Social Victorians/People/Lansdowne

Also Known As

• Family name: Petty-FitzMaurice, so sometimes FitzMaurice
• Marquess of Lansdowne
  • Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (5 June 1866 – 3 June 1927)
  • Maud Evelyn Hamilton (8 November 1869 – 3 June 1927)
• Courtesy Titles
  • Viscount Clanmaurice
  • Earl of Kerry
    • Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice (1872 – 3 June 1927)
  • Lord Nairne

Organizations

• House of Lords
• William Gladstone's government
• Unionists (Conservative and Liberal Unionist peers in the House of Lords)

Timeline

1869 November 8, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice and Maud Evelyn Hamilton married in Westminster Abbey.

1889 November 23, Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice and Caroline Fitzgerald married.

1894 October 22, the marriage between Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice and Caroline Fitzgerald was annulled, case heard in camera.

1897 July 2, Friday, the Marquess and Marchioness of Lansdowne attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did their daughter, Lady Beatrix FitzMaurice and the Earl of Kerry, their son. Also attending were Edmund Fitzmaurice and a Lady C. Fitzmaurice.

1897 October 16, Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice and Henry de la Poer Beresford married.

1904 February 16, Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry, and Elizabeth Caroline Hope married at St. Marylebone Church, London.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

The members of this family who attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball were

• Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess (at 52)
• Maud Hamilton Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (at 51)
• Beatrix Petty-Fitzmaurice (at 44), their daughter
• The Earl of Kerry: Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice (at 72), their son (treated on the page for the Earl of Kerry)
• Edmund Fitzmaurice (at 627), the 5th Marquess's brother
• Lady C. Fitzmaurice (at 365), probably Edmond Fitzmaurice's wife Caroline Fitzgerald Fitzmaurice

Maud, Marchioness of Lansdowne in costume as Lady Keith, wife of the British Ambassador at the Court of Maria Therese. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Maud Hamilton Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne

Maud Hamilton Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (at 51) attended the ball as Lady Keith.

• "The Marchioness of Lansdowne's robe was that of a lady of the Court of Marie Thérèse. It was of white brocaded sacque elaborately embroidered in gold, and under-dress worked in coloured silk and gold."
• "The Marchioness of Lansdowne, as companion to Queen Marie Thérèse, was accompanied by her husband, who impersonated Count Kaunitz, Minister to the Empress."
• She was dressed as Lady Keith, a "Lady of the Court of Marie Thérèse. A white brocaded sacque elaborately embroidered in gold, and under-dress worked in coloured silk and gold."
• She "went as a Lady of the Court of Queen Marie Thérèse, wearing a white brocade sacque richly embroidered in gold over satin, elaborately sewn with gold and coloured silks."
• She was dressed as "as a lady of the Court of Marie Thérèse — a white brocaded sacque, elaborately embroidered in gold, and under dress worked in coloured silk and gold."

Lafayette's portrait of "Maud Evelyn (née Hamilton), Marchioness of Lansdowne as Lady Keith, wife of the British Ambassador at the Court of Maria Therese" in costume is photogravure #171 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Marchioness of Lansdowne as Lady Keith wife of the British Ambassador at the Court of Maria Therese," with a Long S in Marchioness and Ambassador.

Lady Margaret Keith was married to Robert Murray Keith ( – 1774), also known as "Ambassador Keith," who was British Minister in Austria (1748–1757).

The Marchioness and the Marquis of Lansdowne were in the first section of the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille with Lady Londonderry and the Marquis of Winchester.

Two brothers of Maud Hamilton Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Marchioness of Lansdowne's — Frederick Hamilton and Ronald Hamilton — attended the ball as well as her niece, Alexandra Hamilton, who was in the Marie Thérèse process with Beatrice FitzMaurice (they are on the Abercorn page).

Count Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1762

Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (at 52) was dressed as Prince Kaunitz or Count Konitz, Minister to Empress Marie Thérèse.

• "The Marquess of Lansdowne, in the character of Count Konitz, Minister to Empress Marie Thérèse, wore a uniform of black velvet, elaborately embroidered in gold, with Orders, &c."
• "The Marquis of Lansdowne (Count Kaunitz, Minister to Empress Marie Thérèse), black velvet uniform embroidered with gold, with orders, jewels, and decorations."
• "Count Konitz, Minister to Empress Marie Thérèse. In a uniform of black velvet, elaborately embroidered in gold, with Orders, &c."
• "Count Konitz, Minister to Queen Marie Thérèse, in a handsome uniform of black velvet elaborately embroidered in gold, with orders and jewels."
• "Count Kaunitz, Minister to the Empress Marie Thérèse, in a uniform of black velvet, elaborately embroidered in gold, with orders, &c.

Count Kaunitz was Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794), who was "State Chancellor and minister of foreign affairs" (1753–1792) in the court of Empress Marie-Thérèse. The portrait of Kaunitz (right) shows him wearing the chain — or collar — of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Lady Beatrix Fitzmaurice

Lady Beatrix Fitzmaurice was one of the archduchesses — along with with 3 or 4 other young women — in the entourage of her mother, Lady Londonderry, who led the Austrian procession as Marie Thérèse, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. These young women were present at the ball as the daughters of Marie Thérèse, and the young men dressed as archdukes were present as her sons. Lady Beatrix Fitzmaurice went as one of these daughters.

The newspapers report that the archduchesses were all dressed alike, but only one photograph exists of any of these young women in costume — that of Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart (which is shown, right). The newspaper descriptions are on her page, with her portrait in costume, but they apply to all the archduchesses.

Edmond and Lady Caroline FitzMaurice

Edmond Fitzmaurice (at 627), brother of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, attended as a "Courtier of the Empress Marie Thérèse." His original costume appeared in the Drury Lane production of The White Heather.

"Lady C. FitzMaurice" (at 365) — probably Edmond Fitzmaurice's wife Caroline Fitzmaurice — attended as "Secretary to Kaunitz" in the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille.

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Residences

• Bowood House, County Kerry, Ireland
• Derreen House, Lauragh, County Kerry, Ireland
• Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London

Family

• Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (7 January 1816 – 5 July 1866)
• Lady Georgiana Herbert (3 August 1817 – 28 February 1841)
• Hon. Emily Jane Mercer-Elphinstone-de Flahault, Lady Nairne (16 May 1819 – 26 June 1895)
  1. Lady Emily Louisa Anne FitzMaurice ( – 2 December 1939)
  2. Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927)
  3. Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice (19 June 1846 – 21 June 1935)
  4. Hon. unknown son Petty-FitzMaurice (22 January 1853 – )

• Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927)
• Maud Evelyn Hamilton (17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932)

1. Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-FitzMaurice (27 August 1870 – 2 April 1960)
2. Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (14 January 1872 – 5 March 1936)
3. Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-FitzMaurice (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914)
4. Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953)

• Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry and later 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (14 January 1872 – 5 March 1936)
• Elizabeth Caroline Hope (4 March 1885 – 25 March 1964)
  1. Katherine Evelyn Constance Petty-FitzMaurice, Lady Nairne (22 June 1912 – 20 October 1995)
  2. Henry Maurice John Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry (7 October 1913 – 12 September 1933)
  3. Charles Hope Petty-FitzMaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (9 January 1917 – 20 August 1944)
  4. Lord Edward Norman Petty-FitzMaurice (28 July 1922 – 11 August 1944)
  5. Lady Elizabeth Mary Petty-FitzMaurice (16 March 1927 – 28 June 2016)

• Edmond George Petty Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st and last Baron FitzMaurice (19 June 1846 – 21 June 1935)
• Caroline Fitzgerald (– 1911; an American)

Notes and Questions

1. The Times reported a Lord and Lady Landsdowne, but it must have meant Lord and Lady Lansdowne.