John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam MP (circa 1685 – 28 August 1728) of Milton, near Peterborough was an English peer and politician who sat in the

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from 1710 to 1728. The peerage was in the

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. Fitzwilliam was the only surviving son of

William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam MP (29 April 1643 – 28 December 1719) was an English nobleman, Whig politician, and peer. Fitzwilliam was the son of William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam and Jane Perry. On 21 February 1658, ...

and his wife Anne Cremer, daughter of Edmund Cremer of West Winch, Norfolk.''The English Peerage''
Volume 1 (1790), p.348. He was elected

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for

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at the 1710 general election and retained the seat in 1713. He was returned unopposed at the 1715 general election. On 17 September 1718, he married Anne Stringer and in 1719 he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, but as it was an Irish peerage it did not affect his entitlement to sit in the House of Commons. He was re-elected as MP for Peterborough at the general elections of 1722 and 1727. He inherited

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near Peterborough from his father (in 1719) and developed the stables, park and gardens. Fitzwilliam died of a fever on 28 August 1728. He and his wife had four children. He was succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, William Fitzwilliam.

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