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'''Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|VA|CI|GBEf|CH}} (née '''Hamilton'''; 17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), was a British courtier. She served as [[Viceregal consorts of Canada|vice-regal consort]] while her husband [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne|Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]] was [[Governor General of Canada]] from 1883–18881883 to 1888. She was then Vicereine of [[India]] from 1888–18941888 to 1894 while her husband was [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]].

From 1905–091905 to 1909 she was a [[Lady of the Bedchamber]] to [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]]; she was Extra Lady from 1910–251910 to 1925. During the [[First World War]] she set up the ''Officers' Families Fund'' and served as its president, and she and her husband lent their house, [[Lansdowne House]] in [[Berkeley Square]], London, to serve as its headquarters. She had previously done the same in the Second Boer War.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 January 1900|title=Officers’ Families’ Fund|pages=5|work=The Times}}</ref> She also set up an auxiliary [[Red Cross]] hospital in the Orangery at [[Bowood House]] on their Wiltshire estate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bowood home front exhibition marking First World War centenary|url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11037965.Bowood_home_front_exhibition_marking_First_World_War_centenary/|newspaper=This is Wiltshire}}</ref>