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{{Short description|Governer general consort of Canada}}
{{Short description|British aristocrat and Vicereine of India}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Most Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[Her Excellency]] [[The Most Honourable]]
| name = The Marchioness of Lansdowne
| name = The Marchioness of Lansdowne
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|VA|CI|GBEf|CH|GCStJ|}}
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|VA|CI|GBEf|CH|GCStJ|}}
| image = Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne.png
| image = Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne.png
| birth_name = Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton
| birth_name = Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1850|12|17}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1850|12|17}}
| birth_place = [[St George Hanover Square]], London, England
| birth_place = [[St George Hanover Square]], London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1932|10|21|1850|12|17}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1932|10|21|1850|12|17}}
| death_place = St George Hanover Square, London, England
| death_place = St George Hanover Square, London, England
| father = [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn]]
| father = [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn]]
| mother = [[Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn|Lady Louisa Russell]]
| mother = [[Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn|Lady Louisa Russell]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]]|1869|1927|end=d}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]]|1869|1927|end=d}}
| children = [[Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]]<br/>[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne]]<br/>[[Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice]]<br/>[[Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans]]
| children = [[Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]]<br/>[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne]]<br/>[[Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice]]<br/>[[Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans]]
| office = [[Lady of the Bedchamber]] to [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]]
| office = [[Lady of the Bedchamber]] to [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]]
| term_start = 1905
| term_start = 1905
| term_end = 1910
| term_end = 1910
| office1 = [[Vicereine of India]]
| office1 = [[Governor-General of India|Viceregal-Consort of India]]
| term_start1 = 10 December 1888
| term_start1 = 10 December 1888
| term_end1 = 11 October 1894
| term_end1 = 11 October 1894
| predecessor1 = [[Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava|The Countess of Dufferin]]
| predecessor1 = [[Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava|The Countess of Dufferin]]
| successor1 = [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin#Family|The Countess of Elgin]]
| successor1 = [[Constance Bruce, Countess of Elgin|The Countess of Elgin]]
| monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria]]
| office2 = [[Viceregal consorts of Canada|Viceregal consort of Canada]]
| term_start2 = 23 October 1883
| term_end2 = 11 June 1888
| predecessor2 =[[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|The Princess Louise]]
| successor2 = [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby#Family|The Countess of Derby]]
}}
}}
'''Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|VA|CI|GBEf|CH|GCStJ|}} (''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 to 1888. She was then Vicereine of India from 1888 to 1894 while her husband was [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]].
'''Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|VA|CI|GBEf|CH|GCStJ||sep=,}} (''née'' '''Hamilton'''; 17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), was a British aristocrat and courtier. She was the wife of [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne|Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]], [[Governor General of Canada]] from 1883 to 1888. She was then [[Vicereine of India]] from 1888 to 1894 while her husband was Viceroy.


==Marriage==
==Marriage==
Lady Lansdowne was a daughter of [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn]], and [[Louisa Jane Hamilton, 1st Duchess of Abercorn|Lady Louisa Jane Russell]]. On 8 November 1869, she married [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]], at [[Westminster Abbey]] and they had four children:
Lady Lansdowne was a daughter of [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn]], and [[Louisa Jane Hamilton, 1st Duchess of Abercorn|Lady Louisa Jane Russell]].<ref name=":0">Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107&nbsp;ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. p.&nbsp;2240. {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}.</ref> On 8 November 1869, she married [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]], at [[Westminster Abbey]] and they had four children:<ref name=":0" />


* [[Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Fitzmaurice]] (27 August 1870 – 2 April 1960)
* [[Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Fitzmaurice]] (27 August 1870 – 2 April 1960)
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==References==
==References==
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*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 22 October 1932.
* Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 22 October 1932.


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Her Excellency The Most Honourable
The Marchioness of Lansdowne
VA CI GBE CH GCStJ
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra
In office
1905–1910
Viceregal-Consort of India
In office
10 December 1888 – 11 October 1894
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byThe Countess of Dufferin
Succeeded byThe Countess of Elgin
Personal details
Born
Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton

(1850-12-17)17 December 1850
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died21 October 1932(1932-10-21) (aged 81)
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Spouse
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(m. 1869; died 1927)​
ChildrenEvelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Parents

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, VA, CI, GBE, CH, GCStJ (née Hamilton; 17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), was a British aristocrat and courtier. She was the wife of Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada from 1883 to 1888. She was then Vicereine of India from 1888 to 1894 while her husband was Viceroy.

Marriage

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Lady Lansdowne was a daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russell.[1] On 8 November 1869, she married Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, at Westminster Abbey and they had four children:[1]

Later years

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From 1905 to 1909 she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra; she was Extra Lady from 1910 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.[2] She also set up an auxiliary Red Cross hospital in the Orangery at Bowood House on their Wiltshire estate.[3]

For this and other charitable services, she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. [4]

Death

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She died in 1932, aged 81, and was buried (as her husband had been, five years earlier) at Derry Hill church, at the gates of their Bowood estate.[5]

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. p. 2240. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ "Officers' Families' Fund". The Times. 16 January 1900. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Bowood home front exhibition marking First World War centenary". This is Wiltshire.
  4. ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3757.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Christ Church (1253593)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Viceregal consort of Canada
1883–1888 		Succeeded by
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