William John Wentworth-FitzWilliam (7 August 1852 – 11 September 1889), was a British

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politician. Wentworth-FitzWilliam was the fifth 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 his wife Lady Frances Harriet, daughter of

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. William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton, was his elder brother and

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, his nephew. He entered Parliament for

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in 1878, a seat he held until his death. Wentworth-FitzWilliam died at Wentworth house in September 1889, aged 37, after he was thrown from his horse.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wentworth-FitzWilliam, John 1852 births 1889 deaths Younger sons of earls Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Politics of Peterborough Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies

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