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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.
The fourth Earl, William Fitzwilliam, was a prominent Whig politician and served as Lord President of the Council and as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. 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.
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 ...
Papers of William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833) Description: The correspondence properly begins in July 1782 with Fitzwilliam's succeeding to Wentworth Woodhouse and...
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, PC, 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.
Sir William Fitzwilliam (d. 1534), household treasurer to Cardinal Wolsey, bought Gaynes Park (Essex) in 1501 and the estates of Milton and Marholm (1502) and Etton (1514) in the Soke of...
On 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.
