George Wentworth-FitzWilliam

The Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam (3 May 1817 – 4 March 1874), was a British politician.

Background

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was a younger son of Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas. William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam and Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his brothers.

Political career

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond in 1841 and for Peterborough between 1841 and 1859. He served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1866.^[1]

Family

Wentworth-FitzWilliam married Alice Louisa, daughter of the Hon. George Anson, in 1865. They had several children, including George Charles FitzWilliam, father of Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the 10th and last Earl Fitzwilliam. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam died in March 1874, aged 56. His wife survived him by five years and died in January 1879.

References

1. "No. 23066". The London Gazette. 3 February 1866. p. 637.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Wentworth-FitzWilliam

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Speirs Sir Robert Dundas	Member of Parliament for Richmond 1841 With: Sir Robert Dundas	Succeeded by Hon. John Dundas William Ridley-Colborne
Preceded by Sir Robert Heron, Bt John Nicholas Fazakerley	Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1841–1859 With: Sir Robert Heron, Bt 1841–1847 Hon. William Cavendish 1847–1852 Hon. Richard Watson 1852 George Hammond Whalley 1852–1853 Thomson Hankey 1853–1857	Succeeded by Thomson Hankey George Hammond Whalley