Background
Born Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, he was the second son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, and Lady Louisa Emma, daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester.
Born Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, he was the second son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, and Lady Louisa Emma, daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester.
He was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge.
After graduation, he entered the Commons as Member of Parliament for Calne in 1837. He served under Lord John Russell as a Lord of the Treasury from 1847 to 1848. In 1856, he was called up to the House of Lords in his father"s barony of Wycombe and was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Palmerston from that year until 1858.
On the death of his father in 1863, Lord Shelburne succeeded to his titles and was made a Knight of the Garter a year later.
Henry Charles Keith, Earl of Shelburne (1845–1927)
Lord Edmond George (1846–1935), later Baron FitzMaurice
Lady Emily Louisa Anne (1855–1939), married Colonel Honorary Everard Digby, a son of the 9th Baron Digby and had issue.
13th United Kingdom Parliament. 14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament.
16th United Kingdom Parliament.