Frederick Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1732 – 7 August 1799) was a British peer. He was the eldest son of William Wentworth, a

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of the

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to Augusta, Princess of Wales. William was the son of Peter Wentworth of Henbury, the brother of

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 Eng ...

, who was included in the

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creating the earldom. Frederick Thomas was educated at Eton and commissioned an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards on 3 December 1760. On 29 January 1773, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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. In 1791, he succeeded his first cousin once removed,

William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (8 June 1626 – 16 October 1695), KG, of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, was a prominent landowner. Origins He was born at Wentworth Woodhouse, the only surviving son of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Ea ...

(the last heir-male of the 1st Earl), as

Earl of Strafford Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in January 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, the 1st Viscount Wentworth, the clo ...

. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the

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on 2 March 1793. Upon his death in 1799, his estates passed to his sister, Augusta Anne Hatfield-Kaye. On 17 September 1772, Frederick Wentworth married Elizabeth Gould. Elizabeth Wentworth, Countess Strafford died on 1 May 1811.

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1732 births 1799 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Cornwall Deputy lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain Grenadier Guards officers People educated at Eton College {{england-earl-stub