Petty-FitzMaurice, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman, member of the House of Lords (1936–1944)
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1917
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1944