Person Petty; Henry (1675 - 1751); 1st Earl of Shelburne; Anglo-Irish peer and politician Petty Henry 1st Earl of Shelburne Anglo-Irish peer and politician 1675 - 1751 British Male London, Middlesex, England 22 October 1675 16751022 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England 17 April 1751 17510417 Burial: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Anglo-Irish peer and politician Career: Joint Prothonotary of the Common Pleas of Ireland (1692-1700); Joint Ranger of Phoenix Park and Joint Master of the Game of All Ireland (1698-death); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1701); Deputy-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1703); MP for Great Marlow (1715-1722); MP Chipping Wycombe (1722-1727); at his death left a fortune of £16,000 a year and £250,000 in the funds Honours: Viscount Dunkeron and Earl of Shelburne (1719) Parents: Sir William Petty (FRS 1660) and Elizabeth, Baroness Shelburne, widow of Sir Maurice Fenton and daughter of Sir Hardess Waller and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Dowdall of Kilfinny Siblings: Anne Kerry; Charles Petty, 1st Baron Shelburne; and John Petty Spouse: Arabella, daughter of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (FRS 1664) and Jane, daughter of William Seymour, Duke of Somerset Children: Anne, who married Francis Bernard of Castle Bernard, Bandon, County Cork Hereditary titles: Succeeded his brother as 3rd Baron Shelburne (1699) Fellow 30/11/1696 21 Sir Robert Southwell Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; GEC; Sedgwick; 'History of Parliament Online' [URL: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/petty-henry-1675-1751; last accessed: 11/01/2024] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Oct 1675 - 17 Apr 1751 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 11/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA792 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 11/01/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 0d3810e2-d51f-4874-8ea2-83dc660da806