The Marquess of Lansdowne | |
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Minister of State for the Colonies | |
In office 20 April 1962 – 16 October 1964 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Preceded by | The Earl of Perth |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 23 October 1958 – 20 April 1962 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | The Earl of Gosford |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 11 June 1957 – 23 October 1958 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | The Lord Hawke |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Gosford |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 30 August 1944 – 25 August 1999 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 7th Marquess of Lansdowne |
Succeeded by | The 9th Marquess of Lansdowne |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 November 1912 |
Died | 25 August 1999 | (aged 86)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | Barbara Dempsey Chase
(m. 1938; died 1965)Selina Carnegie
(m. 1969; div. 1978)Gillian Anna Morgan (m. 1978)Penelope Astor (m. 1995) |
Children | 4, including Charles, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne |
Parents | |
Relatives | The 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (paternal grandfather) |
George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, DL (27 November 1912 – 25 August 1999), was a British peer and Conservative politician.