Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland, and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, (4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman and politician. He was president three times of the

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in 1838–1840, 1847–1849, and 1853–1855; and president of the

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in its inaugural year (1831–2). He was born the only son of William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam and his first wife, Lady Charlotte Ponsonby. He was a pupil at

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from 1796 to 1802. Before inheriting the Earldom on 8 February 1833 on the death of his father, he was known by the

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of Viscount Milton. Under that name, he was the Whig Member of Parliament for

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between 1831 and 1832. The

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was Wentworth Woodhouse, reputedly the largest private house in England.

Family

He married the Hon. Mary Dundas (30 May 1787 – 1 November 1830) on 8 July 1806; she was his cousin and the daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas and Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam, the 4th Earl's sister. They had thirteen children: * Lady Charlotte Wentworth-FitzWilliam (12 July 1807 – ????) * Hon. Margaret Bruce Wentworth-FitzWilliam (27 January 1809 – 03 Feb 1809) * Lady Mary Wentworth-FitzWilliam (2 May 1810 – 15 May 1893). Married Leonard Thompson, Esq. *

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(18 January 1812 – 8 November 1835). Married on 15 August 1833 to Lady Selina Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of

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. They had two children; the younger survived: ** Stillborn son (14 November 1834) ** Hon. Mary Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam (9 January 1836 – 4 January 1899); married Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman * Lady Frances Laura Wentworth-FitzWilliam (22 October 1813 – 25 August 1887); married on 23 June 1837 to Reverend William Bridgman-Simpson. They had five children: ** Mary Bridgeman-Simpson (d. 18 January 1880) ** Beatrice Dorothy Mary Bridgeman-Simpson (d. 8 July 1936) ** Orlando John George Bridgeman-Simpson (27 August 1838 – 5 July 1907) ** George Arthur Bridgeman-Simpson (14 November 1846 – 16 November 1913) ** Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman-Simpson (7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929) * William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (12 October 1815 – 20 February 1902) * Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (3 May 1817 – 4 March 1874); married on 18 March 1865 to Alice Louisa Anson, daughter of daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson. They had three children: ** George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (2 January 1866 – 8 December 1935) Married on 31 December 1888 to Daisy Evelyn Lyster, daughter of Charles Stephan Lyster. They had two sons: *** George James Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (May 1888 – 1955). Married in 1914 to Lorna Beryl Morgan. They had two children: **** Richard John Godric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (3 February 1916 – October 1987) **** Rosemary Ann Wentworth-FitzWilliam (24 April 1918 – March 1997) *** William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam (28 May 1904 – 21 September 1979) ** Alice Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (18 October 1869 – 3 March 1956) ** Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (27 February 1871 – 15 July 1949) * Lady Anne Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (14 May 1819 – 29 April 1879). Married on 10 October 1838, in the Chapel at Wentworth Woodhouse, to Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie of Scatwell, 6th Bt * Lady Dorothy Wentworth-FitzWilliam 02 Apr 1822 – ????) * Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam (18 September 1823 – 15 June 1824) * Hon. Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (18 September 1826 – 20 December 1894); married on 24 August 1854 to Anne Dundas, daughter of Reverend Hon. Thomas Lawrence Dundas. Died without issue. * son(b. and d. 18 Mar 1828) * Lady Albreda Elizabeth Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (3 September 1829 – 11 November 1891); married on 21 June 1853 to

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References

* *Pagnamenta, Peter (2012) USA W.W.Norton & Co. Prairie Fever: British Aristocrats in the American West 1830-1890. Page 136,137.

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