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
Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland, and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, (4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman and politician. He was president three time ...
, and Mary, daughter of
Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas
Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (16 February 1741 – 14 June 1820), known as Sir Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet from 1781 to 1794, was a British people, British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1763 ...
.
William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam
William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam, (12 October 1815 – 20 February 1902), styled Hon. William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1815–1835, and Viscount Milton 1835–1857, was a British peer, nobleman, and Liberal Party ...
and
Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his brothers.
Political career
Wentworth-FitzWilliam was
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Richmond
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in 1841 and for
Peterborough
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between 1841 and 1859. He served as
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
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for 1866.
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.
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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