PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 3RD MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, only son of William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne KG PC, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and his second wife Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, sister of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) (qv); grandson of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (qv); b. 2 Jul 1780; at school 1789; up Clapham’s; in school list 1795; still at school 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; Trinity Coll. Oxford, adm. nob. 26 Oct 1798; MA 1801; Hon. LLD 1811; styled Lord Henry Petty to 1809; MP Calne 1802 – Jan 1806, Cambridge Univ. 7 Feb 1806-7, Camelford 1807 – 15 Nov 1809; took Whig whip in House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 10 Feb 1806 – 31 Mar 1807; Privy Councillor 5 Feb 1806; succeeded half-brother as 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne 15 Nov 1809, and cousin as Earl of Kerry (I) 4 Jul 1818; an active member of the Whig opposition in the House of Lords 1809-27, acting as its de facto leader 1823-7; supported the abolition of the slave trade and the removal of Roman Catholic and Jewish disabilities; led the main body of the Whig Party into coalition in Apr 1827 with the liberal wing of the Tory Party, headed by George Canning, serving in Canning’s cabinet as Minister without Portfolio Apr – Jul 1827 and as Secretary of State for Home Affairs in Canning and Goderich administrations 16 Jul 1827 – Jan 1828; Lord President of the Council in Whig administrations 22 Nov 1830 – Nov 1834, 18 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841 and 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; led Whig peers in House of Lords 1843-55; declined to form government on Lord Derby’s resignation Dec 1852; member of cabinet in Aberdeen and Palmerston administrations Dec 1852 – Feb 1858, without holding any official position; refused offer of a dukedom Sep 1857; Lord Lieut., Wiltshire, from 23 Nov 1827; one of original members of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833; KG 5 Feb 1836; FRS 4 Apr 1811; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; Busby Trustee 18 May 1813; a man of wide social influence and moderate political views; m. 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, sister of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); d. 31 Jan 1863, from the effects of a fall. Memorial bust, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
PETTY, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF SHELBURNE (I), fifth son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (I), and Anne, only dau. of Sir William Petty MD MP FRS, Romsey, Hampshire; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1715; in under school list 1719; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jan 1727/8; High Sheriff, co. Kerry 1732-3; MP (I) Co. Kerry 1743 – 7 Oct 1751; assumed surname of Petty in lieu of Fitzmaurice 1751, having inherited the estates of his maternal uncle Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (I) (of an earlier creation); created Viscount Fitzmaurice (I) 7 Oct 1751 and Earl of Shelburne (I) 6 Jun 1753; Governor, co. Kerry 1753; Privy Councillor (I) 8 Feb 1754; MP Chipping Wycombe 1754 – 20 May 1760; created Baron Wycombe (GB) 20 May 1760; m. 16 Feb 1734 his cousin Mary, younger dau. of Hon. William Fitzmaurice, Gallane, co. Kerry; d. 14 May 1761.
PETTITT, THOMAS GEOFFREY, son of Thomas S. Pettitt, London, publisher, and Kate Eliha ---; b. 30 Aug 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (H); left Aug 1884; a London merchant, firm Knowles and Foster, Moorgate Street; d. 15 Jun 1923.
Pettitt, Henry Laurence, son of Charles Henry Pettitt of Ealing and Fanny Mary Ann, d. of John Clark; b. 17 May 1901; adm. Sept. 1914 (KS); left July 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1919, BA LLB 1922; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1925; legal asst Public Trustee Office 1926, Trust Officer 1944, Chief Admin. Officer 1959, retd 1965; OBE June 1962; d. 12 Feb. 1989.
Pettit, Michael Jeremy, brother of Richard William Pettit (qv); b. 3 June 1947; adm. Sept. 1961 (R); left July 1965; a chartered accountant, ACA 1972, FCA; Trust House Forte Internat. 1972-5; Provident Mutual Life Assurance Assn. 1975, later London & Manchester Assurance, Exeter; dir. Bransford Farmers Ltd.; m. 8 Sept. 1973 Margaret, d. of William Shenton, builder, of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs; d. 19 Mar. 2011.
PETTIT, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.
PETTINGAL, THOMAS, son of Rev. John Pettingal DD FSA, Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Preacher at Duke Street Chapel, Westminster, and Susanna Long, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1758; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr. 9 Jun 1762, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 – void 30 Jul 1783 (expiry year of grace as R. Easthampstead from 10 Aug 1782), Tutor 1774-81, Senior Censor 1774-8; BA 1766; MA 1769; BD 1778; Proctor 1777; Whitehall Preacher; ordained deacon 29 May 1768, priest 18 Dec 1774; Curate of Drayton, Oxfordshire 1777; Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 1782; d. 8 Apr 1826. DNB (s. v. father).
PETTINGAL, JOHN, brother of Thomas Pettingal (qv); b.; adm. 13 Jan 1766; left Aug 1770; of St. James’s, Westminster, and Leighton Buzzard, Beds.; m. 15 Feb 1781 Mary Mackfarland (IGI); d. 6 Apr 1824, aged 64.
PETTINGAL, GEORGE HANBURY, son of John Pettingal (qv); bapt. Leighton Buzzard, Beds. 19 Jul 1787; adm.; at school Jul 1799; Min. Can. 1801; KS 1802; left 1803; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1810; BA 1815; ordained; d. 18 Feb 1838.
PETTINGAL, CHARLES THOMAS, son of John Pettingal (qv); b. 26 May 1782; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1796; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 – void by marriage 27 Jan 1807; BA 1804; MA 1819; ordained deacon (Oxford) 9 Jun 1805, priest (Winchester) 20 Dec 1807; Curate, Stratfield Turgis, Hampshire; Rector of Ore, Sussex 9 Jun 1808-10; Rector of Little Braxted, Essex 6 Aug 1810; Chaplain of Hickey’s Almhouses, Richmond, Surrey; m. 30 Dec 1806 Jane, sister of Richard Glover (qv); d. 28 Aug 1858.