George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne

The Marquess of Lansdowne
Minister of State for the Colonies
In office
20 April 1962 – 16 October 1964
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byThe Earl of Perth
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
23 October 1958 – 20 April 1962
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Earl of Gosford
Succeeded byVacant
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 June 1957 – 23 October 1958
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Hawke
Succeeded byThe Earl of Gosford
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
30 August 1944 – 25 August 1999
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 7th Marquess of Lansdowne
Succeeded byThe 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
Personal details
Born(1912-11-27)27 November 1912
Died25 August 1999(1999-08-25) (aged 86)
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Barbara Dempsey Chase
(m. 1938; died 1965)
Selina Carnegie
(m. 1969; div. 1978)
Gillian Anna Morgan
(m. 1978)
Penelope Astor
(m. 1995)
Children4, including Charles, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
Parents
RelativesThe 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.