Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal

Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal is in Baron Ireland.

In 1620 William Fitzwilliam 1st Baron Fitzwilliam (age 42) was created 1st Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Liffer being an alternative spelling of Lifford.

In 1643 William Fitzwilliam 1st Baron Fitzwilliam (age 65) died in the Strand [Map]. In 1643 His son William Fitzwilliam 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 21 Feb 1658 William Fitzwilliam 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam (age 49) died. His son William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 28 Dec 1719 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam (age 76) died. His son John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 28 Aug 1728 John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 43) died. His son William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 8) succeeded 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam5th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 22 Jun 1744 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 24) and Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam, Baroness Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. She the daughter of Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham (age 50). He the son of John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam and Anne Stringer.

On 10 Aug 1756 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 36) died. His son William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 8) succeeded 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 6th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Charlotte Ponsonby Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.

On 08 Feb 1833 William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 84) died. His son Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 46) succeeded 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 13 May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 28) and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 37) died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris [Map]. His first cousin once removed Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 64) succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol (age 13).

On 03 Apr 1952 Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 68) died. His second cousin William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 47) succeeded 10th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, 12th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

In 1979 William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 74) died. Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl Fitzwilliam and Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal extinct.