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Wentworth (surname) Wentworth is a surname which may refer to: People * Ali Wentworth, American actress * Austin Wentworth (born 1990), American football player * Benning Wentworth (1696–1770), governor of New Hampshire under King George II and King George III * D' ...
* Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator * Wentworth Miller (born 1972), American actor * William Wentworth (1790-1872), Australian pastoralist, explorer, newspaper editor, lawyer, politician and author in early colonial New South Wales


Places


Australia

* Division of Wentworth, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales *
Electoral district of Wentworth Wentworth was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the far south west of the Australian state of New South Wales and named after and including the town of Wentworth. It established in 1880 and partly replacing Lachlan. From 18 ...
, a former electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *
Wentworth, New South Wales Wentworth is a small border town in the far south west of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It lies at the Confluence (geography), confluence of Australia's two most important rivers, Darling River, the Darling and Murray River, the Murra ...
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Wentworth Gaol The Wentworth Gaol is a heritage-listed former gaol and school building and now museum (gaol building) and old wares shop (gaolers residence) located at 112 Beverley Street, Wentworth, in the Wentworth Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was ...
, former prison in New South Wales


Canada

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Ski Wentworth Ski Wentworth is a Canadian alpine ski hill in Nova Scotia's Cobequid Hills. Ski Wentworth is located in the hamlet of Wentworth in the Wentworth Valley, 48 km northwest of Truro and 67 km east of Amherst on Trunk 4. It is the larg ...
, a ski hill in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, Canada *
Wentworth, Nova Scotia Wentworth is a small Canadian rural community located in the Wentworth Valley of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It is named after Sir John Wentworth, a former lieutenant-governor of the province. The community takes in the following hamlets: ...
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Wentworth, Quebec Wentworth is a township municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, north-west of Lachute. Its population centres are Louisa and Dunany. Geography The township is in the foothi ...
, a township municipality * Wentworth County, Ontario, a defunct county **
Wentworth (electoral district) Wentworth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was located near the City of Hamilton in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Wentworth North ...
, a former riding in the Canadian House of Commons **
Wentworth (provincial electoral district) Wentworth was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1987 election. It was merged into the ridings of Wentworth East Wentworth East was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canad ...
. a former riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Wentworth, Calgary, a community in Calgary, Alberta


South Africa

* Wentworth, KwaZulu-Natal, a township of Durban


United Kingdom

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Wentworth, Cambridgeshire Wentworth is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. It is in the Isle of Ely, adjacent to Grunty Fen, Wentworth lies south of the A142 between Witchford and Sutton, approximately 5 miles west of Ely. The village is centred on St ...
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Wentworth Club Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle. The club was founded in 1922. Beijing-based Reignwood Group bought the club in Septem ...
, a golf club in Surrey *
Wentworth College, York , motto_lang = la , motto_English = In diversity, discovery , established = 1972 - Foundation 2001 - Refounded , named_for = Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , principal = Russell Yates , free_label = Manager , fr ...
, a college of the University of York * Wentworth Estate, Surrey * Wentworth, South Yorkshire, a village and civil parish *
Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency) Wentworth was a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. Originally created in 1918 and was abolished in 1950, the name was revived when a new constituency was created from 1983 to 2010. Throughout its history, Wentworth was a safe sea ...
, an electoral district in South Yorkshire * Wentworth Woodhouse, a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth, and the largest private house in the UK


United States

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Wentworth by the Sea The Wentworth is a historic grand resort hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States. It is managed by Ocean Properties as "Wentworth by the Sea, A Marriott International, Marriott Hotel & Spa". It is one of a handful of the state's survivi ...
(formerly the Hotel Wentworth), a historic hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire * Wentworth Institute of Technology, a college in Boston, Massachusetts * Wentworth Military Academy and College, a boarding school and college in Lexington, Missouri *
Wentworth, Missouri Wentworth is a village in northeastern Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 151 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Wentworth was founded in the 1880s, and probably ...
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Wentworth, New Hampshire Wentworth is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 845 at the 2020 census, down from 911 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Plummer's Ledge Natural Area, and part of the White Mountain National Forest i ...
, a town * Wentworth, North Carolina, a town *
Wentworth Mansion The Wentworth Mansion is a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1886 as a home for cotton merchant Francis Silas Rodgers (b. 7 May 1841, d. 13 Mar 1911 (aged 69)) and his family. Rodgers' is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. The mans ...
, Charleston, South Carolina, a historic hotel *
Wentworth, South Dakota Wentworth is an incorporated village in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is the only incorporated village in the state of South Dakota. The population was 181 at the 2020 census. History Wentworth was platted in 1881, and named for ...
, a village


Television

* ''Wentworth'' (TV series), an Australian television drama series, a reimagining of ''Prisoner'' (see below) * Wentworth Detention Centre, in the Australian television series '' Prisoner''


Other uses

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Baron Wentworth Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also ''de jure'' sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it can descend via female ...
, a title in the Peerage of England *
J.G. Wentworth The J.G. Wentworth Company is an American financial services company that purchases structured settlements, annuities, and lottery payments in exchange for a lump-sum cash settlement. They also offer debt counseling and negotiation services. The ...
, a financial services firm


See also

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Wentworth letter The "Wentworth letter" was a letter written in 1842 by Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith to "Long" John Wentworth, editor and proprietor of the ''Chicago Democrat''. It outlined the history of the Latter Day Saint movement up to that t ...
, a letter by Joseph Smith, Jr. to the editor of ''Chicago Democrat'' explaining the message of the LDS Church * Wentworth scale, a scale for the
grain size Grain size (or particle size) is the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied to other granular materials. This is different from the crystallite size, which refer ...
of sedimentary materials {{disambiguation, geo