Lansdowne or Lansdown may refer to:

People

Lansdown Guilding Lansdown Guilding (9 May 1797 – 22 October 1831) was a theologian and naturalist. He is best known for his works on the flora and fauna of St Vincent in particular and on the Caribbean in general. He wrote numerous illustrated papers for journal ...

(1797–1831), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines naturalist and engraver *

Fenwick Lansdowne James Fenwick Lansdowne, (August 8, 1937 – July 27, 2008) was a self-taught Canadian wildlife artist.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker Nation ...

(1937–2008), Canadian wildlife artist *

George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC (9 March 1666 – 29 January 1735), of Stowe, Cornwall, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Bar ...

(1666–1735) *

Marquess of Lansdowne Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1784, and held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. The first Marquess served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Origins This branch of the Fitzmaurice famil ...

, title in the Peerage of Great Britain **

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (2 May 17377 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history), was an Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the firs ...

, William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (1737–1805), prime minister 1782–83 **

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (14 January 18453 June 1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State f ...

(1845–1927), Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs * Zachary Lansdowne (1888–1925), American naval officer and aviator

Places

Australia

* Lansdowne, New South Wales, Sydney *

Lansdowne, New South Wales (Mid-Coast Council) Lansdowne is a rural village on the Mid North Coast near Taree in New South Wales, Australia. The village lies in the Lansdowne River valley, adjacent to the Coorabakh National Park and the village of Langley Vale, which was served by the Langl ...

Lansdowne, Northern Territory Lansdowne is a suburb of the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. It is within the Katherine Town Council local government area. The area was officially defined as a suburb in April 2007, adopting the name from Anne Pascoe Lansdow ...

* Lansdowne, Queensland, locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region *

Lansdowne County Lansdowne County was one of the 26 counties of Western Australia that were designated in 1829 as cadastral divisions. It was named after Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for the Home Department The secr ...

, Western Australia

Canada

* Lansdowne, Edmonton, Alberta * Lansdowne, Nova Scotia *

Lansdowne, Ontario Leeds and the Thousand Islands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The township is located along the Saint Lawrence River, and extends north into rural hamlets and village ...

* Lansdowne (electoral district), Manitoba *

Lansdowne Avenue Lansdowne Avenue is an arterial road in Toronto, Ontario. It runs north–south and starts at Queen Street West and proceeds north to St. Clair Avenue West. Lansdowne Avenue is primarily a four-lane arterial road, with two lanes regularly used fo ...

, Toronto, Ontario *

Lansdowne Park Lansdowne Park is a urban park, historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located on Bank Street adjacent to the Rideau Canal in The Glebe neighbourhood of central Ot ...

, Ottawa, Ontario * Lansdowne Centre, Richmond, British Columbia *

Lansdowne, Yukon Lansdowne is a community in Yukon, Canada. It in the middle of Tagish Road in between the Klondike and Alaska highways. It is close to Conrad and Carcross Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, ( tli, Nadashaa Héeni) is an unincorpora ...

India

Lansdowne, India Lansdowne is a cantonment town in Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. History Originally known as ''Kaludanda'' ( gbm, काळूडाण्डा) after Kalu (Black) and Danda (hills) in Garhwali, Lansdowne wa ...

, cantonment town in Uttarakhand *

Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency) Lansdowne Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 70 constituencies in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand state of India. Lansdowne is also part of Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency. Member of Legislative As ...

Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...

, Kolkata, now known as Sarat Bose Road

Ireland

, a former sports stadium in Dublin whose site is occupied by the current Aviva Stadium

New Caledonia

Lansdowne Bank Lansdowne Bank, sometimes called Landsdowne Bank, is an extensive submerged bank located between the main island of New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Islands, in the easternmost part of the Coral Sea. It covers an area of ,Lansdowne, Christchurch Lansdowne, also spelled Lansdown, is a locality south of Christchurch, New Zealand. Lansdowne is located on Old Tai Tapu Road and Early Valley Road. The roads are the boundary between two territorial authorities, with the north and east sides belo ...

, a locality south of Christchurch *

Lansdowne, Masterton Lansdowne, one of Masterton's largest suburbs, is on the left bank of the Waipoua stream at the north-western end of Masterton, New Zealand. On the town's highest ground it provides broad vistas of much of the Wairarapa Valley. It is further dis ...

South Africa

* Lansdowne, Cape Town

United Kingdom

Lansdown, Bath Lansdown is a suburb of the World Heritage City of Bath, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a road of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are Lansdown Crescent and Sion Hill Place, which inclu ...

Lansdown Crescent, Bath Lansdown Crescent is a well-known example of Georgian architecture in Bath, Somerset, England, designed by John Palmer and constructed by a variety of builders between 1789 and 1793. The buildings have a clear view over central Bath, being sit ...

* Lansdown, Charlcombe, hamlet near Bath *

Lansdowne, Bournemouth Lansdowne is a suburb of Bournemouth. It occupies the north-east part of the main built-up area around Bournemouth Town Centre. History Bournemouth and Poole College The Bournemouth and Poole College (BPC) is a well established educa ...

* Lansdown, Cheltenham * Lansdowne Crescent, London *

Lansdowne House Lansdowne House now 9 Fitzmaurice Place is the remaining part of a building to the south of Berkeley Square in central London, England, not to be confused with 57 Berkeley Square – opposite – a much later quadrilateral building which take ...

, London *

Lansdowne School Lansdowne School is a special needs secondary school in Argyll Close, Stockwell, south London. The school caters to children with mixed needs, and children who have social and communication challenges alongside their learning difficulties. T ...

, London * Lansdowne College, London *

Lansdowne Club The Lansdowne Club is a private members' club in London, England occupying a large building, notable in its own right. It was established in 1935 and occupies most of 9 Fitzmaurice Place, a street connecting Berkeley Square to Curzon Street in ...

, London * Lansdowne Primary School, Cardiff, Wales

United States

Lansdowne, Lexington Lansdowne is a neighborhood in southeast Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the ...

, Kentucky *

Lansdowne, Maryland Lansdowne is a census-designated place in southern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located just south of Baltimore city. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,409. At the 2000 census and earlier, the area was delineated as par ...

* Lansdowne (Centreville, Maryland) * Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands, Maryland *

Lansdowne (Natchez, Mississippi) Lansdowne is a historic mansion that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. It was originally built as the owner's residence on the 727-acre, antebellum, Lansdowne Plantation. The mansion an ...

, a plantation *

Lansdowne station (MBTA) Lansdowne station (formerly Yawkey station) is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. Landsdowne is located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood near ...

on MBTA Commuter Rail's Framingham/Worcester Line * Lansdowne, New Jersey **

Lansdown (Pittstown, New Jersey) Lansdown, also known as the Charles Stewart Plantation, is a historic house located on Hamden Road along the South Branch Raritan River in the village of Lansdowne, northeast of Pittstown, in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It ...

, nearby historic house listed on the NRHP *

Lansdowne Airport Lansdowne Airport is a small, local airport on the East Side of Youngstown, Ohio, US near the Pennsylvania state line. Lansdowne Airport is a privately owned airport, located in an area known as the "Sharon Line" to locals, due to its proximit ...

, Ohio * Lansdowne House (Greenville, Ohio) *

Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Lansdowne is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, located southwest of the Center City Philadelphia. It was named for the Marquess of Lansdowne. As of the 2010 census the borough had a population of 10,620. Lansdowne grew quickly in the ...

East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania East Lansdowne is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,668 at the 2010 census. Geography East Lansdowne is located at (39.944162, -75.260253). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough ...

Lansdowne, Virginia Lansdowne is a census-designated place and planned community located near Leesburg, Virginia in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 11,253. It is north of State Route 7 and south of the Potomac River. ...

* Lansdowne (Urbanna, Virginia), a historic home * Lansdowne (Fredericksburg, Virginia), a historic home

Other uses

Battle of Lansdowne The First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset, England. Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller to re ...

, 1643 * ''Lansdown'' (film), 2002 film *

Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) The Lansdowne Bridge ( Sindhi ; ur, ) over the Indus at Sukkur was one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century. The longest cantilever bridge ever built, it had to support the load of heavy steam locomotives. The bridge was inaugu ...

Lansdown Cricket Club Lansdown Cricket Club, formed in 1825, is recognised as the earliest official organised cricket club in Somerset. Originally based in Lansdown, since 1869 the club has been based at Combe Park, Bath, adjacent to the Royal United Hospital. Foun ...

, Bath, England *

Lansdowne Football Club Lansdowne Football Club, also sometimes referred to as Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1872 by Henry Dunlop as the ''Irish Champion Athletic Club''. Its senior team currently p ...

, rugby football club in Ireland *

Lansdowne Letter The "Lansdowne Letter" called for Britain to negotiate a peace with Germany during the First World War. It was published by a London newspaper and written by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, a former foreign secretary and war mi ...

Lansdowne portrait The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Pri ...

, of George Washington * Lansdowne station (disambiguation), stations of the name * SS ''Lansdowne'', railroad car ferry and floating restaurant * USS ''Lansdowne'' (DD-486), a ''Gleaves''-class destroyer {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname