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The coat of arms of the Earls FitzWilliam.
The coat of arms of the Earls FitzWilliam. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people

Earl FitzWilliam was a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Fitzwilliam family. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of This family claim descent from William the Conqueror. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages The Fitzwilliams acquired extensive holdings in South Yorkshire, largely through strategic alliances through marriage. In 1410, Sir John Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, who died in 1421, married Margaret Clarell, daughter of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark, the descendant of a major Norman landholding family. Thus did the Fitzwilliams acquire the Clarell holdings. [1]

[2]Sir William Fitzwilliam (d. 1534) was an Alderman and Sheriff of London and acquired the Milton Hall estate in Peterborough in 1506. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene His grandson Sir William FitzWilliam served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1571 to 1575 and from 1588 to 1594. Sir William FitzWilliam (1526 - 1599 was an English statesman The Lord Deputy was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Kingdom of Ireland. His grandson William FitzWilliam was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron FitzWilliam, of Lifford in the County of Donegal, in 1620. His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his father in 1658), was in 1716 created Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament for Peterborough. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Peterborough is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formally styled The Honourable the On his death the titles passed to his son, the third Earl. He also represented Peterborough in the House of Commons. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords In April 1742 he was created Lord Fitzwilliam, Baron of Milton, in the County of Northampton, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and in 1746 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Milton, of Milton in the County of Northampton, and Earl Fitzwilliam, of Norbury in the County of Northampton, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Fitzwilliam married Lady Anne Watson-Wentworth (d. 1769), daughter of Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and sister of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. Thomas Watson-Wentworth 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC (I ( 13 November, 1693 – 14 December, 1750) was a British Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG, PC (13 May 1730 &ndash 1 July 1782 styled The Hon

He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Earl. He was a prominent Whig politician and served as Lord President of the Council and as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Ard-Leifteanant na hÉireann ( Plural: Lords Lieutenant) also known as the Judiciar in the early Mediaeval period 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. Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed Country house near the village of Wentworth, in the vicinity of Rotherham, South Yorkshire When he died the titles passed to his son, the fifth Earl. He represented several constituencies in the House of Commons and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1851. The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an Order of chivalry, or Knighthood, originating in Medieval England, and presently bestowed on recipients In 1856 Lord Fitzwilliam assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Wentworth. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the sixth Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament for Malton and County Wicklow and served as Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Malton, also called New Malton, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295 and 1298 and again from Wicklow is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland returning two Members of Parliament. His eldest son William FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton, was also a Member of Parliament but predeceased his father. William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Viscount Milton ( 27 July 1839 &ndash 17 January 1877) was a British politician and explorer Lord Fitzwilliam was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the seventh Earl. He was the eldest son of Viscount Milton. He represented Wakefield in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist. Wakefield is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Liberal Unionists were a British political party that split away from the Liberals in 1886 and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the When he died the titles passed to his son, the eighth Earl. He was killed in an aircrash in France in 1948. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

On his early death the line of the eldest son of the sixth Earl failed and titles passed to the late Earl's first cousin once removed, the ninth Earl. He was the son of Captain the Hon. Sir William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, fourth son of the sixth Earl. When he died in 1952 this line of the family also failed and the titles were inherited by his second cousin, the tenth Earl. He was the son of George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, son of the Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, MP, third son of the fifth Earl. On his death in 1979 all the titles became extinct. The family seat of Wentworth Woodhouse was sold while the 80,000 acre (320 km²) estate including much of the town of Malton, North Yorkshire, was retained. Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed Country house near the village of Wentworth, in the vicinity of Rotherham, South Yorkshire Malton is a Market town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The other family seat, Milton Hall, and its considerable estate of over 50,000 acres (200 km²) together with valuable properties in Peterborough and the surrounding area continue by descent in the family. The Bourne Park Estate, near Canterbury, Kent, England, remains in the ownership of Lady Juliet Tadgell, née Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, only child of the 8th Earl by his wife the former Olive Dorothea Plunket.

The eldest son of the Earl FitzWilliam bore the courtesy title Viscount Milton. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of Nobility used by children former wives and other close relatives of a peer.

Lady Mabel Fitzwilliam, a socialist politician and "an ardent pioneer in education and social welfare"[3], was a granddaughter of the 6th Earl. Lady Mabel Florence Harriet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam ( 14 July 1870 &ndash 26 September 1951) was an English socialist politician later

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Barons FitzWilliam (1620)

Earls FitzWilliam (1716; 1746)

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Marriage of Fitzwilliam and Clarell, Earls of Fitzwilliam, rotherhamweb
  2. ^ Insert footnote text here
  3. ^ Maltbyonline.co.uk

References

William Wentworth-FitzWilliam 2nd and 4th Earl FitzWilliam ( 30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833) was a British Whig Statesman Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam 5th Earl FitzWilliam KG ( 4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam 6th Earl FitzWilliam, KG ( 12 October 1815 &ndash 20 February 1902) was a British William ("Billy" Charles de Meuron Wentworth-FitzWilliam 7th Earl FitzWilliam ( 25 July 1872 - 15 February 1943 Wentworth Woodhouse William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam 8th Earl FitzWilliam DSO ( 31 December 1910 &ndash 13 May 1948) was a British The title Marquess of Rockingham in the peerage of Great Britain was created for Thomas Watson-Wentworth 6th Baron Rockingham in 1746
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