Thom's Irish Who's Who/Lansdowne, Marquess of

LANSDOWNE, Marquess of, Earl of Wycombe and Viscount Calne, 1784; Baron Wycombe, 1760 (Gt. Brit.); Earl of Kerry, 1723; Earl of Shelburne, 1753; Viscount Clanmaurice, 1723 (Irld.), Baron Nairne (Scotl., 1681); Visct. Fitzmaurice and Baron Dunkeron, 1751; Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, 1181 (Irld.), Henry Charles Keith Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess, K.G. (1894); P.C. (1895); M.A. and Hon. D.C.L. (Oxon.). G.C.M.G. (1884): G.C.S.I. (1883); G.C.I.E. (1888): received the Victorian Chain, 1905, late Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in the room of 4th Marquess of Bath. Was a Lord of the Treasury, 1868-72: Under Sec. of State for War, 1872-74; Under Sec. for India (1880); Governor-General of Dominion of Canada (1883-8); Viceroy and Governor-Gen of India (188893); Secretary of State for War (18951900); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1900-1905): Minister without Portfolio, 1915-16; Chairman of Council of British Red Cross Society, 1915-20; is a J.P. for Wiltshire and also for Co. Kerry; Hon. Col. Wilts Yeo. Cavalry: elder son of Henry, 4th Marquess, K.G.. and his second wife. Hon. Emily Baroness Nairne (d. 1895), elder dau. of the late General the Comte de Flahault and the late Baroness Keith and Nairne; b. 14th Jan.. 1845; s. his father 5th July, 1866: and his mother in Baron of Nairne, 25th June, 1895: m. 8th Nov., 1869, Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, G.B.E., C.I., C.H., youngest dau. of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, and has issue one son and two daus. Res.: 65 Brooke Street, London, W.; Bowood, Calne; Derreen House, Kenmare. Brooks's and Travellers' Clubs, London.