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Earl Fitzwilliam (or FitzWilliam) was a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Fitzwilliam family (later Wentworth-Fitzwilliam). [2] History. The Fitzwilliams acquired extensive holdings in the south of the West Riding of Yorkshire, largely through strategic marital alliances.
William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, DSO (31 December 1910 – 13 May 1948), styled Viscount Milton before 1943, was a British soldier, nobleman, and peer, with a seat in the House of Lords.
Nov 4, 2022 · The myth was that the 10th and last Earl Fitzwilliam, William Thomas George, burned swathes of records across three weeks of destruction in the grounds in 1972, seven years before his death...
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Earl Fitzwilliam. 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.
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.
He bought estates at Malton (Yorkshire, North Riding) in 1713 and Great Harrowden and Higham Ferrers (Northamptonshire) in 1695, which were extended by his son, created Earl of Malton in 1736 and...
Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth (1748–1833), 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (GB), 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (Ire.), lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born William Fitzwilliam at Milton House, Peterborough, on 30 May 1748, the eldest son of William Fitzwilliam (1720–56), 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, and Anne Fitzwilliam (née Watson-Wentworth; d. 1769 ...
