Fitzwilliam may refer to:
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Fitzwilliam (surname) Fitzwilliam (or FitzWilliam), lit. "''(bastard) Son of William''", is derived from the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman prefix Fitz (pronounced "fits") often used in patronymic surnames of Anglo-Norman origin; that is to say originating in the 11 ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Earl Fitzwilliam, a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain
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Viscount FitzWilliam
Viscount FitzWilliam, of Merrion in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1629 for Thomas FitzWilliam, along with the subsidiary title Baron FitzWilliam, of Thorncastle in the County of Dublin, also in th ...
, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
Places
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Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire
Fitzwilliam is a small village on the edge of West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Wakefield district. The village falls within the Hemsworth ward of Wakefield City Council.
Governance
It is part of the town of Hemsworth and local governmen ...
, England
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Fitzwilliam railway station
Fitzwilliam railway station is in the small village of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire, England. It is also the closest station to the nearby town of Hemsworth.
The station is on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern. Trains run from Fitzwilli ...
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Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Fitzwilliam is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,351 at the 2020 census. Fitzwilliam is home to Rhododendron State Park, a grove of native rhododendrons that bloom in mid-July.
History
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, U.S.
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Fitzwilliam Strait The Fitzwilliam Strait () is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It separates Prince Patrick Island
A member of the Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmo ...
, a waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Mount Fitzwilliam
Mount Fitzwilliam is a mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies within Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Mount Fitzwilliam is situated south of Yellowhead Pass and west of the Continental Divide, near the headwat ...
, in the Canadian Rockies
Other uses
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Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college has origins from 1869, with the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...
, a constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge, England
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Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities University museum, museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard ...
, the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge
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Fitzwilliam Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice''. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet ...
, a fictional character from Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice''
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Fitzwilliam Sonatas
Fitzwilliam Sonatas is the name first given by Thurston Dart to an arrangement he made, based on two recorder sonatas by George Frideric Handel, which he recast as a group of three sonatas. The term was applied by later editors to the original tw ...
, an arrangement of Handel's recorder sonatas
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Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
The ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' is a primary source of keyboard music from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in England, i.e., the late Renaissance and very early Baroque. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who bequ ...
, source of keyboard music in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods in England
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