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Culture, Lords Temporal Ireland, Earl Ireland, Earl Fitzwilliam

Earl Fitzwilliam is in Earl Ireland.

On 21 Jul 1716 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam (age 73) was created 1st Earl Fitzwilliam.

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 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).