| Code | DS/UK/1676 |
| Dates | 1815 - 1902 |
| Person Name | Wentworth-Fitzwilliam; William Thomas Spencer (1815 - 1902); 6th Earl Fitzwilliam; Viscount Milton |
| Surname | Wentworth-Fitzwilliam |
| Forenames | William Thomas Spencer |
| Epithet | 6th Earl Fitzwilliam; Viscount Milton |
| Activity | William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1815 - 1902), '6th Earl Fitzwilliam' was 5th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland, and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain. He assumed the title in 1857 on the death of his father.
Styled Hon. William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1815 - 1835, and Viscount Milton 1835 - 1857.
MP for Malton in 1837 - 1841 and 1846, then MP for Wicklow (Ireland), 1847 - 1857.
Commanded the 1st West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1846 - 1886.
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1857 - 1892.
Contested the West Riding of York seat as a Liberal in 1841. |
| Relationships | Son of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (1786 - 1857) and Mary Dundas.
Married Lady Frances Harriet Douglas in 1838.
Children:
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (1839 - 1877)
Hon. William Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1840 - 1920)
Lady Frances Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (c. 1842 - 1903)
Lady Margaret Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1844 - 1844)
Lady Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1845 - 1921). Married the Hon. Hugh Le Despencer Boscawen (1849–1908)
Hon. William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1846 - 1896)
Hon. William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam GCVO (1848 - 1925)
Hon. William John Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1852 - 11 1889)
Lady Albreda Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1855 - 1933) Married Hon. Charles Fowler Bourke
Hon. William George Frederick Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1857 - 1857)
Lady Charlotte Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1858 - 1948)
Hon. William Hugh Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1860 - 1917)
Hon. William Reginald Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1862 - 1906)
Lady Alice Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1869 -1922) |
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