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- On his death, leaving no son, Fitzwilliam's peerages passed to his second cousin once removed, Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, but his fortune, then estimated at £45 million, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection, were inherited by his thirteen-year-old daughter, the present Lady Juliet Tadgell.
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In 1782 he inherited the Watson-Wentworth estates (including Wentworth Woodhouse) on the death of his uncle Lord Rockingham, which made him one of the greatest landowners in the country. When he died the titles passed to his son, the fifth Earl.
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, PC (30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833), styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited the estates of his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, making him one of the richest people in Britain ...
Sep 16, 2024 · In 1782 the 4th Earl inherited the estates of his uncle the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham but in 1857, on the death of the 5th Earl, the former Rockingham estates passed to his elder son (who...
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Northamptonshire Archives ServiceFitzwilliam (Milton) MSS2Northamptonshire Archives ServiceF/WW/1-5023British Library, Manuscript CollectionsAdd MS 397584British Library, Manuscript CollectionsEg MS 2733On the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham's death without issue in 1782 the marquessate lapsed and his estates were inherited by his nephew the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Sheffield City ArchivesWWM2Sheffield City ArchivesNBC3Sheffield City ArchivesMD 5094Hull History Centre (Hull University ...DX 103Sep 16, 2024 · Fitzwilliam inherited with the Rockingham estates some difficult family connections, in particular the family of his aunt, Lady Harriet Watson Wentworth, who had married her footman,...
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By the death of his revered maternal uncle, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham, in 1782, Fitzwilliam inherited extensive estates in Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and Co. Wicklow, which catapulted him to the forefront of the landowning elite in Great Britain.
The 4th Earl (William Wentworth Fitzwilliam {1748-1833}, the 2nd Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) inherited the estates of his cousin the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham which led to his involvement in the Elsecar Collieries, Elsecar Iron Works and the associated canal.
