The Earl Fitzwilliam | |
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Earl Fitzwilliam | |
In office 10 August 1756 – 8 February 1833 | |
Preceded by | William Fitzwilliam |
Succeeded by | Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
In office 13 December 1794 – 13 March 1795 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
Preceded by | The Earl of Westmorland |
Succeeded by | The Earl Camden |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 1 July – 17 December 1794 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
Preceded by | The Earl Camden |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Mansfield |
In office 19 February – 8 October 1806 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | Lord Grenville |
Preceded by | The Earl Camden |
Succeeded by | Viscount Sidmouth |
Personal details | |
Born | William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 30 May 1748 |
Died | 8 February 1833 | (aged 84)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Spouses | Lady Charlotte Ponsonby
(m. 1770; died 1822)Hon. Louisa Molesworth
(m. 1823; died 1824) |
Children | Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam |
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William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, PC (30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833), styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited the estates of his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, making him one of the richest people in Britain. He played a leading part in Whig politics until the 1820s.
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