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3 unusual facts about Marquess of Lansdowne


Black Dog Halt railway station

Black Dog Halt was opened on 3 November 1863 by the Great Western Railway for Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House.

Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry

He had no children and the title became an additional title of the Marquess of Lansdowne, descendants of his uncle John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne.

Himmatlal Dhirajram Bhachech

Himmatlal was honored in 1893 with the title of Rao Bahadur by Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne.


European-Atlantic Group

The Earl of Bessborough, D.L.,(a Founder), and there was an impressive list of Vice-Presidents, including the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Earl of Limerick, the Earl Jellicoe, The Lord Carrington, The Lord Chalfont, The Lord Shawcross, The Lord Granchester.

Meikleour Beech Hedges

The Meikleour Beech Hedge(s) (European Beech = Fagus sylvatica), located near Meikleour, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, alongside the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie Road, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate.

Rudolph Schadow

In England he became known by bas-reliefs executed for the Duke of Devonshire and for the Marquess of Lansdowne.


see also

John Petty

John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765–1809), son of former Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

William Lansdowne

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, British Prime Minister between 1782 and 1783.