Wentworth is a surname which may refer to:

People

Ali Wentworth Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth (born January 12, 1965) is an American actress, comedian, author, and producer. Early life Wentworth's mother, Muffie Cabot (née Mabel Bryant Hobart), was Nancy Reagan's White House social secretary from 1981 to 1 ...

, American actress * Austin Wentworth (born 1990), American football player *

Benning Wentworth Benning Wentworth (July 24, 1696 – October 14, 1770) was an American merchant and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. While serving as governor, Wentworth is best known for issuing several la ...

(1696–1770), governor of New Hampshire under King George II and King George III *

D'Arcy Wentworth D'Arcy Wentworth (14 February 1762 – 7 July 1827) was an Irish surgeon, the first paying passenger to arrive in the new colony of New South Wales. He served under the first seven governors of the Colony, and from 1810 to 1821, he was ''great a ...

(1762–1827), surgeon in the early days of Sydney, Australia, and father of William Charles Wentworth I * D'Arcy Wentworth, Jr. (1793–1861), son of D'Arcy Wentworth, army officer and

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politician *

Erastus Wentworth Erastus Wentworth (; Pinyin: ''Wànwéi''; Foochow Romanized: ''Uâng-ùi''; August 5, 1813 – May 26, 1886) was an educator, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and a missionary to Fuzhou, China. Life Dr. Wentworth was born in Stonington, Conn ...

(1813–1886), educator, Methodist Episcopal minister and missionary to China *

Frederick Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford Frederick Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1732 – 7 August 1799) was a British peer. He was the eldest son of William Wentworth, a gentleman usher of the privy chamber to Augusta, Princess of Wales. William was the son of Peter Wentwor ...

(1732–1799), British peer * Harold Wentworth (1904-1965), American lexicographer *

Henry Wentworth Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, KB (born c. 1448 – died between 17 August 1499 and 27 February 1501), ''de jure'' 4th Baron le Despencer, was the grandfather of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, and the great-grandfather of ...

(c. 1448 – between 1499 and 1501), ''de jure'' Lord Despenser and grandfather of Jane Seymour *

Jeff Wentworth Earl Jeffrey Wentworth (born November 20, 1940), is a Republican former member of the Texas Senate from San Antonio. He represented District 25 in the upper legislative chamber from January 1997 to January 2013. In addition, from 1993 to 1997, h ...

(born 1940), member of the Texas State Senate from San Antonio *

John Wentworth (Lieutenant-Governor) John Wentworth (January 16, 1671 – December 12, 1730) was an American sea captain, merchant, judge, politician and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.John Norris McClintock, ''Colon ...

(1671–1730), colonial Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire *

John Wentworth (judge) John Wentworth (March 30, 1719 – May 17, 1781) was a jurist, soldier, and leader of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. He was often referred to as the Judge or as Colonel John to distinguish him from his cousin, the John Wentworth who was ...

(1719–1781), jurist and revolutionary leader in New Hampshire *

John Wentworth (governor) Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. ...

(1737–1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia *

John Wentworth (mayor) John Wentworth (March 5, 1815 – October 16, 1888), nicknamed Long John, was the editor of the ''Chicago Democrat,'' publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States H ...

(1815–1888) Chicago mayor and U.S Congressman * John Wentworth Jr. (1745–1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire * John Wentworth (actor) (1908–1989), British television actor *

Margery Wentworth Margery Wentworth, also known as Margaret Wentworth, and as both Lady Seymour and Dame Margery Seymour (c. 1478 – 18 October 1550). She was the wife of Sir John Seymour and the mother of Queen Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VII ...

(c. 1478 – 1550), mother of Jane Seymour * Marion Craig Wentworth (1872–1942), American playwright, poet, and suffragist *

Martha Wentworth Verna Martha Wentworth (June 2, 1889 – March 8, 1974) was an American actress. Her vocal variety led to her being called the "Actress of 100 Voices". Biography Wentworth was born on June 2, 1889 in New York City. After graduating from ...

(1889–1974), American actress * Moses J. Wentworth, American politician *

Mungo Wentworth MacCallum Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (21 December 1941 – 9 December 2020) was an Australian political journalist and commentator. MacCallum was once described by Gough Whitlam as a "tall, bearded descendant of lunatic aristocrats". His father, Mungo Bal ...

(1941–2020), Australian political journalist *

Patricia Wentworth Dora Amy Turnbull (formerly Dillon, née Elles; 15 October 1877 – 28 January 1961), known by pen name Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer. Early life and education She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the Bri ...

(1878–1961), mystery writer * Paul Wentworth (1533–1593), English Member of Parliament *

Paul Wentworth (spy) Paul Wentworth (1728 or 1736–1794) was a lawyer and plantation owner in Surinam, a stockbroker in London, a British intelligence agent to Lord North during the American War of Independence, and a politician who sat in the House of Commons brief ...

(c. 1736-1793) a lawyer and plantation owner in Surinam * Sir

Peter Wentworth Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England. He was the elder brother of Paul Wentworth and entered as member for Barnstaple in 1571. He later sat for the Cornish borough of Tregony in 1578 and ...

(1529–1596), English Member of Parliament, brother of Paul * Sir

Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian) Sir Peter Wentworth (15921 December 1675) was a grandson of Peter Wentworth, being the son of Peter's eldest son Nicholas, from whom he inherited the manor of Lillingstone Lovell. He was a leading Parliamentarian during the Commonwealth. As sheri ...

(1592–1675), English Parliamentarian, grandson of the above Peter *

Philip Wentworth Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk ( 1424 – 18 May 1464) was an English knight and courtier. Wentworth was a great-grandfather of Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII, and was beheaded at Middleham, Yorkshire. Biography Phili ...

(1424–1464), English knight and Usher of the King's Chamber * Stephen G. Wentworth (1811–1897), founder of Wentworth Military Academy *

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and ''de jure'' 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (15013 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty. The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settle ...

(1501–1551), Lord Chamberlain of England *

Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (152513 January 1584) was an English peer, courtier, administrator and military commander during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. His reputation suffered through the surrender of Calais in 1558, ...

(1525–1584), son of the 1st Baron Wentworth, blamed for England's loss of Calais to France in 1558 *

Thomas Wentworth (Recorder of Oxford) Thomas Wentworth (c. 1568by September 1627) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1626. He was a vocal if imprudent defender of the rights of the House of Commons. Wentworth was the third son of ...

(c. 1568–1628), English Member of Parliament and lawyer *

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (159125 March 1667), was an English landowner and Royalist general during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, described by one historian as a "much under-rated field commander". A distant relative of Thomas We ...

(1591–1667), Royalist military leader during the English Civil War *

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 ...

(1593–1641), English statesman, a major figure in the events leading up to the English Civil War *

Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth Thomas Wentworth, KB, PC ( bapt. 2 February 16121 March 1665) was an English landowner and soldier who supported the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. At the end of the First English Civil War in 1646, he accompanied the future ...

(1613–1665), son of the 1st Earl of Cleveland, Member of Parliament and also a Royalist military leader *

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739) Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the 2nd creation), KG (baptised 17 September 167215 November 1739), also known as in Jacobite Peerage as the 1st Duke of Strafford and 3rd Baron Raby from 1695 to 1711, was an En ...

, diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty * Thomas Wentworth (general), British major-general in charge of land forces during the 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias * Vera Wentworth (1890 – 1957), British suffragist *

William Wentworth (elder) William Wentworth (1616–1697) was a follower of John Wheelwright, and an early settler of New Hampshire. Coming from Alford in Lincolnshire, he likely came to New England with Wheelwright in 1636, but no records are found of him in Boston. W ...

, founder of the Wentworth family in America * William Charles Wentworth I (1790–1872), Australian explorer, journalist and politician * William Charles Wentworth IV (1907–2003), Australian politician, and noted anti-Communist

Fictional characters

* Frederick Wentworth (''Persuasion''), a main character in Jane Austen's novel ''Persuasion'' * Richard Wentworth, pulp magazine character as

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* Lovey (Wentworth) Howell, wife of Thurston Howell III of

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