Earl of Shelburne

This article is about the title in the Peerage of Ireland. For the British prime minister, see William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.

Sir William Petty

Earl of Shelburne is a title that has been created two times while the title of Baron Shelburne has been created three times. The Shelburne title was created for the first time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was made Baroness Shelburne. She was the wife of the noted economist Sir William Petty. The title was for life only and became extinct on her death in circa 1708. It derives from Shelburne (Síol Bhroin), a region of County Wexford, Ireland. On the same day that Lady Shelburne was elevated to the peerage, her eldest son by Sir William Petty, Charles Petty, was also raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Shelburne. He died young in 1696, when the title became extinct. The barony was created for a third time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1699 in favour of the Hon. Henry Petty, younger son of Sir William Petty and Lady Shelburne. In 1719 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Dunkerron and Earl of Shelburne, also in the Peerage of Ireland. On his death in 1751 these titles also became extinct.

The Petty estates were inherited by the late Earl's nephew, the Hon. John Fitzmaurice. He was the second son of the Hon. Anne Petty, daughter of Sir William Petty and Lady Shelburne and sister of the Earl of Shelburne, and her husband Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry. He assumed by Act of Parliament the surname of Petty on succeeding to his maternal uncle's estates in 1751 and the same year he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Dunkeron and Viscount FitzMaurice. In 1753 the earldom was also revived when he was made Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland. For further history of these titles, see the Marquess of Lansdowne.

Baroness Shelburne (1688)

• Elizabeth Petty, 1st Baroness Shelburne (died c. 1708)

Baron Shelburne (1688)

• Charles Petty, 1st Baron Shelburne (c. 1673–1696)

Earls of Shelburne (1719)

• Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (1675–1751)

Earls of Shelburne (1751)

• see the Marquess of Lansdowne

Lansdowne Family Tree

Baron Kerry, 1223 Earl of Kerry, 1753 Thomas FitzMaurice 1668–1741 1st Earl of Kerry, 21st Baron Kerry Viscount FitzMaurice and Baron Dunkeron, 1751 Earl of Shelburne (2nd creation), 1753 Baron Wycombe, 1760 William FitzMaurice 1694–1747 2nd Earl of Kerry, 22nd Baron Kerry John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1706–1761 1st Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 1784 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 1740–1818 3rd Earl of Kerry, 23rd Baron Kerry William Petty-Fitzmaurice 1737–1805 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe Baron Nairne Baron Keith (1st creation: Ireland), 1797 Baron Keith (2nd creation: UK), 1801 Baron Keith (3rd creation: UK), 1803 Viscount Keith (UK), 1814 John Henry Petty 1765–1809 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 3rd Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe George Keith Elphinstone 1746–1823 Viscount Keith, Baron Keith (Ire, UK, UK) Jane Mercer Viscountcy Keith and Barony Keith (1st creation) extinct, 1801 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 1780–1863 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 4th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe 4th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry Margaret Mercer Elphinstone 1788–1867 Comtesse de Flahaut, 2nd Baroness Keith (Ire, UK), 7th Lady Nairne Baronies Keith (2nd & 3rd creations) extinct, 1867 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 1816–1866 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 5th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe 5th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry Emily Jane Petty-FitzMaurice 1819–1895 8th Lady Nairne Baron Mersey, 1910 Viscount Mersey, 1916 Baron Fitzmaurice, 1906 John Charles Bigham 1840–1929 1st Viscount Mersey Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 1845–1927 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 6th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe, 6th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry, 9th Lord Nairne Edmond Fitzmaurice 1846–1935 Baron Fitzmaurice Barony Fitzmaurice extinct, 1935 Charles Clive Bigham 1872–1956 2nd Viscount Mersey Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice 1872–1936 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 7th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe, 7th Earl of Kerry, 25th Baron Kerry, 10th Lord Nairne Charles Fitzmaurice 1874–1914 Edward Clive Bigham 1906–1979 3rd Viscount Mersey Katherine Bigham 1912–1995 12th Lady Nairne Charles Hope Petty-Fitzmaurice 1917–1944 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 8th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe, 8th Earl of Kerry, 26th Baron Kerry, 11th Lord Nairne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice 1912–1999 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 9th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe, 9th Earl of Kerry, 27th Baron Kerry Richard Maurice Clive Bigham 1934–2006 4th Viscount Mersey, 13th Lord Nairne David Edward Hugh Bigham b. 1938 Heir apparent to the Viscountcy Mersey Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 1941 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 10th Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice, Baron Dunkeron, and Baron Wycombe, 10th Earl of Kerry, 28th Baron Kerry Edward John Hallam Bigham b. 1966 5th Viscount Mersey, 14th Lord Nairne Charles Richard Petty Bigham b. 1967 Heir apparent in the heir presumptive to the Viscountcy Mersey Simon Henry George Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 1970 styled Earl of Kerry Flora Bigham, Mistress of Nairne b. 2003 styled Mistress of Nairne George Henry Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 2020 styled Viscount Calne and Calston

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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