Sir William Wentworth (1562-1614) was an English landowner. He was born in 1562, the son of Thomas Wentworth and Margaret Gascoigne or Gascoyne, heiress of Gawthorpe. A story was told of Wentworth's visit to

Bolling Hall Bolling Hall (December 25, 1767 – February 25, 1836) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He served in the American Revolutionary War at the age of 16. After the war, he moved to Hanc ...

and a vision concerning St Ann's well at

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

. His homes were Gawthorpe Hall (demolished) near

Harewood House Harewood House ( , ) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built, between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation a ...

, and

Wentworth Woodhouse Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is currently owned by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust. The building has m ...

, near

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

. He became

High Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere ...

, and acquired a baronet's title on 20 June 1611.David Hey, ''Family Names and Family History'' (London, 2000), p. 104.

Marriage and family

He married Anne Atkins, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire. Their eight sons included: *

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, (13 April 1593 ( N.S.)12 May 1641), was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1 ...

* William Wentworth *

George Wentworth (of Wentworth Woodhouse) Sir George Wentworth (of Wentworth Woodhouse) (baptised 20 July 1609) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War. Wentworth was the son of Sir William Wen ...

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Remains of Gawthorpe Hall discovered in Yorkshire
16th-century English people Baronets in the Baronetage of England 1562 births 1614 deaths {{England-bio-stub