Lansdowne
Americannoun
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Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
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William Petty Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of, 1737–1805, British statesman: prime minister 1782–83.
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a city in SE Pennsylvania.
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Example Sentences
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As Stuart scholar Ellen Miles has written, the Lansdowne Portrait, as it is known, is “Stuart’s grandest American accomplishment,” a beautiful picture that “was quickly recognized as the best pictorial summation of Washington’s public role.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But the Lansdowne Portrait, in which Stuart graduated from the bust-length portraits to a full-length one, is the undisputed gem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Edogbo, born and raised in County Cork to Nigerian parents, was targeted online after coming off the bench in Saturday's 20-13 Six Nations victory win over Italy at Lansdowne Road.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
There have been stunning individual tries, from Jacob Stockdale's chip-and-chase setting Lansdowne Road alight in 2018, to Ardie Savea's stunner in Auckland in 2022.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
The police conducted a raid of the Circle Terrace apartments in Lansdowne, where Tony lived.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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