POLITICIAN

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

1737 - 1805

Photo of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Icon of person William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the American War of Independence. He succeeded in securing peace with America and this feat remains his most notable legacy. Lord Shelburne was born in Dublin and spent his formative years in Ireland. After attending Oxford University, he served in the British Army during the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne is the 9,993rd most popular politician (up from 10,925th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 119th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Irish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 9,993 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Gates, Leonor Teles, Judith of Thuringia, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, and Abraham Zapruder. After him are Annalena Baerbock, Jüri Uluots, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, Osvaldo Cavandoli, and Arik-den-ili.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 23. Before him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, John Hancock, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau. After him are Iosif Igelström, Suzanne Curchod, Maria Caterina Brignole, Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Alexander Dalrymple, and Vasily Bazhenov. Among people deceased in 1805, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 18. Before him are Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Mihrişah Sultan, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, William Paley, and Pehr Osbeck. After him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, John Robison, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, and Conrad Moench.

Others Born in 1737

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1805

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 123 out of 549. Before him are Charles Maturin (1780), Edmund the Martyr (841), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Fiona Shaw (1958), Ninette de Valois (1898), and Cornelius Ryan (1920). After him are John Millington Synge (1871), Roy Keane (1971), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), and Constantine III of Scotland (971).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 24. Before him are Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), Pierce Butler (1744), Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), and Edmund the Martyr (841). After him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Constantine III of Scotland (971), Arthur Griffith (1871), Pat Cox (1952), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and Micheál Martin (1960).

Irish born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous