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   Oct 2, 2024 · Antediluvian Phytolology contained illustrations of his extensive collection of plant fossils, recovered from Carboniferous deposits in Lord Fitzwilliam’s coal mines in South Yorkshire. Yet all was not well between Artis and the Earl: that same year he left Milton Hall under a cloud, his disgrace reportedly linked to a dalliance with a member ...

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   5 days ago · A unique model industrial village built by aristocrats Elsecar was built by the Earls Fitzwilliam, close to their vast family home at Wentworth Woodhouse from the late 1700s.

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   Sep 23, 2024 · After the war, Kathleen lived in England and Ireland and became the mistress of Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 8th Earl FitzWilliam. Fitzwilliam decided to divorce his wife and marry Kathleen. When Rose found out about the situation, she threatened to disown her totally.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · He received the royal authorization to adopt the surname of Wentworth before that of Fitzwilliam in 1856, and died at Wentworth Woodhouse in 1857, when he was succeeded in the earldom by his second son, William Thomas Spencer, Viscount Milton.

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   Oct 6, 2024 · By 1925 Earl Fitzwilliam was the third highest beneficiary of coal royalties in the country. In 1946, coal mining made its way right up to the doors of Wentworth Woodhouse, as state-mandated open cast mining of the grounds took place.

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   5 days ago · The Hall became not only the centre of the non-collegiate body, but also a symbol of, and an aid to, the development of corporate life. At the same time permission was obtained from Earl Fitzwilliam to use for the boat flag the Fitzwilliam arms, with the University arms in chief.

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   Who was William Wentworth & what did he do?

   • His nephew William Wentworth, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, son of his eldest sister Lady Anne Watson Wentworth and of William, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam, created Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam (in England) in 1746, then succeeded him here and in estates valued at £40,000 a year, and kept up a princely establishment at Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire.

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   Who received the Fitzwilliam Medal?

   • As pit ponies were essential to the Elsecar collieries, the Fitzwilliam family created the “Fitzwilliam Medal for kindness to ponies”. In 1904, the recipient was John William Bell, who saved the life of his pony by staying with him after a roof fall in the mine. William Bell’s granddaughter still lives in the village.

   New Historic England Study Reveals How Elsecar Village Was Created

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   Who was Thomas Wentworth alias Watson?

   • In 1696 with his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Proby, bart., he was dealing with the manor of Great Harrowden, and advowsons of Great and Little Harrowden as Thomas Wentworth alias Watson, esq. (fn. 78) Watson. Argent a cheveron engrailed azure between three martlets sable with three crescents or on the cheveron. Fitzwilliam.

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   Who were Fitzwilliam & lozengy argent & gules?

   • Fitzwilliam. Lozengy argent and gules. His son Thomas was on 28 May 1728 created Baron Wentworth of Malton in Yorkshire, and on 19 November 1734 Baron of Harrowden and Viscount Higham of Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire, and Baron of Wath and Earl of Malton in Yorkshire.

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   How did the Fitzwilliams affect Elsecar?

   • Ten men and boys were killed. The Fitzwilliams made their presence felt in the lives of Elsecar’s residents in many different ways including the bestowing of gifts and awards. As pit ponies were essential to the Elsecar collieries, the Fitzwilliam family created the “Fitzwilliam Medal for kindness to ponies”.

   New Historic England Study Reveals How Elsecar Village Was Created

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9. www.geni.com › people › William-de-Warenne-of-SurreySir William de Warenne, Knight (1255 - 1286) - Genealogy

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   Sep 18, 2024 · WILLIAM DE WARENNE, son and heir apparent. In 1276 he agreed that his father might at his death dispose of the Earl's lands in Norfolk. In 1285 he was knighted at Winchester; and in the same year obtained quittance from the common summons in Essex, Bucks and Norfolk.