The Hon. William Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam (26 December 1840 – 10 July 1920), was a British

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, and later

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politician.

Background

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was the second son of

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 Peerage, peer, nobleman, and Libera ...

, and Lady Frances Harriet, daughter of

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, the Hon. Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam and the Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his brothers

Political career

Wentworth-FitzWilliam entered Parliament for

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in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. He later represented the West Riding of Yorkshire South between 1880 and 1885 and

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between 1888 and 1892. Initially a Liberal, he disagreed with

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over

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and sat as a

between 1888 and 1892.

Family

Wentworth-FitzWilliam married Lady Mary Grace Louisa, daughter of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, in 1877. He died in July 1920, aged 79. Lady Mary died in January 1929, aged 82.

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* 1840 births 1920 deaths Younger sons of earls Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wicklow constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1886–1892 Irish Liberal Party MPs {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub