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Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 9th Earl Fitzwilliam (4 December 1883 – 3 April 1952) was a British nobleman and politician. Life. Eric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was the son of Captain the Hon. Sir William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, fourth son of William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, and Constance Anne Brocklehurst.
- Back in The Late 1940s
- For The Fitzwilliam Family
- Post-War Britain
Country houses were largely seen as white elephants – built for a long-gone and unsustainable way of life that had no relevance in a post-war society. In fact, during the 1940s and 1950s, the UK was losing country houses at the rate of one per week as owners demolished them or they succumbed to fire or abandonment. Huge social changes had taken pla...
Much of their income came from the coal mines they owned around Wentworth Woodhouse. In 1947, coal mines were nationalised and although the family did receive financial compensation, it didn’t make up for the huge annual revenues that their coal mines had provided. This didn’t mean that they were poor, they had other sources of income, but it did m...
But the hard times that post-war Britain visited on the house were far from over. Peter was tragically killed in a plane crash in May 1948, at the age of 38. He was succeeded by the 9thEarl Fitzwilliam, Eric, Peter’s first cousin once removed. Eric was a reclusive alcoholic and he died in 1952 with no male heir and so the title and estates passed t...
In 1857, 60 years before Daphne’s visit, George’s father had been left Milton by the 5th Earl Fitzwilliam. Although it was the ancestral home of the Fitzwilliam's, it was no longer their principal residence.
After the 8th Earl, the 9th Earl was Eric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (apparently known as ‘bottle and bottle Eric’), who died in 1952 without issue. Once again the title had to find the next nearest surviving male heir.
Sep 24, 2013 · Thus the only male person to inherit Milton Hall, Wentworth and other lands and estates was Peter’s cousin Eric Wentworth Fitzwilliam, becoming 9th Earl. When the 9th Earl died in 1952 without children, the title came back again to the branch of the family at Milton.
Hon William Fitzwilliam later Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, later4th Earl Fitzwilliam. 2. Hon George Fitzwilliam (d. 8 May 1786) 1. Lady Frances Henrietta Fitzwilliam (d. 28 Oct 1835) 2. Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam (b. 14 Jul 1746; d. 11 Feb 1833), mar. 14 May 1764 Thomas [Dundas], 1st Baron Dundas, and had issue.
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