Lansdowne

[ lanz-doun ]

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Henry Charles Keith Pet·ty-Fitz·mau·rice [pet, -ee-fits-, mawr, -is, -, mor, -], 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
William Petty Fitz·mau·rice [fits-, mawr, -is, -, mor, -], 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of, 1737–1805, British statesman: prime minister 1782–83.
a city in SE Pennsylvania.

Lansdowne

/ ˈlænzdaʊn /

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Battle of Lansdowne, between the parliamentary and king's forces; a sanguinary action.

The Marquis of Lansdowne occupied a seat in the Cabinet without holding any office.

It is said that on the cards for Lady Lansdowne's ball there was inscribed: "The gentlemen to appear in their old coats."

A third (anonymous) translation, with the Latin on the opposite pages, I came on in Lansdowne mss.

The request was separately made by the Marquis of Lansdowne on the same day.

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