Culture, Lords of England, Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earl Fitzwilliam
Earl Fitzwilliam is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1756. Son.
2nd: William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1833. Son.
3rd: Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1857. Son.
4th: William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1902. Grandson.
5th: William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1943. Son.
6th: William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1948. First Cousin Once Removed.
7th: Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1952. Second Cousin.
8th: William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. Died 1979. Extinct.
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 06 Sep 1746 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 26) was created 1st Earl Fitzwilliam. Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
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.
After 1822 William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 73) and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam (age 73) were married. She by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam. He the son of William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam and Anne Watson Wentworth 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 04 Oct 1857 Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 71) died. His son William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 20 Feb 1902 William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 86) died. His grandson William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 29) succeeded 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 9th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam (age 24) by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 15 Feb 1943 William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 70) died at Wentworth Woodhouse. His son William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 32) succeeded 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 10th 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.