George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
The Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam (3 May 1817 – 4 March 1874), was a British politician.
Background[]
Wentworth-FitzWilliam was a younger son of Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas. William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam and Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his brothers.
Political career[]
Wentworth-FitzWilliam was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond in 1841 and for Peterborough between 1841 and 1859. He served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1866.[1]
Family[]
Wentworth-FitzWilliam married Alice Louisa, daughter of the Hon. George Anson, in 1865. They had several children, including George Charles FitzWilliam, father of Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the 10th and last Earl Fitzwilliam. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam died in March 1874, aged 56. His wife survived him by five years and died in January 1879.
References[]
- ^ "No. 23066". The London Gazette. 3 February 1866. p. 637.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
- 1817 births
- 1874 deaths
- Younger sons of earls
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire